DEPUTIES HURT IN SCUFFLE\Prisoner went for officer's gun during transport.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Daily News Staff Writer Two deputies and a woman prisoner were slightly injured during a struggle that erupted in a jail van on the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. after the woman tried to take the driver's pistol, officials said Tuesday. When forgery suspect Jewell Scott, 43, unstrapped her seat belt and tried to grab the driver's gun from its holster shortly after 8 p.m. Monday, a deputy seated beside her tried to restrain her. At the same time the driver steered to the shoulder of the southbound lanes bordering Vasquez Rocks Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park is a 905 acre (3 km²) northern Los Angeles County, California USA park acquired by LA County government in the 1970s. It is in the Agua Dulce vicinity between the Antelope Valley and the Santa Clarita Valley just north of Los Angeles and seen easily County Park, officials said. "When (additional) deputies got there, the driver had exited and the passenger was still struggling with the female (officer)," said Lt. Dan Reidder of 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, sheriff's station. "Our deputies assisted in restraining her." Scott, a 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. resident, was arrested Thursday in Lancaster on suspicion of forgery and burglary after Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. employees said she cashed a $900 check forged on another person's account. She will face an additional charge of assault on a peace officer, Sgt. Noel Lanier said. Scott had been in Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley for a court appearance and was being taken back to Sybil Brand Institute The Sybil Brand Institute (in full, the Sybil Brand Institute For Women) was a famous county jail in Los Angeles County, California. The facility was named after Sybil Brand (May 8, 1899-February 17, 2004), a noted local philanthropist and civic leader. for Women in Los Angeles. She was traveling in the jail van rather than a Sheriff's Department bus because she had been taken to Antelope Valley Hospital for examination and treatment after she slipped and fell at the courthouse, officials said. Her wrists were secured to a chain around her waist, and a deputy was seated next to her in a rear seat of the van following Sheriff's Department policy, Lanier said. After the struggle, the driver, Deputy Edward Welbourn, was treated for minor injuries to his hand and elevated blood pressure. The other deputy, Linda Birch, was treated for neck and back pain, Lanier said. Scott complained that her wrist hurt, but she refused treatment, he said. Both deputies were released from the hospital after treatment, and Scott was sent back to Sybil Brand, Lanier said. |
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