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2 Men Shot Dead In Mount Washington
Two men were shot and killed Thursday in Los Angeles' Mount Washington neighborhood and an investigation into the shooting is underway. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's Northeast Division responded to 1460 Cliff Drive at 12:15 a.m. regarding reports of a shooting. When they arrived, they found the victims with multiple gunshots wounds, an LAPD spokeswoman told City News Service. Witnesses told the officers that a group of assailants approached the victims, shot them and drove away. Los Angeles Fire Department personnel were called and pronounced the men dead at the scene, police said. There was no suspect description. The LAPD's Central Division is handling the investigation.
FOX 11
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Authorities Seek Help Locating 28-Year-Old Woman
Authorities sought the public's assistance Wednesday in locating a 28-year-old woman who was last seen in Echo Park. Julie Trejo-Sarmientos was last seen near the intersection of North Alvarado and West Temple streets around 8 a.m. Monday, according to the California Highway Patrol. Trejo-Sarmientos was described as a 5-foot-2-inch tall woman weighing 120 pounds with brown hair and eyes. She was last seen wearing a green hat, black shirt, pants, and orange shoes. CHP officials believe Trejo-Sarmientos was last seen traveling in a silver 2003 Mitsubishi Montero with Oregon license plate 069BDC. Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts was urged to contact 911.
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Police Searching For Inmate Who Walked Away From Southern California Jail Facility
Officials with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as well as local law enforcement, are searching for a 22-year-old inmate who walked away from a community reentry program facility in Los Angeles Tuesday. Authorities said an emergency prisoner count called at around 2:20 p.m. Tuesday confirmed that Samaki M. Tywman was missing after officials were alerted that he had tampered with his ankle monitor. The 22-year-old is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing approximately 179 pounds. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, black sweatpants and black tennis shoes, a CDCR news release detailed. The release also stated that Tywman was serving a five-year sentence for "discharging a firearm in an inhabited dwelling/vehicle/aircraft and second-degree robbery." In early August, he entered CDCR's Male Community Reentry Program, which allows eligible offenders to serve the end of their sentences at the center where they are provided with programs to help them transition back into the community. "Since 1977, 99 percent of the incarcerated people who have escaped or walked away from an adult male institution camp, in-state contract bed or Community Rehabilitative Program Placement have been apprehended," officials added.
KTLA 5
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Alleged BevMo Robber Found Guilty
Sentencing is expected Thursday for one of two Los Angeles men found guilty of a federal charge for committing a string of robberies in a 10-day span that ended in the duo leading law enforcement in a freeway chase before crashing a stolen car into a tree then running across six lanes of highway traffic during rush hour. Anthony Flores, 28, was convicted in July after a three-day trial in downtown Los Angeles of interference with commerce by robbery - known as a federal Hobbs Act crime, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. According to court documents, beginning in May 2023, Flores and co-defendant Ivin Kitu Sanford robbed two BevMo stores in Long Beach and Lakewood, stealing high-end liquor stored behind security glass and, in some instances, threatening employees with violence. The men would then sell the liquor on Instagram, evidence showed. At the Long Beach store, Flores stole around $2,604 worth of liquor and at the Lakewood store, he escaped with around $800 worth of liquor, according to federal prosecutors. Flores also conspired to rob two additional BevMo stores located in Pasadena and West Covina, prosecutors said.
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San Diego Man Sentenced To Two Years For Sexually Abusing Teenager Aboard Flight
San Diego resident Ryan Coffey was on a cross-country flight in January 2023 when he offered alcohol to a 14-year-old sitting next to him, according to court records. He didn't know the girl, who was 17 years his junior, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. That didn't prevent Coffey, however, from sexually molesting her on the five-hour-plus American Airlines evening flight from Charlotte, N.C., to San Diego. Now a federal judge has sentenced Coffey to prison for his actions. The now 33-year-old was sentenced Monday to two years in prison and 10 years of supervised release afterward and saddled with just under $11,000 in fines and restitution. Coffey had pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a minor and abusive sexual contact in August. A call to his attorney was not immediately answered. Coffey admitted in court that he supplied the girl with rum and touched her inner thigh and breasts, according to the Department of Justice. A fellow passenger said that she heard the minor tell Coffey that she was afraid of flying, according to a sentencing memo. That's when he took out a bottle of alcohol from his bag and gave it to her to relax, according to the witness statement in the memo. "Then he patted her on the leg and gave her his hand to hold," the memo noted. "He even held her by the waist while watching a movie during the flight." Ultimately, the victim claimed that Coffey also allegedly forced his fingers inside her vagina and forced her to perform oral sex.
Los Angeles Times
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Colorado Officer Killed, Second Seriously Injured In Crash With Suspected DUI Driver
A Golden Police Department officer was killed and a second seriously injured after they were hit by a suspected drunken driver while responding to a crash on Colorado 58 on Wednesday night. The two officers, a man and a woman, were investigating a crash near Washington Avenue and were outside of their vehicle when they were struck just before 5 p.m., Golden Police Chief Joe Harvey said late Wednesday night. The section of highway is a curved overpass, and another officer was staged nearby, Colorado State Patrol officials said in a news release. Both officers were forced under the vehicle from the previous crash and were trapped, CSP officials said. One officer, a 33-year-old man, died at the scene. The second officer, a woman, was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The driver was arrested on scene for "suspected impairment," state patrol officials said late Wednesday. The agency did not release the driver's name. Harvey declined to release the officer's name Wednesday night, citing the wishes of his family, but held back tears as he described the man as an "amazing human being" who served in the military and flew Black Hawk helicopters.
The Denver Post
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Video: Man Fires Shotgun At Georgia Deputies In Jail Parking Lot Before OIS
The Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office has released a heavily edited but detailed video that provides context around an Oct. 7 incident in which deputies exchanged shots with a gunman in their own parking lot. Emmanuel Patrick Bearden, 44, of Peachtree Corners, was taken to the hospital after he was shot by deputies early last month, the GBI said. The incident was captured on video from a variety of angles thanks to security cameras at the sheriff's office and body-worn cameras used by deputies. The video shared by the sheriff's office Monday pieces together video clips from multiple different sources to show how the shooting happened. "The released video has been edited to include markers that highlight key moments of the incident, with blurring applied to protect the integrity of this ongoing investigation," the sheriff's office said in a statement. NOTE: The video contains graphic content. It was edited and released by the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office and was not produced by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The video begins with Bearden's arrival at the jail, where the sheriff's office said his behavior appeared strange. He can be seen wearing body armor as he speaks to deputies just inside the facility's door. He is accompanied by his young daughter, who is wearing a T-shirt and a diaper.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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Wind Gusts Could Reach 100 MPH In Some Spots As SoCal Faces Another Day Of Dangerous Fire Weather
With a destructive fire burning out of control in Ventura County, Southern California faces another day of intense winds and dry conditions. That has firefighters across the region on high alert. By Thursday morning, the fire had burned 14,104 acres with zero containment. Numerous homes were lost. The National Weather Service issued a "particularly dangerous situation" red flag alert, warning of "widespread, extreme fire weather conditions." The warning was issued for wide swaths of Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Much of the surrounding area also was facing dangerous winds, with high-wind or standard red flag warnings issued for mountains in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, the Inland Empire and parts of Orange County. In Ventura County, wind gusts were so strong that some firefighting aircraft could not operate at times on Wednesday. A blowing dust advisory is also in effect through Thursday.
Los Angeles Times
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Hutt Poised To Win Full Term In LA City Council 10th District Seat
Heather Hutt - the incumbent appointed to the L.A. City Council from District 10 after her predecessor, Mark Ridley-Thomas, was convicted on federal corruption charges - was headed for a full four-year term Wednesday after handily defeating her election opponent. As of Wednesday afternoon, Hutt had 34,211 votes, or about 62% of the vote from Tuesday's election, while attorney Grace Yoo stood at 21,016 votes, or about 38%, according to the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's Office. It was unclear how many ballots remain to be tallied in the district. Mail-in ballots postmarked by election day will also be accepted for up to a week. The 10th District encompasses the neighborhoods of Arlington Heights, Koreatown, Mid-City, Palms, South Robertson, West Adams and Wilshire Center. According to a representative for Hutt's campaign, the councilwoman is "proud of the work" she and her team have done, and she feels "lucky to be part of this process and have her communities trust in her." A representative for Yoo's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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