BRIEFLY.Man sentenced in mother's death A Burbank man who killed his mother and kept her body in their home for about two weeks was sentenced Friday to 17 years in state prison. David William Riddell, 41, was sentenced after pleading no contest to one count of voluntary manslaughter The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. with great bodily injury in the 2004 slaying of his 59-year-old mother. Riddell also pleaded no contest to one count of elder abuse Elder Abuse Definition Elder abuse is a general term used to describe harmful acts toward an elderly adult, such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional or psychological abuse, financial exploitation, and neglect, including self-neglect. and two counts of disobeying a court order as part of the plea deal. He had been charged with murder. Burbank police discovered the woman's body Sept. 13, 2004, in a rear bedroom of the single-family home where she and her son lived. -- City News Service Head-on crash leaves man dead VALLEY GLEN -- A man was killed in a head-on car crash Friday afternoon, authorities said. The collision happened around 3:55 p.m. at Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Saticoy Street, said Ron Myers, Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman. -- Daily News Street work gets rush-hour ban The City Council adopted a law Friday banning street construction during rush hour, except in emergencies or on long-term projects that require a lane closure. Designed to ease traffic backups on busy streets, the law prohibits road work during the 6-9 a.m. and 3:30-7 p.m. periods weekdays. Utilities, such as telephone and cable companies, or agencies that violate the new law face fines starting at $250. -- Daily News Boxer requests dumping probe U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is an American politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the State of California. A member of the Democratic Party, Boxer was first elected to the U.S. has asked Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman to investigate why debris from a demolished nuclear reactor building at the Santa Susana Santa Susana can refer to several places:
Calif., California, Golden State, CA - a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes landfill. Boxer and activists are concerned that potentially low-level radioactive materials radioactive material Radiation A substance that contains unstable–radioactive–atoms that give off radiation as they decay. See Radioactive decay. were dumped improperly in the Kettleman Hills hazardous-waste landfill, which is owned by Waste Management. Boxer said the company had promised to not take radioactive materials from the field lab in response to community concern. -- Daily News Ex-insurance agent arrested NORTHRIDGE -- A former life insurance agent was arrested on suspicion of defrauding seniors and their families out of more than $750,000, authorities said. Ruben Echiverri Cu, 56, was taken into custody at his Northridge home and faces five felony counts of grand theft and 15 counts of securities fraud, said California Department of Insurance The California Department of Insurance (CDI), established in 1868, is the angency charged with overseeing the regulation of insurance regulations, enforcing statutes mandating consumer protections, educating consumers, and fostering the stability of insurance markets in the state investigators. The department received a complaint in August 2004 alleging that Cu offered to advise an elderly couple on insurance annuity investments and instead persuaded them to refinance their mortgage-free home and invest more than $300,000 in Cu's businesses. -- Daily News Construction site worker, 24, killed LANCASTER -- A 24-year-old man died from massive head trauma Friday when he was crushed at a construction site, authorities said. Heriberto Perez was killed at 47th Street West and Avenue G at 3:14 p.m. when the worker was securing items to the bed of a flatbed trailer and the driver of a backhoe on the trailer lowered the front bucket and crushed him. -- City News Service Barricaded bar·ri·cade n. 1. A structure set up across a route of access to obstruct the passage of an enemy. 2. Something that serves as an obstacle; a barrier. See Synonyms at bulwark. tr.v. man fires at police WINNETKA -- A person was shot Friday night by a man who then barricaded himself in an apartment complex and fired in the direction of police officers who responded to the 911 call, authorities said. The shooting happened around 10 p.m. in the 20200 block of Roscoe Boulevard. Residents in nearby houses and apartments were evacuated for safety reasons, said Officer Jason Lee, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police spokesman. -- Daily News |
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