BRIEFS.Grandma killer gets 25-to-life LANCASTER -- A Lake 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. man was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years to life in prison for murdering his 78-year-old grandmother because he feared she would report he violated his probation. Leonel Moncada, 26, was found guilty last month of first-degree murder in the May 2004 slaying of Elvira Diaz. Moncada had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity not guilty by reason of insanity n. plea in court of a person charged with a crime who admits the criminal act, but whose attorney claims he/she was so mentally disturbed at the time of the crime that he/she lacked the capacity to have intended to commit a crime. , but the jury found him to be legally sane sane (san) sound in mind. sane adj. Of sound mind; mentally healthy. sane at the time of the killing. Diaz bled to death from a wound to her neck. Four days before the killing, Moncada had been placed on probation for attacking his uncle in 2004. Moncada and Diaz had argued that morning, exchanging slaps, and prosecutors said Moncada killed her to prevent her from reporting the assault. -- Daily News Grant to help prevent crime Los Angeles County will get $4 million in state funds to enhance juvenile crime prevention services. The county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. approved the supplemental Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act funds Tuesday. The grant will fund the expansion of Probation Department services and youth crime prevention programs such as the District Attorney's Office's Abolish Chronic Truancy program, 5th District Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San said. The money will fund the hiring of 12 deputy probation officers probation officer n. 1. An official usually attached to a juvenile court and charged with the care of juvenile delinquents. 2. An official charged with supervising convicts at large on suspended sentence or probation. for the department's school and after-school programs, such as Palmdale's Technology Drive Community Day School, and will lead to increased patrols of county parks and recreation centers such as Palmdale's Domenic Massari Park. -- Daily News |
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