BRIEFLY.Woman accused of prostitution MONTROSE -- A woman has been arrested on suspicion of prostitution from a medical clinic Glendale Police raided nearly four months ago, the seventh such arrest in the Montrose area in the past year. Jun Lu Jun Lu (born March 19, 1959) is a soccer referee from China. He is known for supervising two matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, one between Croatia and Mexico in Niigata, and one between Poland and the United States in Daegu. , 48, of El Monte El Monte (ĕl mŏn`tē), city (1990 pop. 106,209), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1912. A residential, industrial, and commercial city in the San Gabriel Valley, El Monte manufactures furniture, electronic equipment, semiconductors, was arrested Wednesday for offering an undercover police officer sexual acts for money at an office marked only as ``Medical Clinic'' in the 2400 block of Honolulu Avenue, police spokesman John Balian said. Lu was released on $2,000 bail and was due to appear at Glendale Superior Court on Jan. 19. She is the seventh woman arrested on suspicion of prostitution at massage or pain clinics along Honolulu Avenue in the past year. -- Daily News Warnings issued on pirated discs 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. city officials offered some advice to holiday shoppers Thursday: If that deal on a new CD, DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. or movie sounds too good to be true, it's probably a pirated version. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. , City Councilwoman Wendy Greuel and leaders of the entertainment industry urged consumers to be wary of buying pirated goods. Five people were arrested and some $2,000 worth of counterfeit CDs and DVDs were confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. this week in a sweep of Santee Alley downtown. ``People who make counterfeit DVDs and CDs are stealing, plain and simple,'' Villaraigosa said. ``It is the same as picking anyone's pockets.'' -- Daily News Officials say man was coercing sex WESTLAKE VILLAGE -- A Thousand Oaks man was arrested on suspicion of coercing sexual acts from immigrant women he hired to perform work at his residence, authorities said Thursday. George Pecci, 78, has been charged with forced oral copulation copulation /cop·u·la·tion/ (kop?u-la´shun) sexual union; the transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals. cop·u·la·tion n. 1. , sexual battery by restraint and sexual battery. He was arrested after a Latina woman Pecci hired to clean his house told authorities he approached her and demanded that she orally copulate cop·u·late v. To engage in coitus or sexual intercourse. him, threatening to have her deported if she didn't comply. During the past 13 years, other women have reported similar incidents but were reluctant to cooperate because of their immigrant status and the sensitive nature of the allegations, police said. Anyone with information about Pecci can call Detective Luis Alvarez at (805) 494-8229. -- Daily News Woman admits taking from fund VENTURA -- A former bookkeeper for the Ventura County chapter of the Jewish Federation has acknowledged stealing about $30,000 from the organization, prosecutors said. Shoshanah Rebekkah Abrams, also known as Susan Abrams, pleaded guilty this week to two counts of grand theft from the nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. , officials said. Abrams wrote checks to herself and pursued other schemes to embezzle embezzle To take illegally something of value being held in custody for someone else. from the organization between 1998 and 2001, prosecutors said. If she agrees to repay the federation, she could receive up to a year in jail and probation. The money would pay back the chapter's insurer, which reimbursed it for the losses. If she fails to make restitution, she could receive a maximum sentence of three years and eight months in prison, prosecutors said. -- Associated Press Off-duty officer in shooting ID'd ARLETA -- The off-duty Los Angeles police detective who returned fire after being shot at following a traffic incident Monday has been identified. Detective Daniel Schmidt, 34, was driving his personal car near Arleta Avenue and Devonshire Street about 4:30 p.m. when he and a driver of a maroon sport utility vehicle argued after the driver ran a red light and nearly collided with Schmidt's car, authorities said. Occupants of the SUV began throwing bottles and cans at Schmidt's vehicle, police said. The detective called for backup units and followed the SUV. Near Pinney Street and Canterbury Avenue, the SUV stopped and four or five men ran from the vehicle. One man, John Robert, 30, allegedly fired one round at Schmidt while the detective was in his car. Schmidt returned fire, but neither man was hit. Robert and two other men were captured. Police believe a .44-caliber Smith & Wesson Smith & Wesson U.S. gun manufacturer. The company has its roots in an 1852 partnership between Horace Smith (1808–93) and Daniel B. Wesson (1825–1906), who designed and marketed a lever-action, repeating magazine handgun that held a self-contained cartridge. revolver they found the next day was the weapon used. The two men captured with Robert were later released. Robert has been charged with attempted murder. -- Daily News |
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