BRIEFLY.Intruder caught after choking girl SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. -- An intruder who broke into a home and choked a 10-year-old girl in her bedroom was chased out of the home and tackled by the girl's father, who held him until police officers arrived Saturday morning, officials said. Erik Torres, 24, of Simi Valley was caught by the father about a quarter-mile from the home and was jailed on suspicion of burglary and assault likely to cause great bodily injury, police said. Police said Torres broke in through a bathroom window sometime before 5:30 a.m. Saturday at the home on Heather Street. After the intruder entered the girl's bedroom, she awoke and began screaming. He used his arm to choke her, then ran out the front door when her father woke up. Police said the girl was not sexually assaulted. She was taken to a hospital for treatment of bruises on her neck and released. A stolen guitar was found about 50 feet outside the house. -- Daily News Gunshot victim discovered in car CAMARILLO -- Sheriff's deputies found a man dead from a single gunshot wound in a car in the 4000 block of La Vista Road late Friday, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. statement. Deputies identified the victim only as a male, and have no leads on any suspects. They encourage anyone with information on the killing to call (805) 385-TALK. -- Daily News `Bug bomb' blast causes damage VAN NUYS -- A ``bug bomb'' explosion at a three-story, garden-style Van Nuys apartment complex Saturday damaged an apartment and left its three occupants homeless, city fire officials said. Four canisters of insecticide spray had been set off inside a second-floor unit of the complex at 13740 Vanowen St., fire officials said. Fire officials aren't sure what caused the fumes fumes odorous gases and other volatile materials; inhalation of irritating fumes causes coughing and, if sufficiently severe, irreversible pulmonary edema. to ignite, but said it might have been a water heater. ``When you used them improperly, they can cause damage,'' fire department spokesman Jim Wells Jim Wells MLA (born 27 April 1957) is a politician from the Democratic Unionist Party and a deputy speaker of the Transitional Assembly (Northern Ireland). Wells is one of six Assembly members for South Down. said. No one was injured, but tenants were evacuated from adjoining units to let building inspectors check for structural damage. All the tenants except the three people who lived in the unit where the bug bombs exploded were eventually allowed to return to their homes, fire officials said. American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. officials responded to help the evacuees Resident or transient persons who have been ordered or authorized to move by competent authorities, and whose movement and accommodation are planned, organized and controlled by such authorities. . -- Staff and Wire Services Gang member killed in crash LYNWOOD -- A four-vehicle crash on the Century Freeway killed a reputed gang member Saturday and left four other people fearing retaliation from his fellow gang members, California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officials said. The 26-year-old Compton man was run down after getting out of his 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe after it hit the freeway's center divider about 5 a.m. Saturday. First a motorcycle clipped the disabled Tahoe, then an Oldsmobile hit the SUV and knocked its driver into the No. 3 lane, where he was run over by a big rig. The dead man's name was not immediately released. CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officers said they did not release the names of the injured motorcyclist, the teenage couple in the Oldsmobile -- who suffered minor injuries -- or the truck driver because they feared for their lives. -- City News Service |
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