LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Police Department had 31 officer- involved shootings in 2022, compared with 37 such shootings the previous year, according to a new report. The LAPD’s 2022 Use of Force Year-End Review report was presented Tuesday to the LAPD Board of Police Commissioners. The report covered various statistical areas, among them “categorical use of force incidents,” which includes officer-involved shootings. “The period between 2018 and 2022 has been the lowest five-year period of OIS incidents in the last three-plus decades,” an LAPD statement said. The year 2022 saw several decreases in categorical use of force incidents,…
Author: City News Service
LOS ANGELES – More than 300 Los Angeles Police Department undercover officers whose personal information was released and posted on various websites — including one that allegedly listed bounties for the killing of officers — announced the filing of damages claims against the city and LAPD leadership Tuesday. “This presents a significant threat to the safety of the citizens of Los Angeles,” attorney Matthew McNicholas told reporters at a Westwood news conference announcing the claims, which are precursors to lawsuits. “I can tell you without (revealing) detail that several undercover operations have had to stop and several undercover (officers) have…
LOS ANGELES – Three managers for Irvine-based Silverado Senior Living Management Inc. pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from the COVID-related deaths of a nurse and 13 people who lived at a residential care facility in Los Angeles. Loren Bernard Shook, the company’s chief executive officer, Jason Michael Russo, a company administrator at the time, and Kimberly Cheryl Butrum, a vice president, were charged last month with 13 felony counts of elder endangerment and five felony counts of violation causing death, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The national chain, which specializes in caring for elderly…
LOS ANGELES – A San Fernando Valley man faces sentencing in July for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Edward Badalian, 28, of Panorama City, was convicted in federal court in the District of Columbia of conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding, and entering and remaining in a restricted building following a non- jury trial last month. The defendant remains on pre-trial release until sentencing on July 21, according to federal prosecutors. Badalian was charged in a superseding indictment returned in a case initially filed in March 2021 against Daniel Rodriguez, 40, of…
LONG BEACH – The family of an 18-year-old woman fatally shot by a Long Beach Unified School District safety officer while she was sitting in a car announced Tuesday that they’ve reached a $13 million settlement of their lawsuit against the district. Manuela “Mona” Rodriguez, whose son was just 5 months old at the time, was shot once in the back of the head on Sept. 27, 2021, while sitting in the front passenger seat of a moving car near Spring Street and Palo Verde Avenue, in the vicinity of Millikan High School. She remained on life support until Oct.…
WILMINGTON – Authorities sought the public’s help Monday to find the hit-and-run motorist they say left the scene of a pedestrian fatality in Wilmington. Paramedics sent to Pacific Coast Highway at Wilmington Boulevard about 5:20 p.m. Sunday pronounced the 52-year-old man dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Information on his identity was not immediately available. The man was walking north across PCH “against a solid red light, in a marked crosswalk” when he was hit by a Scion xB that was westbound on PCH, police said. The driver of the Scion stopped at the scene…
LOS ANGELES – An unknown female patient hospitalized for two weeks at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center prompted authorities Monday to reach out to the public for help identifying her. The patient is described as a 5-foot-9 Black woman, weighing 242 pounds, between the age of 55-60 years old, with dark brown shoulder length coarse hair, and brown eyes. She was taken to the hospital by ambulance on March 20 after being discovered in unknown condition at an undisclosed sidewalk. Anyone with information regarding the patient’s identity was asked to contact Senior Clinical Social Worker Jennifer Burgos at 323-409-4318 or…
LOS ANGELES – A judge Monday dismissed the two remaining claims of a Los Angeles police officer who sued the city, alleging he was harassed and subjected to backlash for not wearing a face covering while working outdoors. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kevin C. Brazile granted a motion by the City Attorney’s Office to toss LAPD officer Rick Knoph’s causes of action for discrimination and retaliation. The judge concurred with the city’s lawyers, who argued that Knoph had not shown he had engaged in any kind of “protected” activity or that he was subjected to an adverse employment action.…
LOS ANGELES – A woman who allegedly stole a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department patrol SUV led deputies on a chase Monday from Compton to Orange County, where she was eventually boxed in by other vehicles and taken into custody. The chase began about 1:30 p.m., and led onto the eastbound Artesia (91) Freeway and into Orange County. At about 2 p.m., the suspect exited the freeway in the Fullerton area, and headed onto surface streets, trailed by law enforcement vehicles and tracked via helicopter. The suspect drove through an industrial area and briefly stopped, but then sped away again.…
POMONA – A Pomona native was chosen Monday as one of four astronauts who will fly on a historic trip around the moon next year as part of NASA’s ambitious Artemis program to establish a lunar base as an outpost for future deep-space missions. Victor Glover, who was born in Pomona and attended Ontario High School and graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, will serve as pilot on the mission. He will be joined by commander Reid Wiseman and mission specialists Christina Hammock Koch and Jeremy Hansen. Glover, Wiseman and Koch are all NASA astronauts, while Hansen is with…