CONEJO VALLEY: BRIEFLY : EXPLOSION, FIRE RAZE AUTO SHOP IN VENTURA.VENTURA - An auto repair shop was destroyed by an explosion and fire after a mechanic tried to fix a car's leaking gas tank as a Thanksgiving holiday gesture for a longtime customer. Rather than see the customer go four days without his car, Laszlo Dihari insisted on checking out the leak even though it was closing time Wednesday evening. Moments after the car was hoisted in the air, the gas tank blew up. Dihari, 49, suffered burns to his forearm and he was treated and released from Community Memorial Hospital. ?13- Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Ex-TV thespian jailed in probation violation VENTURA - Former ``Step by Step'' actor Sasha Mitchell Sasha Mitchell (born July 27, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor, best known for his role as "Cody" on the television series Step by Step. (Please note that he is not related to the female actress also named Sasha Mitchell, who has a cult following was in jail Thanksgiving Day for violating probation in connection with his recent wife-beating conviction. Mitchell, 29, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor spousal spou·sal adj. 1. Of or relating to marriage; nuptial. 2. Of or relating to a spouse. n. Marriage; nuptials. Often used in the plural. abuse last year for beating his pregnant wife when they lived in Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. . He was placed on three years' probation and was ordered to counseling sessions. The former actor, who is now a farmer in Tennessee, has twice violated terms of his probation, prosecutors said. Sheriff's deputies arrested him in Franklin County Franklin County is the name of 24 counties in the United States. All except Franklin County, Idaho are likely named for Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States. , Tenn., in August. Mitchell didn't say a word Wednesday as he stood before Municipal Court Judge Bruce Clark This article is about the American actor. For the British journalist and writer, see Bruce Clark (journalist). Bruce Allan Clark (born 5 March 1958, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.) is an actor who appeared in the 1970 TV series Here Come the Double Deckers. , while his attorney argued for a three-month postponement of the probation violation hearing. Defense attorney Gilbert R. Geilim said Mitchell needed to return to Tennessee to take care of his four children. ``You're telling me that if I grant a hearing in February, Mr. Mitchell will violate probation again by going back to Tennessee,'' the judge asked. ?13- Associated Press |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion