POLICE ARREST TEENS AT COURT APPEARANCE.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Two Littlerock teen-agers who came to court to testify To provide evidence as a witness, subject to an oath or affirmation, in order to establish a particular fact or set of facts. Court rules require witnesses to testify about the facts they know that are relevant to the determination of the outcome of the case. for a friend ended up leaving in handcuffs hand·cuff n. A restraining device consisting of a pair of strong, connected hoops that can be tightened and locked about the wrists and used on one or both arms of a prisoner in custody; a manacle. Often used in the plural. tr.v. . The two 16-year-olds, who were serving as character witnesses for a suspect during a preliminary hearing in an alleged Littlerock gang shooting, were taken into custody Thursday in a Lancaster courtroom after deputies recognized them as suspects in a graffiti graffiti Form of visual communication, usually illegal, involving the unauthorized marking of public space by an individual or group. Technically the term applies to designs scratched through a layer of paint or plaster, but its meaning has been extended to other markings. spree. ``We arrested them on the court lunch break and allowed them to come back to finish testifying,'' said Deputy Dan Ross Ross , Sir Ronald 1857-1932. British physician. He won a 1902 Nobel Prize for proving that malaria is transmitted to humans by the bite of the mosquito. , a Palmdale-area graffiti investigator. ``We conducted our business while the court was out of session.'' The two teens, whose names were not released because they are minors, were taken to the sheriff's station, issued citations and were returned to the courthouse. Officials said the two, who will be arraigned in Juvenile Court juvenile court Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial , are suspected of spray-painting gang names and signs along block walls, fences, streets and street signs throughout the Littlerock area in September. Ross said he had identified the pair as suspects and planned to arrest them at their high schools. But another deputy recognized the two from their unexpected courthouse appearance Wednesday for the shooting hearing and told Ross where he could find them. ``The defense was upset that they were arrested in court,'' said Ross. ``It was just kind of humorous.'' |
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