Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Bangkok (dpa) - Every child in Thailand knows the name Si Quey. A bad man from China, allegedly a serial killer, even a cannibal. "Do not go outside when it is dark. Otherwise, Si Quey will get you," parents here have warned their children for generations. That is, with all due respect, complete nonsense of course. The man has been dead for nearly 60 years, executed on September 17, 1959, by a firing squad. His body, embalmed with paraffin, is kept in a tightly sealed glass...
The Santa Monica Police Department is asking the public's assistance in locating additional victims who may have been targeted by Diana George and a male suspect believed to be Richard Ely. Diana George has been identified in two incidents targeting elderly victims in the City of Santa Monica during January and February of 2019. During these incidents, George and a male suspect entered the victim's homes by either posing as gardeners or by pretending to be new neighbors. Once...
Santa Monica's Public Safety Building was the site of a memorial service honoring fallen fire fighters and police officers. The Tuesday morning event was the 10th annual memorial service conducted by the City of Santa Monica. Officer Craig Peterson played taps. Three police officers rode horseback, including Stevanie Tovar, Jorge Zendejan, Rob Dawson Honor guards included Captain Darrick Jacob and Sgt. Mike Boyd. Santa Monica Police stood shoulder to shoulder with Santa...
Charges have been filed against a homeless man who allegedly set a number of fires near Sepulveda Boulevard and Getty Center Drive on Easter Sunday, April 21. Steven William Adkison, 31, now faces four felony counts of arson of a structure or forest. A good Samaritan saw the defendant setting the fires and struggled to restrain him until police and firefighters could arrive. This brave citizen, unnamed in the LA County District Attorney's Office press release, undoubtedly save...
The LA County District Attorney's office announced yesterday that they had secured a two-year sentence for the so-called "Bomber Robber." Robert Abalov of Los Angeles was initially charged with attempted robbery, criminal threats, malicious possession of a false bomb with intent to cause fear, false imprisonment, hit and run, and grand theft. This week, Abalov pleaded no contest to one count of attempted second-degree robbery. Second degree robbery occurs if the perpetrator ca...
In a video address to citizens on Facebook on Wednesday, January 29, Police Chief Cynthia Renaud explained the 8.8 percent increase in Part 1 Crime in 2018. Part I crimes range from murder through aggravated assault to larceny-theft. Last year there was an increase of 450 more Part 1 crimes (also known as "serious crimes") than the previous year. Renaud pointed out this averages 1.23 more crimes per day. Between 2015 and 2018, there has been an increase of 29 percent in...
Summary: The Ex Post Facto clause of the US Constitution bans altering a statute of limitations, if it allows a defendant to be charged for offenses that at one time were beyond the Statute of Limitations. The crimes alleged against R. Kelly occurred before 2010, and before a 2015 revision of the statutes. For this reason, Courts will ultimately dismiss all current charges pending against the notorious singer. R Kelly has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal...
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday, February 12, to change a plan to rebuild the Men's Central Jail into a plan to build at least one mental health treatment facility. The original $2.2 billion proposal, changed on Tuesday, was to tear down the 1963 Men's Central Jail and build a rehabilitation-focused center called the Consolidated Correctional Treatment Facility on the old building's footprint. This facility was supposed to house 3,885 "inmate...
Over a year after the fatal shooting of a young woman on a party bus and the shooting injuries of four others, the Santa Monica Police have arrested a man as a person of interest. Camron Aaron Lee, 22, a resident of Los Angeles has been booked for murder, according to Lt. Saul Rodriguez of the SMPD. Lee has three prior felony and one misdemeanor arrests. Lee is the first arrest made in this party-bus murder, a situation which was highly publicized at the time. The shooting...
Santa Monica police Department (SMPD) announced an arrest Friday of an apparently homeless man, whom they believe is responsible for a series of arson related trash can fires. The incidents occurred on December 22, 2018 and January 1 and 3, 2019. On January 3, 2019 at about 5:20 p.m. officers responded to aradio call for service of a trash can fire in an alley of the 2800 block of Montana Avenue. Santa Monica Fire Department responded and extinguished the fire. SMPD...
Update: The MTA has confirmed this story. Social media reports say an apparently homeless man hijacked a female MTA bus driver in Westwood, and forced her to drive him to Santa Monica Monday night or very early Tuesday morning. The New Years Eve hijacking was finally ended by other passengers, the report said. Santa Monica police have not commented about the incident, saying that the arrest was handled by the Los Angeles Police Department, which has jurisdiction over MTA...
From a place studied precisely because it resembles the surface of Mars, comes a mystery as stunning as any X-files. The truth is out there, and the authorities aren't talking. The National Science Foundation announced Thursday that two electrical contractors had died near McMurdo Station. Nothing else we are being told about this story makes any sense. NSF, which runs the US Antarctic program, isn't saying much more than that, even after the next of kin have been notified....
As if Angelenos needed another reason to avoid public transportation, a 51-year-old illegal alien and convicted felon has been charged with the murder of a man on a Gold Line Metro train, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Peter Muñoz, 51 faces one count each of murder and carrying a dirk or dagger. Case GA104722 was filed yesterday. The next court date is scheduled on Dec. 20 in Department 5 of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Alhambra...
SAN QUENTIN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the deaths of two condemned inmates that occurred over the weekend. On Friday night at about 11:15 p.m., staff found Andrew Urdiales, 54, unresponsive during a security check in the Adjustment Center. Correctional officers performed CPR. Urdiales was pronounced dead at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3. Urdiales was sentenced to death on Oct. 5, 2018, by an Orange County jury for t...
A report on Reddit says that Kuwaiti police have shut down a fish store that was sticking googly eyes on fish to make them appear more fresh than they really are. "Is this fish fresh?" "Yes, it's today's catch!" "Then why are its eyes closed?" "It sleeps, can't you see?" "Okay, but then why does it smell so awful?" "When you sleep, can you control yourself?"...
A 20 year old college student was slashed and sent to the hospital by a schizophrenic homeless man in Tongva Park August 20th at 3 am. They were waiting for an Uber, there was some sort of conflict with the victim, and he was hit with a frame. The DA has declined to file charges. Sgt. Rudy Villegas did not know why, but said they were not filing assault with a deadly weapon charges. He added that the incident happened on the Main Street side of the park. The victim is...
It's a rather odd story which makes us think they're not telling us everything. But then again, when do they. The Santa Monica Police Department is seeking additional information or witnesses regarding an incident that occurred on August 23, 2018 at Roosevelt Elementary School located at 801 Montana Ave. On August 23, 2018 between 1:15-1:30 PM, a Roosevelt elementary student was waiting to be picked up by his mother near the 9th Street gate of the school. A female in her...
Two children abducted by their addict parents from Hemet to Santa Monica, police said. The children are 7 and 23 months old. The children, Sione and Akanesi, were taken from the grandparents' home in the 44100 block of Gallipoli Place about 11:45 a.m. Friday by their parents, Samiuela Stevens and Megan Sweesy, and Stevens' twin brother, Hamani Stevens, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. The grandparents say the parents addiction and "mental health issues"...
People in the market for a recognized dog breed should be careful they don't get a mutt in purebred clothing. In the Purebred Puppy Scam, victims may find themselves spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on supposedly purebred pooches that aren't what the sellers claim. Pet stores and other sellers simply may accept a breeder's statement that a puppy is a specific breed. Such claims may become more questionable starting Jan. 1, 2019, when a new state law goes into effect...
Jason Levi Garza, 44, was sentenced yesterday to 33 years in state prison for carjacking a man waiting for his wife outside of a University of California, Los Angeles campus building, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Maria Ghobadi said Jason Levi Garza of Santa Monica pleaded no contest on March 21 to one count of carjacking and admitted using a handgun as a deadly and dangerous weapon. On Oct. 3, 2016, Garza pointed a gun...
A 41-year-old man has been charged with breaking into a 66-year-old woman's Santa Monica apartment and sexually assaulting her, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Oksana Sigal said Dylan James Jensen (dob 5/11/77) of Los Angeles faces one felony count each of first-degree residential burglary, person present; sodomy by use of force; forcible oral copulation; and two counts each of forcible rape; and sexual battery. Case SA0981...
Accused and now found guilty, alleged serial drugger and rapist, America's top family man, the disgraced 80 year old Bill Cosby was rightly and finally found guilty today in court, a victorious day for the #metoo movement. The arrogant comic lashed out in court calling the prosecutor an "asshole" when the prosecutor stated that Cosby was a flight risk. Lucky for the prosecutor Cosby was not close to his asshole offering him a drink! The jury in Cosby's retrial found the...
Los Angeles police are investigating after actor Corey Feldman claimed he was stabbed Tuesday night in Tarzana. The alleged incident happened around 10:45 p.m. at the intersection of Reseda and Ventura boulevards, multiple media outlets reported citing the Los Angeles Police Department. Feldman and a passenger were at stoplight when somebody approached the driver's window and made a "jabbing motion" before fleeing, told Officer Drake Madison KTLA5. Feldman had not stabbing wou...
Earlier today, the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) located and arrested a suspect believed to be involved in a home invasion robbery that took place in Santa Monica. The suspect is identified as Rashad Devon Harris, a 25 year-old male. Friday at 3:30 am a woman residing in an apartment complex in the 1700 block of 5th Street called police to say she had been attacked. Upon arrival, officers located a female resident in a unit suffering from multiple stab wounds and lacer...
On February 23, 2018, Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) Detectives filed charges on a suspect believed to be involved in the murder of John Hautz. The suspect is identified as Roy Antonio Davis, a 26-year old male from Los Angeles. The charges were filed with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office - Airport Division Courthouse. On January 1, 2018 at about 1:04 p.m., SMPD Officers responded to a radio call for service in the 2300 block of 34th Street regarding...
