Friday, November 30, 2012

Teacher pleads guilty to having sex with 17-year-old ex-student

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Teacher pleads guilty to having sex with 17-year-old ex-student

A San Diego County high school teacher pleaded guilty Thursday to having sex with a former 17-year-old student.
Kelly McKenzy Watson, 34, met the teen while he was student in her class at New Haven residential school in Vista, according to a report on Fox 5 San Diego. The school works with troubled and at-risk teens.
The report quoted San Diego police who said Watson taught the boy from September 2010 to August 2011.
Watson is free on $45,000 bail. She is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 6 and faces up to three years in state prison.
Watson's attorney described her as a highly respected special education teacher who has been in the profession for the last seven years.

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Click here to find out more! San Bernardino council votes to slash budget more than $26 million - www.BailNowSanBernadinoCounty.com

Panel votes 5 to 2 for the austerity plan that freezes Police Department vacancies and cuts Fire Department overtime.
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The City Council of San Bernardino, which is in bankruptcy and facing a $45.8-million budget shortfall, voted Monday to slash more than $26 million in spending and freeze debt payments as the municipality struggles to stay afloat.
The austerity plan, a required step in the federal bankruptcy process, freezes vacancies in the Police Department even as the city deals with an increase in violent crime. The Fire Department's overtime budget was slashed by 35%.
The city had already stopped making payments to CalPERS, the state's public employee pension fund, since filing for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection Aug. 1, a move city officials estimate will save more than $12 million.
The council voted 5 to 2 in favor of the plan, which both Mayor Patrick Morris and City Atty. James Penman said was a mandatory step in the effort to restructure the city's debts and repair its finances under federal bankruptcy protection.
At a recent hearing, federal Bankruptcy Judge Meredith Jury told San Bernardino officials that she expected the budget-cutting plan to be filed soon. Some of the city's creditors have argued that San Bernardino does not qualify to file for municipal bankruptcy protection.
"We have a mountain to climb here," Morris said during Monday's meeting at City Hall.
Councilman Chas Kelley blasted the budget-cutting plan for being shortsighted and not addressing San Bernardino's long-term financial health, which he said depends on attracting business and expanding the middle class.
"This budget is a financial equivalent of using leeches to bleed a sick patient," Kelley said. "There is no vision in this budget for our city's economic renewal."
Joining Kelley in voting against the plan was Councilman John Valdivia, who objected to freezing the police force "in a city with all-time-high crime rate levels." The city has 299 sworn officers in the current budget, although 18 positions have been vacant.
Councilwoman Wendy McCammack acknowledged that many of the cuts were objectionable but said the council had little choice but to make the tough decisions demanded by the bankruptcy process. Failing to do so, she said, would lead to the city dissolving and being governed by the county.

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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Shooting suspect commits suicide after chase by San Diego police

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A man suspected of shooting a woman in the head in Missouri died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot early Friday after being chased by police in San Diego.

Acting on information provided by the Missouri state police, San Diego police chased a vehicle through the streets of Mission Beach in hopes of arresting the driver.
Surrounded in a dead end about 1:30 a.m., the driver took his own life, police said. He was identified as Alan Lovelace, 37, of Blue Spring, Mo., wanted on suspicion of shooting a woman in the head in Grain Valley, Mo., and taking her car.
The woman was listed in critical condition, according to Missouri news reports.

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

4 Southern California men held in plot to join Al Qaeda, Taliban - BailNowSoCal.com

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Four men with ties to Southern California have been charged with plotting to join Al Qaeda and the Taliban to commit "violent jihad" and target Americans, the FBI said Monday night.
One of the men, Sohiel Omar Kabir, 34, allegedly traveled in July to Afghanistan, where he arranged for terrorist training to be conducted with Al Qaeda and Taliban operatives, according to a complaint unsealed Monday in U.S. District Court in Riverside.
Kabir, who lived in Pomona, is a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Afghanistan, federal authorities said.
n 2010, Kabir allegedly introduced Ontario resident Ralph Deleon, 23, and Upland resident Miguel Alejandro Santana, 21, to "radical and violent Islamic doctrine," according to the complaint.
"Kabir influenced Santana and Deleon to convert to Islam," the complaint said.
The complaint said the men studied Internet essays and lectures by Anwar Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric and U.S. citizen who was killed in Yemen in 2011 by missiles fired from a U.S. Predator drone aircraft. The death of Awlaki, a mid-level Al Qaeda operative, was considered a major coup because he had been effective in  reaching disaffected Muslims in the United States and elsewhere with his online speeches and sermons.
After arriving in Afghanistan, Kabir told the two men that he had arranged for them to travel to that country for terrorist training, the complaint alleged.
Santana and Deleon are accused of telling a confidential source working for the FBI that they planned to go to Afghanistan to take part in "violent jihad," the complaint said. Santana is a permanent resident born in Mexico, authorities said, and Deleon is a permanent resident born in the Philippines.
In September, the two men recruited Riverside resident Arifeen David Gojali, 21, to travel overseas with them and join Kabir for terrorist training, according to federal authorities. Gojali is a U.S. citizen.
Santan, Gojali and Deleon were apprehended Friday by authorities with the Joint Terrorism Task Force. They appeared before a magistrate Monday in federal court in Riverside.
Kabir was taken into custody in Afghanistan. The investigation is ongoing. If convicted, the men face up to 15 years in federal prison.

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Friday, November 16, 2012

Glendale police search for missing La Crescenta woman - BailNowLA.com

Megan Sue Dipiazza
Police searched Friday for a missing 33-year-old La Crescenta mother who they say has a history of depression and left a note saying “goodbye to her family.”
Megan Sue Dipiazza went missing Sunday evening from her apartment, where the note was found, according to the Glendale Police Department.
Police told the Glendale News-Press that Dipiazza’s disappearance doesn’t indicate foul play and “no suspicious activity has been identified.”
Her family has been concerned about her welfare, according to police, and have been working with detectives, who want to speak with Dipiazza.
She has blond hair, green eyes, is 5-feet-6 and 122 pounds. Dipiazza drives a 2013 gray Toyota Scion, with California license plate number 6XJR885, although the plate may not be on the car.
Anyone with information is asked to call Glendale police Sgt. Jeff Newton at (818) 548-3987.

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Former SoCal marine animal rescuer shot by Las Vegas police


Terry Rogaczewski, pictured in 1997 after helping rescue a baby whale in Marina del Rey, was shot by Las Vegas police on Nov. 3. He was later arrested. Credit: Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times 

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A man who used to rescue marine animals in Southern California was shot by Las Vegas police after he allegedly tried to break into a car, authorities said.
Terry Rogaczewski, 39, of Las Vegas, who was in critical condition after being shot during the Nov. 3 incident, was released from a Las Vegas hospital and booked last week, the Las Vegas Sun reported. He now faces charges including attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm into a vehicle and resisting a public officer.
About 9:30 p.m. that Saturday, Rogaczewski pointed a gun at a car as it entered the Town & Country Manor III apartments, the Sun said, citing an arrest report. The driver sped off and was not hurt, but several minutes later, Rogaczewski began shooting at a second vehicle as it drove into the complex.
The driver ducked and then drove in reverse, hitting a wall before running away, the report continued. Police already in the area responded after hearing the gunshots and found Rogaczewski trying to enter the passenger side of the second car.
Officers told Rogaczewski to show his hands but he turned around with a gun and aimed it at them, the report said. The officers fired, striking Rogaczewski several times.
He is scheduled to appear in court in December, jail records show.
According to a 1997 article in The Times, Rogaczewski once volunteered with a marine animal rescue group that trained sea lions for the movies "Andre" and "Stinkers." The part-time lifeguard and trained EMT helped with a high-profile rescue of a baby gray whale in Marina del Rey, an animal later taken to Sea World and named "J.J."

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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Suspect in brazen rape on L.A. bus arrested - LA never ceases to Amaze!

A mentally disabled woman was attacked on a 217-line Metro bus earlier this week. The suspect was taken into custody just hours after surveillance camera images were released.

Assault on bus 

The woman boarded the 217 Metro bus in Culver City at about 5 p.m., on her way home from her special education school. The 18-year-old with the mental capacity of a 10-year-old had only recently been allowed to start taking the trip on her own.
A stranger boarded behind her.
He followed her to the back of the bus, authorities said, and without warning began raping her.
The attack lasted for 10 minutes Wednesday afternoon as the bus traveled south through Baldwin Hills, making two stops as the rape continued, authorities said. There were several people on the bus when the two boarded, but some exited during the attack, possibly unaware of what was happening at the back of the bus.
The assailant only ended the attack as the bus was reaching its final stop, where he left the bus, authorities said.
The brazen crime reverberated around the sprawling Metro system Friday. Portions of the rape were captured on a surveillance camera and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials arrested a suspect, Kerry Trotter, Friday morning just hours after releasing still photos of the alleged attacker.
Authorities said Trotter, 20, is a parolee and a transient who had previously been investigated on suspicion of sexual assault.
"It was a crime of opportunity," said sheriff's Sgt. Dan Scott. "Unfortunately, [the victim] was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He followed her onto the bus and assaulted her."
Metro officials were quick to note that sexual assaults and other violent crimes are relatively rare on its network of buses and rail lines. Three rapes have been reported this year on a system that recorded millions of commuter trips.
But despite the numbers, passengers said Friday that the rape left them uneasy. In a region where getting around is usually about being in a car alone, bus commuters say mass transit exposes them to all kind of people and situations, both good and bad.
Faydra Caldwell, 23, said every time she rides the bus she instinctively notes what other passengers are wearing in case she might have to report them to the police. It's a habit she has developed since her phone was snatched by another bus rider.
"You don't know what people are capable of doing," said Caldwell, a student at West L.A. College.
Another rider, John Wilson, said that a few months ago he had to shove a man off the bus because the man was patting a woman's head and making sexual remarks. No one else intervened.
"The bus driver was really angry at me," said the 54-year-old church executive. "He said, 'Don't take the law into your own hand.' I said, well, you weren't doing anything and the passengers sure as hell weren't."
In this week's incident, both the suspect and the victim got onto the bus at about 5 p.m. at the corner of La Cienega and Jefferson boulevards, near the new Expo Line rail station.
Sheriff's officials said they doubt the bus driver or the passengers on the bus knew what was happening. Scott said detectives believe Trotter was riding buses looking for potential victims.
"He immediately went to her and began the assault," Scott said. "…The suspect had his back to the front of the bus. People generally think of a rape as some kind of attack where someone's thrown down. Its not always the case."
"The victim did not scream," he added. "The victim told our detective that she was shocked, and didn't know what to do, and was in fear of her safety and her life."
Detectives are seeking riders on the bus, including one passenger they believe may have witnessed the incident, though they can't be sure. He "did not jump up and scream rape or that someone was being assaulted," Scott said.
Trotter has a history of run-ins with the law, according to records. Last year, he was convicted of drug possession. In April, he was convicted of grand theft and sentenced to a year in jail, but did not serve his full sentence. In June he was arrested again, and in September admitted to violating probation. He was released from jail Sept. 28. On Oct. 15 he was arrested again by Redondo Beach police and served 10 days in jail. Records did not include specifics on that offense.

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

O.C. man shot girlfriend until he ran out of ammo, D.A. says

O.C. man shot girlfriend until he ran out of ammo, D.A. says - NOT GOOD!

An Orange County man is set to be arraigned Thursday for the fatal shooting of his live-in girlfriend during a confrontation, prosecutors said.
Thomas Michael Wilhelm, 48, was indicted by a grand jury last month and faces one felony count of murder, according to a statement from the Orange County district attorney's office. If convicted, he could face a maximum sentence of 50 years to life in prison.
Prosecutors say that on the evening of July 8, Wilhelm took a handgun from a neighbor's home before returning to his Costa Mesa home, where he confronted his girlfriend, Christine Murray.
Prosecutors contend that Wilhelm fired the handgun repeatedly, shooting Murray  until the gun was out of ammunition.
He returned to his neighbor's home, found a shotgun and fired one round into the ground, prosecutors said.
Costa Mesa police arrived within minutes of the initial shooting and found Murray with gunshot wounds to her chest. Murray, 45, was rushed to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Police found the firearm at the scene and arrested Wilhelm a short time later, prosecutors said.

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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

LAPD seeks hit-and-run driver who struck man in crosswalk - He'll need us! - BailNowLA.com

LAPD seeks hit-and-run driver who struck man in crosswalk

Los Angeles police Monday night were searching for a hit-and-driver who critically injured a man in a crosswalk.
The 25-year-old victim was struck around 2 a.m. Sunday at Wilshire Boulevard and Spaulding Avenue near the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
The suspect was driving a dark BMW with no license plates or possible European plates, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The driver is described as a possible male of Middle Eastern descent in his 30s with dark hair and dark eyes, the LAPD said.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (213) 473-0228 or (213) 473-0234.

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

USC shooting: Classes to be held as normal after suspects detained - BailNowSoCal.com

USC shooting: Classes to be held as normal after suspects detained

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As authorities concluded their on-campus investigation into the Halloween shooting at USC that wounded four people, classes were scheduled to continue as normal on Thursday, officials said.
"The campus is now open," read an early morning email alert from the university. "Classes are in session."
With two suspects quickly apprehended, USC officials turned to their next challenge: trying to reassure students, parents and the public that the campus is safe.
In April, two foreign graduate students from China were gunned down while sitting in their car, which was parked in a neighborhood off campus.
On Wednesday night, an argument broke out between two men outside the Ronald Tutor Center, where a party hosted by a campus student organization was being held, officials said. Moments later, one of the men pulled out a gun and shot his intended target in the torso three or four times, they said.
That victim was critically injured and was undergoing surgery at a local hospital. Three bystanders were also wounded with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.
Authorities said the two suspects were chased by campus security officers and were quickly taken into custody about a football field's length away from the crime scene.
Asst. Chief John Thomas of the USC Department of Public Safety said at a news briefing Thursday morning that the shooting was "totally an isolated incident."
"There is no pending danger" to the university, he said.
None of the people involved the matter were USC students, faculty or staff, authorities said.
No information was immediately available about which group was hosting the Halloween party on campus.
In a statement issued on the university's website, USC's vice president for student affairs, Michael L. Jackson, said that campus policy requires that student parties be open only to guests with student IDs from USC or another university.
"This incident reminds us that we must look out for ourselves and be particularly vigilant about the personal safety of friends and guests at our social events," Jackson said in the statement.
It is unclear whether anyone was checking identifications at the event. The shooting took place outside the party, where about 100 people were gathered, officials said.
Students who witnessed the incident described a chaotic scene.
"You hear one shot and you're like, 'Wait, what was that?'" said Matthew Hamilton, a graduate student who witnessed the incident. "As soon as it registered, everyone just ran."
USC student Ashley Riegle, 27, said the gunfire seemed to occur "out of nowhere."
"Everyone ran. Everyone ran like hell," she said. "We just ducked down."

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