BRIEFLY.Letter suspect is freed on bond WOODLAND HILLS -- A Woodland Hills man suspected of sending threatening letters (Law) letters containing threats, especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters. See also: Threatening containing white powder to celebrities Jon Stewart Not to be confused with John Stewart or John Stuart. Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz on November 28,1962) is an American comedian, satirist, actor, writer, and producer. and David Letterman David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.) is an award-winning American comedian, late night talk show host, television producer, philanthropist, and IRL IndyCar Series car owner. and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, among others, was ordered released Thursday on $350,000 bond, but must remain under house arrest while he awaits trial. Chad Conrad Castagana was ordered not to mail anything while on bond and must wear an electronic monitoring device, Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Gaffney said. -- City News Service Man, 70, charged in doc's stabbing GLENDALE -- A 70-year-old man suspected of stabbing his Glendale doctor multiple times during a medical exam was charged Thursday with attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. . Mike Du Trieu of Monterey Park Monterey Park, city (1990 pop. 60,738), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1916. It is a wholesale, retail, and financial services center. was arraigned in Glendale Superior Court but did not enter a plea. The hearing was continued to Nov. 30 in Burbank Superior Court. Police arrested Trieu on Tuesday after they said he attacked Dr. Mohamed Latif, 64, with a pocket knife at the offices of Heartbeat Cardiovascular Medical Group, 660 W. Broadway. Bail was set at $1 million. Investigators were trying to determine a motive, though witnesses had said Trieu believed Latif killed his mother. Trieu's mother, who died in 1994, was not a patient of the doctors there. Latif is recovering from his wounds. -- Daily News Hertzberg, Davis names on lab The city-county authority overseeing the new Los Angeles Regional Crime Laboratory now under construction has voted to name the facility after former Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg and former Gov. Gray Davis. Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, a member of the authority, proposed the name because the officials protected funds for the project amid severe state budget difficulties. In 2000-01, an appropriation of $96 million for the project was reduced by $92 million, Baca said, but Davis and Hertzberg were able to restore the funds through lease-bond revenue. The building will be called the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science The application of scientific knowledge and methodology to legal problems and criminal investigations. Sometimes called simply forensics, forensic science encompasses many different fields of science, including anthropology, biology, chemistry, engineering, genetics, Center. -- Daily News Stabbing outside NoHo High School NORTH HOLLYWOOD -- A man outside North Hollywood High School North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are blue, white, grey. was stabbed Thursday, authorities said. The stabbing occurred about 1:25 p.m. in the 5200 block of Colfax Avenue. The victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment, said Brian Ballton, 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. The suspect, a white man, took off in a blue Acura before authorities arrived, said Kevin Maiberger, Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . spokesman.
Police could not immediately provide the injured man's age or say whether he was a student at the school. -- Daily News Third man guilty in siblings' killing VAN NUYS -- An 18-year-old man was found guilty Thursday of the gang-related shooting deaths of two teenage brothers at a Canoga Park fast-food restaurant, becoming the third defendant to be convicted in connection with the murders. Jurors found Saul Rivera guilty of two counts of murder for the Feb. 2, 2005, slayings of 16-year-old David Zapata and his 15-year-old brother, Miguel. Rivera is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 11. -- City News Service Police: Man shot, slain in NoHo NORTH HOLLYWOOD -- A Latino man in his 30s was shot and killed near Lankershim Boulevard and Sherman Way late Thursday, Los Angeles Police Department officers said. Officer Jason Lee said the shooting took place about 9:15p.m. Sgt. Warren Jones of the North Hollywood station said the killing could possibly be gang-related. KCAL kcal kilocalorie. kcal abbr. kilocalorie kcal kilocalorie. (Channel 9) reported that a gray Honda had sped away. -- Daily News |
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