Monday, May 14, 2012
Those who returned weapons were
For some moms, the greatest present they could recieve on Mother's Day was to have a violent weapon removed from their home. The Huffington Post Los Angeles reports that more than 1,650 guns were turned into the Los Angeles Police Department on Sunday through the department's annual gun buyback program. From the Huffington Post Villaraigosa explained on his Facebook page why the event was held on Mother's Day weekend this year. "[W]e chose this day for the Gun Buyback Program because too many mothers lose their children due to gun violence," he wrote. "This is our opportunity to make a real difference for our children, our families, and our future." The gun buyback program allows people to turn in their firearms and ammunition with no …
Saturday, May 12, 2012
LAPD officers, along with Lost Hills deputies reunite driver with his family.
An elderly driver from Malibu was reunited with his family after becoming lost and wound up in Highland Park. The 81-year-old driver was found by LAPD officers near the intersection of North Figueroa Sttreet and York Boulevad around 8 a.m., according to Sergeant Edward Perez of the Northeast Community Station. The driver seemed confused and lost when he was found, according to police. The driver reportedly left his home in Malibu around 6 or 7 a.m. and wanted to get a cup of coffee. "He wound up driving all the way out here to our Highland Park area, totally lost," Perez said. The family contacted the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Malibu/Lost Hills Station, where deputies worked to ping the man's cell phone and located him in the Highland …
Broken water main has authorities closing the No. 1 and 2 lanes for an unknown duration of time.
UPDATED, 6:40 p.m.: The water main break that hampered traffic on the Northbound 110 freeway at Marmion Way earlier today was cleared as of 12:24 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. Crews worked for several hours after first responding to the main break around 8:30 a.m. The first Sig Alert was issued at 8:54 a.m. for all lanes. After opening the No. 1 lane briefly, it was closed again by 9:17. The roadway was officially clear for traffic by 12:24 p.m., according to the CHP. PREVIOUSLY: Authorities are working to fix a large water main break on the Northbound 110 freeway at Marmion Way, a Sig Alert has been issued and the No. 1 and 2 lanes. The lanes will be closed until further notice, authorities said. The main break was …
Friday, May 11, 2012
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The department arrested three men for the burglaries of around 50 bicycles all over Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Orange counties.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has around 50 bicycles recovered in a bike burglary sting, and they are looking for owners who have been the victim of a bike theft. Three men were arrested at a bike owner's home in Rancho Cucamonga as they were preparing to enter a garage and steal a bike. The group had been repeatedly posing as potential bike buyers on Craigslist, and then establishing enough information about the buyer to find their addresses. They also used publicly posted information on Facebook and the White Pages website to find people selling bikes, according to a release from the department. The trio would then take the stolen bikes, which were usually high-end bikes worth between $5,000 and $15,000, and sell them at…
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Smaller gangs are trying to establish themselves in Northeast L.A., according to the Los Angeles Times.
Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's Northeast Division Gang unit believe a recent spate of violence in the area may be the result of smaller neighborhood gangs looking to "humiliate" a once powerful and violent local power, according to the Los Angeles Times. In an article posted by the Times on Thursday morning, officers from the gang unit said that two recent shootings on Drew Street in Glassell Park--once the home base to the Avenues gang, which plagued the area with violent crime and drug dealing--may have been committed by members of up and coming gangs looking to establish themselves in the area. From the Los Angeles Times: "Because the Avenues' power is weakening, [smaller gangs are] able to come in" and commit …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Two men are suspected of pulling guns on a teller and making away with $800.
Authorities are seeking a pair of suspects alleged to have robbed a teller at gunpoint at the post office located at 5930 N. Figueroa St. at around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 1. According to a witness report, two males standing between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 8 inches, with slender builds and wearing beanies, entered the post office at around 5 p.m. on Tuesday and robbed a teller at gunpoint, making off with about $800. "The two men entered the post office and asked for help filling out some forms," said LAPD Northeast Robbery Detective Jeanie Franco. "The employee opened up the safety glass, and both supects pulled out handguns." Police were called to the post office after the suspects fled the scene. Franco said the teller was unable to…
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Detective Rick Ortiz said it has been a quiet month for violent crimes in Highland Park.
After experiencing a rash of shootings and various other aggravated assaults throughout March and April, LAPD Northeast Division Gang Unit Detective Rick Ortiz reported that its been a peaceful month so far in Highland Park. Ortiz said the surge of violent crime seems to have been stemmed following the arrest of two known gang members--19-year-old Edwin Celis and 23-year-old Edwin Ramirez--in connection with the shooting of a 13-year-old male on Drew Street in Glassell Park. The two suspects were arrested on Thursday, April 26--the same day as the shooting. "There was an arrest made in that shooting, for some reason since that arrest we haven't had another shooting," Detective Ortiz said. "It's kind of interesting, that sort of violence is…
Monday, May 7, 2012
Residents says youths posing as students of Franklin High School may be trying to scam residents.
Several Mount Washington residents have in the last week raised suspicions about young adults claiming to be students from Franklin High School, who have been going door to door in the neighborhood pretending to sell magazine subscriptions for a school fundraiser. Residents have reported that the alleged scammers--who appear to be high school aged or slightly older--have appeared at their door after dark, saying that they were raising funds to restore arts programs at Franklin High School. In an e-mail to Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch, one resident said that the two youths did not attempt to prove that they were affiliated with the school in any way. "They went into a spiel presenting themselves as my neighbors, from "over on San …
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Authorities still investigating the theft from a children's medical facility.
LAPD officers continue to investigate the recent theft of a large air conditioning from a medical facility. The theft was first reported around 12 noon from the Children's Retina Institute, 7447 North Figueroa Street, said Lieutenant Mike Menza. The machine was described as an outdoor air conditioning unit. Officers are still conducting an investigation, not many details are known, specifically, how the unit was removed and if there is a description of possible suspects. "What they do is they go to a business, a lot of the times they go to a business when nobody's there, or maybe in the evening, but right in broad daylight they'll go in and they'll steal the whole air conditioning unit," Menza said. Menza could not specify why thieves …
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Marilyn Robertson
1:46 pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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