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Cop pleads guilty to child abuse

A 15-year LAPD veteran who worked with the Explorer program has pleaded guilty in Ventura to 15 counts of child abuse and will be sentenced to 11 years and four months in prison, the FBI said.

George Stan pleaded guilty Friday to the counts, which included oral copulation of a child under 16, oral copulation of a child under 18, and sodomy with a child under the age of 18, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement released Friday.

Stan, who worked for 15 years at the Devonshire Division and lives in Simi Valley, molested up to seven children, the statement said.

During his last year, he worked with teens ages 14-20 as a youth services officer in the Explorer program.

As part of the plea, Stan agreed to pay restitution in an amount yet to be determined, undergo AIDS testing and register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

- Daily News

Car hits building, killing motorist

GLENDALE - A motorist died Sunday when he ran his car into an apartment building, authorities said.

The crash occurred in the 200 block of E. Chestnut St. about 4 a.m., police said. Nobody in the apartment complex was hurt.

The driver's name was not released, pending notification of his family.

- Daily News

Squad blows up dry-ice explosive

TOLUCA LAKE - A member of a Los Angeles police bomb squad disarmed an explosive dry-ice device in a Toluca Lake neighborhood by shooting it, a sergeant said Sunday.

A bomb squad sent to the 10800 block of Bloomfield Street about 11 p.m. Saturday found that one plastic bottle packed with dry ice had exploded, said Los Angeles police Sgt. Larry Poehls of the North Hollywood station.

A mixture of dry ice and water in a sealed 1- or 2-liter plastic bottle will build up enough pressure to cause the container to explode, he said.

Arriving members of the bomb squad found a second device in the street, and one of them shot the bottle, Poehls said.

- Daily News

3-year-old, man shot; crack found

A 3-year-old boy and a man were hospitalized Sunday after being shot at a Watts home, where police found more than a pound of crack cocaine and arrested three people.

The shooting at an address in the 10400 block of Antwerp Street occurred about 12:20 a.m. Saturday, said Los Angeles police Officer Sara Faden of Media Relations.

The boy was wounded in his left ankle, and the man was shot in his right leg and stomach and reported in critical condition, she said.

- City News Service