HARLEY CHOP SHOP DISCOVERED IN VALLEY; 2 MEN ARRESTED.Byline: Sharline Chiang Daily News Staff Writer It's a case with all the makings of a crime caper story The caper story is a subgenre of crime fiction. The typical caper story involves one or more crimes (especially thefts, swindles, or occasionally kidnappings) perpetrated by the main characters in full view of the reader. . A late night bowl of chili (language) CHILI - D.L. Abt. A language for systems programming, based on ALGOL 60 with extensions for structures and type declarations. ["CHILI, An Algorithmic Language for Systems Programming", CHI-1014, Chi Corp, Sep 1975] , one stolen Harley, two suspects, a police chase and a jackpot of stolen luxury motorcycles valued at more than $100,000. What started as a search for two men with a Harley-Davidson stolen from a Sun Valley restaurant early Saturday morning led officers to one of the biggest Harley chop shops in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , 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. police Detective Kenneth Belt said. Shortly after midnight Friday, Charles Latham Sir Charles Latham (26 January 1882 – 26 August 1968) was an Australian politician born in Hythe, Kent in England.[1] Early life Latham became an orphan in early childhood when his parents Thomas Latham (a coast guard) and Isabella (née Isum) died before , 47, a husky, tattooed semi-truck driver from Sun Valley, chatted with his buddies at Big Jim's Restaurant, drinking a beer and waiting for a bowl of chili. His ``honey'' - a white 1992 Harley Springer springer a North American term commonly used to describe heifers close to term with their first calf. Softail with electric blue flames shooting over it - was parked outside. Sure, looking back, it was careless not to lock it down. But he kept his eye on it through the window. It was this year's Father's Day gift. He and his wife saved up about $30,000 or so for it. His previous one was stolen last winter. A man seated by the window kept fidgeting, enough to obscure Latham's view. Next thing Latham knew a security guard ran into the restaurant yelling, ``They're stealing your bike!'' ``I swallowed my heart,'' Latham recalled. ``It's a sickening feeling.'' A man, later identified as Jorge Aldana, 28, of San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. took off on the bike, Belt said. The man by the window, later identified as Juan George Solorio, 30, of Lake View Terrace fled in a white Honda hatchback, the detective said. Meanwhile, the security guard wrote down the Honda's license plate number and called police. Police from LAPD's Foothill Division went looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. Aldana in San Fernando, where the Honda was registered. A team of officers spotted Solorio, who was then riding the motorcycle, in Lake View Terrace. Solorio ditched the Harley in a ravine and ran away. Dirty and scratched, the bike was recovered. After staking out Aldana's residence in the 1700 block of Knox Street in San Fernando, officers entered the house around 4 a.m. and found parts of a stolen Harley in the living room, Belt said. They also spotted two dozen photos of what police think are stolen Harleys displayed with apparent pride atop a fireplace mantle. One photo showed a car, and when police checked the license plate number, they discovered the vehicle was registered to Solorio in Lake View Terrace. Around 4:30 a.m., in the 11400 block of Sunburst Street in Lake View Terrace, police found Solorio and the night's jackpot: a garage with three complete Harleys and parts from 15 others, all stolen, police said. The discovery included a sapphire-blue Heritage Softail from Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , a red and white Harley from 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, and a black Ultra Classic Electra Glide from the San Fernando Valley. At 7 a.m. Saturday police called Latham. They had found his bike. ``I'm not a crybaby, but I was choking down my heart last night,'' Latham said Saturday, retrieving his Harley. ``As soon as I get home I'm getting on my knees'' and praying. Belt said the garage likely earned about a quarter of a million dollars reselling stolen bikes and parts in the past year. Aldano and Solorio were arrested on suspicion of operating a chop shop and grand theft auto. Each is being held at the Van Nuys jail in lieu of $50,000. CAPTION(S): Photo, Map PHOTO Detective Kenneth Belt points to Harley-Davidsons found in a chop-shop raid in Pacoima on Saturday. Terri Thuente/Daily News MAP: Site of chop shop |
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