CITY JANITOR JAILED IN THEFT.Byline: Patricia Farrell Farrell, city (1990 pop. 6,841), Mercer co., W central Pa., on the Shenango River at the Ohio line and adjoining Sharon, Pa.; inc. 1901. It is a railroad center, and its steel- and ironworks industries have declined. Aidem Staff Writer VALENCIA - A long-time city maintenance worker was arrested at dawn Thursday, accused of stealing cash over several months while cleaning the offices of the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Chamber of Commerce, located in City Hall. Pasqual Ambriz Ramirez, 58, of Northridge was being held on $20,000 bail after his arrest on suspicion of burglary burglary, at common law, the breaking and entering of a dwelling house of another at night with the intent to commit a felony, whether the intent is carried out or not. . He is due to be arraigned Monday. Not disclosing how much money had been reported missing, sheriff's, city and chamber officials noted that investigators were still determining whether other tenants in the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, City Hall building had been burglarized. ``Over the last couple of weeks, it's been taken in amounts from $5 to $100 on several occasions,'' said Larry Mankin, the chamber's president and chief executive officer. ``It's really too bad.'' Mankin told his staff early Thursday of Ramirez's arrest, and several employees were in tears, he said. ``We're all distraught dis·traught adj. 1. Deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict. 2. Mad; insane. [Middle English, alteration of distract, past participle of distracten, ,'' he said. Ramirez, a general maintenance worker for the city for 12 years, was among city employees who worked under contract to clean tenants' offices in City Hall, city spokeswoman Gail Ortiz said. City offices use most of the building, but the chamber, some medical offices and other businesses rent space. Various amounts of cash began vanishing from locked compartments In developmental biology, compartments are fields of cells of distinct cell lineage, cell affinity, and genetic identity. In a developing organ, all cells within a compartment possess similar affinities, and so intermingle with each other. in June, said Mankin, noting the money had been well hidden. Locks were changed, but the thefts continued. ``It was a very serious breach of trust in our relationship,'' Mankin said. ``We've been violated vi·o·late tr.v. vi·o·lat·ed, vi·o·lat·ing, vi·o·lates 1. To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example). 2. To assault (a person) sexually. 3. for some length of time. I just sat down with my staff ... and I said each one of us was a potential suspect. This has been weighing very heavily for us.'' At 6:14 a.m., Ramirez was arrested in the chamber office, officials said. He was jailed at the Santa Clarita Valley sheriff's station. Patricia Farrell Aidem, (661) 257-5251 pat.aidem(at)dailynews.com |
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