JUDGE DENIES GARCIA'S REQUEST COP-KILL SUSPECT SOUGHT TO HAVE CHARGE DROPPED.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer A Los Angeles Superior Court judge denied a motion by cop-killing defendant David Garcia to drop a charge of attempted murder of Burbank Officer Greg Campbell. Judge Janice C. Croft denied the motion at a pretrial hearing for Garcia, 19, who faces capital murder charges in the November 2003 gunbattle that killed rookie Burbank Officer Matthew Pavelka and reputed gangster Ramon Aranda, and left Campbell partially paralyzed. ``Just because we lost today, doesn't mean the issue goes away,'' said Garcia's Van Nuys attorney, Seymour Amster. ``It could be raised again at jury trial.'' Garcia, a purported member of the Vineland Vineland, city (1990 pop. 54,780), Cumberland co., S N.J., in a poultry and fruit area; settled 1861, inc. 1952 when combined with Landis township. The growing city has cooperative markets, large glassworks (with offices designed by William Lescaze), and food-processing and clothing industries. The city has a highly respected state school for retarded children, a home for retarded women, and a home for disabled veterans and their wives or widows. Boys gang, is charged with murder, attempted murder, weapons and drug charges. Amster said it was fellow Vineland Boys gang member Aranda, 25, who shot Campbell. Amster said prosecutors failed to show Garcia was liable for the attempted murder. ``Aranda is the one solely responsible for the assault on Officer Campbell, and it his soul that must bear the burden of the harm done to this officer,'' Amster wrote in court documents. Prosecutors alleged Garcia and Aranda both were responsible. ``They were involved in the business of selling narcotics,'' said Deputy District Attorney Kerri Modder Some Fancy Plumbing After 45 years in the business, in 2004, Alan Freedman, Editor-In-Chief of this Encyclopedia, finally became a modder. He created an ultra-quiet PC with a Zalman Reserator 1 (www.zalmanusa.com) water cooling system that takes the heat directly from the hot chips, so that a quieter fan can be used for the rest of the components. Water is pumped in a closed loop from the external radiator to the CPU to the graphics processor (GPU) on the display adapter. after Wednesday's hearing. ``They were engaged in a criminal enterprise. They were both equally prepared to resist arrest or resist anybody interfering with their business.'' Garcia remains in custody without bail. He has also been named, along with 42 other purported Vineland Boys, in a 56-count federal Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) statute n. a federal law which makes it a crime for organized criminal conspiracies to operate legitimate businesses. indictment. Pavelka, 26, was a Santa Clarita resident with only 10 months on the force when he was killed. Campbell, 42, also of Santa Clarita, was promoted to detective and has since returned to limited work because of his partial paralysis. Jason Kandel, (818) 546-3306 jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com |
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