SOUTHLAND: BRIEFLY : POLICE MAKE ARRESTS IN KILLING OF BOY, 17.

PANORAMA CITY - A teen-ager was shot and stabbed to death in a late-night brawl and three people were arrested, Los Angeles police said Saturday.

David Sutton, 17, died at the scene from bullet and stab wounds. The attack happened about 11:55 p.m. Friday in the 13700 block of Roscoe Boulevard, said Detective Peggy Moseley of the Los Angeles Police Department's Van Nuys station.

Sutton had been out with several friends when a fight erupted, and after the scuffle the combatants fled. Police later detained and arrested three men, Moseley said.

Booked on suspicion of murder were Kumase Baraka Jefferson, 22, Robert Lawrence Smith, 24, and Kido Smith, 27, according to LAPD jail officials.

Jail officials said each suspect was being held on $1 million bail.

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Crash victim's mom released from jail

A mother whose baby son was crushed to death when she lost control of her van was released early from jail and said she wants to get her driver's license as soon as possible.

Lesia Smith-Pappas, who was sentenced to 18 months for misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, was released Friday after serving three months at the Sybil Brand women's jail. She will serve another six months of house arrest, during which she must wear an electronic monitor.

Smith-Pappas maintains she did nothing wrong when her van overturned Aug. 29, 1995, crushing her son Alex in his car seat.

At her sentencing in September, the Canyon Country woman was scolded by the judge for failing to accept responsibility for her son's death. She blamed gravel on the roadside, the other driver she hit after crossing into his lane, a passer-by who attempted to revive Alex, paramedics and emergency room doctors.

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10 injured in 4-car collision on 118

A four-car collision on the eastbound Ronald Reagan Freeway left 10 people injured, one seriously, and temporarily closed the freeway Saturday night, said Los Angeles city fire department officials.

The accident occurred at about 10 p.m. on Highway 118 near the Golden State Freeway interchange. A 5-year-old boy was seriously injured and had to be airlifted to a hospital by a Los Angeles city Fire Department helicopter, said department spokesman Brian Humphrey.

The freeway was closed to traffic for about 10 minutes as the helicopter landed and whisked the boy, who suffered head and abdominal injuries, and his mother to Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, Humphrey said.

Nine others suffered minor injuries, including one adult and four children who were taken by ambulance to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills and an injured adult taken to the Granada Hills Community Hospital.

California Highway Patrol officers were at the scene but had not yet determined a cause for the crash, said a CHP official.

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`Wiseguy' Wahl arrested at bar

Actor Ken Wahl was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of threatening a Westwood bartender with a hunting knife after the employee refused to serve Wahl any more liquor, police said.

The 43-year-old actor of the television series ``Wiseguy'' (1987-90) was booked for investigation of making terrorist threats, said Officer Mike Partain. Bail was set at $150,000, and Wahl was unable to immediately post it.

Police were called to the Beverly Hills Plaza Hotel in Westwood about 7:30 p.m. by the hotel bartender, who said a customer was threatening him.

``Apparently, Mr. Wahl was very intoxicated, or at least appeared so, and the hotel bartender refused to serve him anymore,'' Partain said.

``This infuriated Mr. Wahl, who withdrew a knife with a 6-inch blade.''

Wahl was initially booked at the West Los Angeles police station but was transferred about two hours later to the Van Nuys station jail, where a doctor is on call around the clock. Officers feared for Wahl's health.

``He was apparently very belligerent,'' Partain said. ``He's either drunk on alcohol or high on drugs or the combination of both. We did this for his safety, to ensure that he doesn't get alcohol poisoning or seizures.''

Wahl also appeared in the movies ``The Wanderers'' and ``Fort Apache, the Bronx.''

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Sheriff won't contest domestic violence law

County Sheriff Sherman Block says he will have to comply with a federal law that prevents people convicted of domestic violence from carrying a gun, including peace officers.

``It's not my place to debate the constitutionality of the law,'' Block said Friday. ``I think it's my place to abide by the law as passed.''

However, Block said California does have a law that makes an exemption for officers while they are on duty.

Three officers, each convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence, filed a lawsuit Thursday in an attempt to block enforcement of the federal law. The officers claimed they should not have been reassigned to desk duties and had their guns taken away because their convictions came before the federal law was passed.

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