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LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL ART STUDENTS CREATE BEAUTY TO RAISE AWARENESS

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February 18, 2014 Mission Statement: Attention Los Angeles’s commitment is to generate a publication that educates, informs and empowers citizens about arrests and crimes in their communities, and about victim assistance and crime prevention; to engage the community in victim assistance and public safety.

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By Rev. Don Abernathy

At Attention News we are blessed to meet and work with numerous charities that focus on a specific area of need. Through our interaction with these groups, we see firsthand how these organizations truly affect our community. One such group is Havenly Blue. We met Founders Priscilla and Yasmin at a march against child abuse last year. Their passion and drive to save children is truly remarkable. While we have come so far as a country with so much to be proud of, but for some reason we still can’t find a way to protect our children from predators and abusers. Havenly Blue’s focus is to be a voice for abused children everywhere that cry in the darkness and think no one cares. This is a tough subject that most people don’t want to discuss, even when it happened to them. Havenly Blue is shining a light on this very dark subject and fighting for children everywhere. Recently, Havenly Blue received a donation of a new butterfly logo. This is appropriate as Priscilla refers to lost children as fallen butterflies. She met Los Alamitos High School art teacher Karissa Ferrell and together they worked with the high school to get approval for a first ever Fallen Butterfly Project. The basic program is art students used metal to make jewelry with the Fallen Butterfly logo but the results were far from basic. I was fortunate to be invited to the unveiling of this program. Art teacher Mrs. Ferrell isn’t teaching her students how to make jewelry; she is teaching them old school ways to bring metal to life with old fashioned tools and their hands. Students told me how they used hack saws, drills, hammers and buffing pads to bring beauty out of raw metal. They hammered rivets into drilled holes attaching different types of metals for unique looks. They weren’t given patterns

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or specific instructions on what to make, only told to incorporate the Fallen Butterfly into the jewelry they felt was hidden in the raw metal. These proud students really got the message of the Fallen Butterfly and brought pieces of copper, aluminum and stainless steel to life in the form of ear rings, necklaces, and bracelets. With the help of DW Ferrell, the jewelry is being auctioned on havenly.teachart.org through March 11. The proceeds are being split 3 ways, just like a triangle. The Los Alamitos High School Art Department is receiving 1/3 of the funds, 1/3 of the funds go to Havenly Blue and the final 1/3 is for the awesome student artist. While much needed funds are being raised for all 3 groups involved, to me, this project is so much more than a fund raiser. I saw students proud to help children they don’t know show their parents what they made with a sparkle in their eye. I saw parents amazed at the sheer talent Mrs. Ferrell was able to tap into and draw out of their children. I saw a high school teacher care so much that I almost wanted to be a student again…almost. Please support this wonderful project and visit havenly.teachart.org to view a brief video and bid on amazing one of a kind jewelry handmade with love from a child’s heart.

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SEE BACK COVER FOR DETAILS do incur a cost for storage of the truck they can’t No Tail on my Truck sell along with cost of painting and installing the By Rev. Don Abernathy

Criminals are always looking for the next hot thing to steal and cash in. The height of home foreclosures and home abandonment also saw the height of scrap metal including copper and wire. This led to the theft of copper pipes and wires in the empty houses by thieving recyclers. This is still an issue but our politicians passed laws requiring valid identification, the mailing of checks rather than dispersing of cash and a 3 day waiting period. That hasn’t stopped the theft of copper and metal, but it has reduced the casual thief. Now they are looking for something new that is easy to steal and sell. In the last issue we wrote about the increase in auto theft which can directly be related to the amount of criminals being dumped on our streets. But stealing a complete vehicle requires a little bit of skill. So what is easier than stealing a complete vehicle? How about a valuable piece of the vehicle that is made with a quick release? I’m referring to the pickup truck tailgates. Having owned numerous trucks; I can attest to the fact that all the tailgates are made to be removed in seconds. Depending on the truck year and make, new aftermarket tailgates can be found for $150$1,500 plus paint. The new replacement cost for factory tailgates is a lot higher at $1,000 to $3,500 plus paint. With more new trucks having back up sensors and cameras in the tailgates, their replacement cost could easily reach $5,000. In working on this article someone said to me, “I don’t own a truck so why do I care?” Well we all need to care because every one of us pays for the theft in a couple of different ways. First, insurance deductible run from $250-$1,000. For a lot of truck owners it’s a lot easier to file an insurance claim and pay the deductible than outright buy and paint a new tailgate. Increases in insurance claims leads to increases in insurance rates for everyone. Second, new and used auto dealers are being hit by tailgate thieves because of the volume of trucks lined up on their lots. Yes they also file claims with their insurance companies which can cause their own premiums to increase. As a precaution, some are hiring more security or putting up cameras which have a cost. Plus they

new tailgate. That cost is added into their bottom line and spread out across all the customers that walk onto their lot regardless of the type of vehicle they buy. A report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau released February 2013 stated tailgate theft had shown an 18% increase from 2011 to 2012. Texas was the hardest hit state, mainly because they have the most trucks, but California held a strong second place. With the increases we’ve seen in tailgate theft over the past few months, I expect 2013 will also see a significant increase over 2012. So what do we do when tailgates are made to be removed quick and easy? The internet is full of anti-tailgate theft devices but the best deterrence is quick, simple and cheap. The key word here is deterrence. The only 100% sure way to prevent your tailgate from being stolen is to weld it shut or take it with you when you leave your truck; neither is very practical. Keep in mind thieves want to steal and be gone as quick as possible. If you make your tailgate difficult to steal, chances are they aren’t going to fight with it; they will just go to the next truck. My suggestion is a hose clamp on both sides of the tailgate rotating arms.

Installing them like the picture shows will not affect the functionality of the tailgate and you can still remove them if you need to remove your tailgate. If you have a truck, stop by your local hardware store and spend $3 on 2 hose clamps to secure your tailgate. If you don’t have a truck but know someone who does, stop by the hardware store and spend $3 to buy them 2 hose clamps. It’s a gift that shows you care and may be worth its weight in gold when you need to find a friend with a truck to move your new couch

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Where are the close friends and paid handlers of these famous people when their drug and alcohol use started getting REV. DON ABERNATHY out of hand? I personally lose respect for people that surround themselves with Drug and alcohol overdose deaths happen “Yes men” that won’t stand up and point every hour of every day in our wonderful out bad choices; yes Justin Bieber….I’m country but we don’t hear very much talking to you. I understand famous people about the lives lost to addiction. Now let a have problems like the rest of us but these B.S.I.S. Security Guard Card, Firearm & Permit celebrity overdose and the media is flooded people didn’t die from suicide by overdose, B.S.I.S. Security Guard Card, Firearm & Permit B.S.I.S. SB 1626 CA Campus School Security Course with about the sad Security and tragic B.S.I.S. SBcomments 1626 CA Campus School Course they died from excessive enjoyment O.C.loss. Pepper Spray Certificate ForSpray me itCertificate was a sad day when we lost O.C. Pepper overdose. I do morn their loss and I keep Active Shooter Course actors and entertainers that I personally Active Shooter Course their families in my prayers but their death Report Writing enjoyed like Philip Seymour Hoffman, should not be celebrated. Report Writing Security Course ChrisManagement Farley, Heath Ledger (A Knight’s Security Management Course What’s the message sent to our youth when TaleSecurity is one ofCourse my favorites), Whitney Church Church Security Course we publicly celebrate the life and mourn Houston, John Belushi, KevinGuards DuBrow, Unarmed Self-Defense for Security Unarmed Self-Defense for Security Guards the loss of a bad decision due to addiction? John Bonham, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Dee Dee Simply mourning the loss is a missed Ramone, Bon Scott and Corey Monteith opportunity to gain something positive (yes I like Glee). But I don’t agree with the and give back one last time to their fans. mainstream media’s usual portrayal of a These people chose a profession that put

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19-Year-Old Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver By Rev. Don Abernathy

On Tuesday February 4, 2014, an unknown driver fatally struck 19-year-old Jerry Arredondo Jr. in South Los Angeles then fled the scene. Arrendondo was exiting his car around 7:30 p.m. when he was struck by a 2013 Black Chevy Camaro. The accident happened in a residential area at Wadsworth Avenue and East 106th Street. Victim

20001(A) VC, Hitand-Run. Police have released a picture of a person of interest in connection with the crash. Both the driver and passenger of the Camaro are Person of Interest sought by police described as male blacks. Los Angeles Police Department South Traffic Division detectives are requesting the public’s help in identifying the driver and passenger of the Camaro and the BMW.

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Police estimate the Camaro was going at least 80 mph when it lost control, hitting Arredondo and seven other parked cars. A woman inside one of the parked cars sustained minor injuries. Arredondo was thrown by the force of the collision into a tree. Los Angeles Fire Department personnel responded to the scene and pronounced Arredondo dead as a result of his injuries. He was the eldest of four children and at 19, had his whole life in front of him. After the accident the driver of the Camaro, along with a passenger, fled the scene in a silver BMW 5 series without identifying themselves or rendering aid to the victim, a felony violation of

Anyone who may have information regarding this traffic collision is asked to contact South Traffic Detectives Brady or Render at (323) 421-2570. During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to 1-877LAPD-24-7 (877-527-3247).

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LOS ANGELES COUNTY ALCOHOL RELATED ARREST REPORTS Name Sex Age Occupation Arrested Arresting Agency Charge Bail Release Reason LUIS ALBERTO SALAZAR Male 24 Order Procurement 2/17/14 LA Sheriff Technical Services Rail DUI Alcohol 0.08% Misdemeanor $30,000 JENNER GERARDO GARCIA Male 29 None 2/15/14 Los Angeles Police Department DUI Alcohol/Drugs w/Injury Felony $100,000 SAMANTHA RIOS Female 25 Associate 2/17/14 LA Sheriff Lakewood DUI Alcohol/Drug Misdemeanor $5,000 Citation JOSE FLORES Male 38 None 2/17/14 LA Sheriff East LA Drunk, Drugs Misdemeanor $1,350 Citation JUAN PABLO MEZA Male 31 Security Guard 2/9/14 Pasadena Police Department DUI Alcohol/Drug Misdemeanor $52,000 YUN K YU Female 24 Student 2/16/14 LA Sheriff Industry DUI Alcohol/Drug Misdemeanor $5,000 Citation ALICE T NAKATA Female 24 Sales 2/17/14 CHP South LA DUI Alcohol/Drug Misdemeanor $5,000 Citation ROSANNA MARIA FERMIN Female 24 Student 2/16/14 CHP East LA DUI Alcohol/Drug Misdemeanor $5,000 STEPHANIE MICHELLE POKORNEY Female 29 Pierce Artist 2/12/14 Los Angeles Police Department DUI Alcohol/Drugs w/Injury Felony $100,000 JAMES TEAGUE Male 40 Electrician 2/15/14 CHP South LA DUI Alcohol/Drug Misdemeanor $5,000 Citation RAUL EDGARDO LUCHA Male 41 Electrician 2/12/14 Los Angeles Police Department Felony DUI Felony $186,000 LAUREN LYNN KING Female 30 Sales 2/15/14 LA Sheriff West Hollywood DUI Alcohol/Drug Misdemeanor $5,000 Citation RENE AVALOS Male 23 None 2/14/14 LA Sheriff East LA Drunk, Drugs Misdemeanor $250 Citation SEAN KEVIN ANDERSEN Male 52 Plumber 2/11/14 Manhattan Beach Police Department DUI Alcohol 0.08% & Driving w/o a License Misdemeanor $10,100 GERARD QUINCY WILLIAMS Male 29 Clothing Mfg 2/16/14 CHP South LA DUI Alcohol/Drug Misdemeanor $5,000 Citation ALEXANDRA L VILLEGAS Female 21 None 2/16/14 LA Sheriff Century DUI Alcohol/Drug Misdemeanor $5,000 DANIEL CORTES HERNANDEZ Male 45 None 2/15/14 Los Angeles Police Department DUI Alcohol/Drugs w/Injury Felony $100,000 FORTUNATO DELACRU GUTIERREZ Male 48 Truck Driver 2/8/14 Long Beach Police Department DUI Alcohol 0.08% Misdemeanor $15,000 Bail SAM HOOM HAN Male 39 Sales 2/11/14 Los Angeles Police Department DUI Alcohol 0.08% Misdemeanor $30,000 Bond KRISTY LYNN MICHAELS Female 36 Data Entry Los Angeles Police Department DUI Alcohol/Drugs w/Injury All types of2/10/14 people will continue to commit crimesFelony $100,000 FELICIA NACOLE DILLON Female 32 Actress 2/16/14 Gardena Police Department DUI Alcohol 0.08% Misdemeanor $30,000 community says ENOUGH!! Felony $100,000 JUAN MIGUEL PIMENTEL Male 27 until Unemployed the 2/12/14 CHP Baldwin Park unites and DUI Alcohol/Drug OMAR CAMARENA Male 22 None 2/14/14 Los Angeles Police Department Driving with Open Container with Prior Felony $30,000 In the 2 week period prior to this publication, over 800 individuals JUAN HERNANDEZ CRUZ Male 33 Construction 2/14/14 CHP Santa Fe Springs DUI Alcohol/Drug Misdemeanor arrested Los County for DUI’s. Misdemeanor $55,000 GUS PITONES Male 34 Dyewere Maker 2/15/14 CHPin Baldwin Park Angeles DUI Alcohol 0.08%

Two Men Sentenced on Federal Hate Crime Charges Resulting from 2012 New Year’s Eve Attack The Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced that two Latino men associated with the Compton 155 street gang were sentenced February 10, 2014 by U.S. District Judge Terry J. Hatter, Jr. for their racially motivated attack on African-American juveniles at a residence in Compton, California, on December 31, 2012. Jeffrey Aguilar, also known as Terco, 19, and Efren Marquez, Jr., also known as Stretch and Junior, 21, were each sentenced to serve 21 months in prison, along with three years of supervised release. On October 17, 2013, both defendants

pleaded guilty to violating the Matthew Shepard-James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act after admitting their involvement in the assault. Aguilar and another individual physically attacked a 17-year-old African-American who was walking down a street in the city of Compton. Aguilar chased down and struck the victim in the head with a metal pipe. During the incident, Marquez threatened to shoot another AfricanAmerican juvenile who was present. Both Aguilar and Marquez admitted that the attack on the 17-year-old victim was motivated by the race and color of the victim.

“Despite the substantial progress made, violent acts of hate committed because of someone’s race continue to occur to this day, and the department will continue to use every available tool to identify and prosecute hate crimes whenever and wherever they occur,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “Hate based crimes have no place in America,” said U.S. Attorney André Birotte, Jr. for the Central District of California. “The defendants’ attempt to rid their neighborhood of AfricanAmericans serves as a sickening reminder that racial intolerance

still exists in some segments of our community. For this egregious conduct, the defendants have received welldeserved prison terms.”

protecting the civil rights of all members of our community and the outcome of this case is a great example of the close cooperation between all agencies “The FBI is committed to the involved to ensure that goal,” said protection of civil rights and will Interim Sheriff John L. Scott of the Los continue to investigate allegations of crime motivated by hate,” said Assistant Angeles County Sheriff ’s Department. Director in Charge Bill L. Lewis for This case is the result of an the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office. “I’m investigation conducted by the FBI hopeful that this sentencing will clarify and the Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s the serious consequences for anyone Department. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Reema Elcontemplating senseless violence Amamy of the Violent and Organized against the innocent due to their Crime Section of the U.S. Attorney’s religion, race, disability, ethnic origin, Office and Trial Attorney Saeed Mody or sexual orientation.” of the Civil Rights Division. “Law enforcement is dedicated to

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ASCAA - a 12 step program - Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Anonymous - Part 3 of 3 Mr. Murray is the founder of two well respected grassroots nonprofit organizations, Los Angeles Community Policing (www.LACP.org) and the National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse (www.NAASCA.org). See also the new Facebook page: www.Facebook.com/NAASCA

Suggested Meeting Formats General Info

The information on the ASCA12step.org web site is meant to be suggestive only. Although everything you’ll find here has a basis in our own considerable experience, there’s nothing hard and fast in ASCAA that demand following any specific set of pre-defined “rules.” Each group and meeting is free to modify the meeting formats to fulfill its needs, some of which may change as the group grows in membership and becomes more unwieldy in size. For example, it might be desirable to launch a new meeting as an hour long event in a private space, but change to 90 minutes in a public venue once an enthusiastic membership grows around them. A decision like this is simple enough, and is based on the needs of the group, not the individual member. “Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon ASCAA unity.” If one is looking for direction about how something should be done, we suggest turning to the 12 Traditions, as these are our most deliberate guidelines. Generally speaking, decisions that effect the group are made at a “Business Meeting” and are a matter of what we call the “group conscience.” As the 2nd Tradition states, “Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.” Because ASCAA uses a spiritual approach to recovery, prayers are occasionally used within the meeting, often to open and close. The one most typically used to open with is the “Serenity Prayer,” and many groups close a meeting by holding hands and reciting the “Lord’s Prayer” (or they might repeat the “Serenity Prayer”). The secretary will sometimes ask a member to read the 12 Steps and / or 12 Traditions at the top of a meeting, by way of reminding the group of ASCAA’s process and

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purpose. Any announcements are made, especially as related to the behavior expected during the meeting (no smoking, parking regulations, the need for volunteers to help clean up after the meeting, etc). Many groups will decide to have a rule against “crosstalk” (people responding directly to what someone else has shared) and most will remind the members that anonymity is the spiritual foundation of our recovery so that “What you hear here, let it stay here.” Members never “out” each other in public. At some point during the meeting the secretary will announce that every ASCAA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. A basket, hat or can will be passed through the membership for individual donations, and collected by the treasurer who will be responsible for keeping track of these contributions, and for paying any group bills. Typically ASCAA meetings are very cheap to run, the biggest expenses being any room rental and refreshments, along with any small miscellaneous expenses (like literature or photocopying costs). The treasurer’s accounts of finances should be available at any time. NOTE: Although brand new meetings can be established by any two ASCAA members in a private space (such as one’s home) any group with a growing membership should generally seek a public space where meetings can be held. ASCAA’s not a secret society, and has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the adult survivor of child abuse who still suffers. The only requirement for ASCAA membership is a desire to recover and heal from childhood abuse and trauma.

OPEN vs CLOSED Meetings

The concept of an OPEN meeting is that the general public would be welcome to attend and even participate. Since this is an obvious opportunity for members to be recognized and known outside the privacy of the group, most groups hold CLOSED meetings where all in attendance must identify as having suffered from child abuse and trauma. Speaker Meetings Perhaps the most simple of all meeting formats is that where there’s a featured speaker. This is a person who has been asked in advance to share his / her experience strength and hope to the membership. Usually the

Teen Advice Columnist: Jade Archer

Jade, I actually had a friend that was cutting and I put a stop to it by telling my parents so they could tell my counselor and get her help, unfortunately she now hates me and doesn’t wanna be my friend, but I know I did the right thing because I helped her so much. Hi , I’m really proud of you for speaking up because most people shy away from that, you did an amazing thing and your friend may not see it now, but you did. Don’t worry about her being angry, she’ll come around, and if she doesn’t that’s okay because you did something great. Thank you for speaking up. And thank you for taking the time to write to me. Jade Thank you to everyone who has sent me questions and comments. Please don’t feel bad if I don’t respond right away, I’m still in school and my work must be done on time to get good grades. Please continue to write me at Jade@attentionnewsla.org and you may see your question and response right here.

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Don’t forget where you come from! By: Michelle Mataese

Growing up in the projects left an impression on my outlook at life that affects me even today. The neighborhood kids flocked together and did everything that was known to be fun, together! I believe that a person can inherit many characteristics based on the environment they were or are raised in. This theory is actually one that I fought within myself about for years and have came to certain terms of it in

ASCAA secretary is responsible for scheduling a speaker who’ll talk about what their youth was like, what happened in their adulthood and what its like now that they’re in recovery. He or she will often share for half the meeting, at which time there would be an invitation for sharing of three to five minutes from the membership. They’ll raise their hands and be called on one at a time. The secretary is responsible for keeping the sharing on track and for not allow anyone to speak too long.

Sharing Meetings

Sharing or “regular” meetings are typically the most often used formats. After the readings and announcements the secretary might call on an individual to share whatever’s on his or her mind for perhaps 10 minutes. This can often present a thread that other members will identify with. They’ll raise their hands to be called on to share their own thoughts for three to five minutes. When appropriate the secretary will let the group know time is running out and will bring the meeting to a close. Many secretaries will try to make sure anyone with a “burning desire” (deeply felt need to share) will be included.

Topic Meetings

At the typical Topic Meeting its understood that a specific topic, concept, issue or situation will be the focus of all the sharing. Topics can derive from a reading from 12 Step literature or can arise from a suggestion that comes from the membership. The secretary is responsible for keeping the meeting appropriately “on topic.” As usual, the secretary will also track when the group is running out of time and bring the meeting to a close.

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Book Study

The “Big Book” of Alcoholics Anonymous is considered by many in that fellowship as the “how to” manual for a new design for living. In fact, the first 164 pages have never been changed since the original printing in the late 1930s. A lot of groups start at the beginning of the book and read a section at a time to begin a meeting. When the meeting starts, they frequently pass a copy of the book between members, one after another, and individuals read a paragraph or two at a time. When appropriate the secretary stops the reading and moves the group to the sharing part of the Book Study, inviting members to relate their experience, strength and hope on that Step.

Cross-talk Meetings

A so-called “Cross-talk Meeting” is a format that usually should not be tried unless there’s a significant amount of recovery already present in the group. That’s because, unlike almost all other meeting types, members are encouraged to directly address issues that have been shared by other members. They are also allowed to share more than once in each meeting, although the secretary must make sure no one person over-dominates the time. Cross-talk Meetings, which are always “Closed” meetings, are not recommended unless and until a group feels it has a thick enough skin and enough healing among its membership to not take sharing that addresses their issues too personally.

Business Meetings

Many groups periodically hold what’s referred to as a “Business Meeting” immediately following the conclusion of one of their larger regularly scheduled meetings, often once a month. They are used to discuss group issues such as finances and elections of new officers, and to allow all the members to help make Step / Tradition Study decisions based on the “group conscience” (majority The typical Step Study meeting provides an opportunity vote). The normal format is often a loose version of for the group to examine and share about one of the Robert’s Rules. 12 Steps. Frequently a single step is discussed each Other Meetings week, so it takes 12 weeks (3 months) to address all of The information offered above is by no means a them. A lot of groups will precede the sharing part of complete list of every meeting type, and many groups, the meeting with a reading of the step, and sometimes especially smaller new groups, do very well using a short 10 or 15 minute sharing by an experienced Sharing and / or Topic meeting formats only. How member. The group will be open for others to share. many meetings a group will hold, the type of meeting As an alternative, a rotation called a Tradition Study and how often it will hold them, is the kind of issue that might be substituted, perhaps every fourth time, giving would be discussed at, and decided on, in a Business the members a better understanding of how ASCAA Meeting .

our present day. Every unconventional act or way about us, does not necessarily mean the kid is a nuisance or the famous “Just plain crazy” term.

I felt liberated already to drop the weakest component in my life at the time and hold on to what I believed to be the survivor tools.

My childhood set somewhat a precedence for me in the present day, it is quite refreshing to have the ability to survive. I realized that one of the things I regretted in life was when I dropped out of college in my first semester. I can give many reasons to justify why I dropped out of school, but I used them all up in my twenties. The honest truth is that out of education, gangs, and crimes; I chose education to be the thing that I could live without! SAD! STUPID! SERIOUSLY ILL! I can go on about how long the effects of that one decision tortured my existence, but I will stay positive and focus on the silver lining of it all.

I wanted to believe that if I started paying bills and used my drug money to be responsible, for once, it would justify the path I chose. I kept a day job to cover my re-up (investment) money. I worked in the daytime as a temp, worked off my pager for my real job (pusher) around the clock, and I was a legitimate gang member from the moment I awoke until the time I went to sleep (My Everything).

First year college students, right out of high school, have a surge of liberation they feel; a need to be on their own. When I entered college, I was a gangbanger. I was a drug dealer and I was not sleeping in my own bed anymore! I was not living at home with my parents, I was living independently with a friend at the time; so it is safe to say I had the reversal first year college experience!

It was exhausting for me to live in such a way, but, I believed that if I worked hard enough in my corrupted life it will get me to where I really want to go. I wanted to earn enough money to get out of the lifestyle I was in, but not necessarily get out of the neighborhood. I wanted to get somewhere in life and feel like I am someone, but stay in my surroundings because it was the only place I felt safe at the time.

I made a decision to drop school, because I believed that if I went to school or went to the military (as my mother planned for me) I would have forgotten where I come from. I did not hang out with the brightest bunch growing up, because as my mom always pointed out to me; “You are all idiots, Michelle!”. As a teenager my friends were the world to me, I believed them over my own parents, and I took their word for whatever they said. I took not only their word, but their lifestyles for what it was worth to me. My friends were getting pregnant by boys in the hood, others were living in common law marriages, some started smoking drugs, and some just had no where else to go so they stayed in the streets of the neighborhood; exploiting myself to find the fit for my life was left for me.

Everyone knows the saying “Never forget where you come from”, right? The meaning of this saying is what slowly progressed my journey back to it’s rightful course! I was left That always is the plan for all of us without kids and I didn’t really have that suffer with the two-time loser complex. Though we may not make it a boyfriend, my gang and my deals the first, second, or even the third time became my common law marriage. out...WE WILL GET OUT eventually! Many of my homies would always mutter the words of

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Sexual Offender Fugitives Local Sex Offender Chiropractor Arrested On February 04, 2014, Investigators from the LAPD’s Van Nuys StationSexual Assault Detail arrested 59-year-old Nosrat Nike Ghodousi, a resident of the Encino area of Los Angeles, for felony sexual assault. Ghodousi has been a practicing chiropractor in the San Fernando Valley Area for 24 years. Charges were filed against Ghodousi by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office and Ghodousi was released upon posting $ 125,000.00 bail.

Jose Guadalupe Alcantar

In Violation Since 2/7/12

Los Angeles

Edward Earl Bailey

In Violation Since 6/14/12

Torrance

Alberto Carillo

In Violation Since 2/23/12

Los Angeles

Jose Angel Durazo

In Violation Since 11/19/12

Whittier

Martin Raymond Gomez

In Violation Since 9/15/13

Los Angeles

Nosrat Nike Ghodousi

to 1-877-LAPD-24-7. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous LAPD detectives are asking for should call Crime Stoppers at public’s help in locating additional women who may have been victims 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477). Tipsters may also contact Crime of Ghodousi. Stoppers by texting to phone Anyone with information regarding number 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on these crimes is encouraged to most keypads) with a cell phone. contact Detective Maria Mendoza All text messages should begin at Van Nuys Division, Sexual with the letters “LAPD.” Tipsters Assault Detail at (818) 374-0040 may also go to LAPDOnline.org, or email 34553@lapd.lacity.org. click on “webtips” and follow the During non-business hours or on prompts. weekends, calls should be directed

Ruben Rivera Arias

In Violation Since 8/21/12

Rosemead

Edgar Anibal Arochi

In Violation Since 9/15/13

City Unknown

Blaine Kelley Beckham

In Violation Since 8/23/12

City Unknown

Jock Andre Bowden

In Violation Since 10/6/13

Los Angeles

Merl Faye Carraway

In Violation Since 10/1/11

Los Angeles

Floyd Demona Carson

In Violation Since 10/21/12

Los Angeles

Rafael Antonio Elias

In Violation Since 4/29/02

Los Angeles

Edwin Alfredo Escobar

In Violation Since 1/5/99

Los Angeles

Francisco Gonzalez

In Violation Since 2/2/00

Los Angeles

Martin Thomas Gorney

In Violation Since 5/22/12

Covina

Wanted Remorseful Sex Offender The pages in Attention! with photographs of Sexual Offender Violators receive the most reaction from sex offenders and the community. The communications most frequently received are from offenders wanting to know how to get their image out of our paper before their family, friends and co-workers see them. The process is simple; they need to follow the law and register with their local police department. Once we verify registration through the Department of Justice, we remove them from our data base and discard their information. The callers are all ashamed, embarrassed, or just trying to hide their past. All we care about is that they follow the rules of their release by registering with their local police.

Mark Alan Brown

In Violation Since 10/20/12

City Unknown

Aaron Owen Campbell

In Violation Since 11/9/12

City Unknown

Jose Castaneda

In Violation Since 11/26/97

Los Angeles

Nichaolas Cervantes

In Violation Since 12/16/12

Inglewood

Javier Hern Esquivel

In Violation Since 10/27/90

Huntington Park

Tyree Irwin Ferrel

In Violation Since 7/23/97

Los Angeles

Nathan Lee Grisham

In Violation Since 1/27/12

Wilmington

Angel Miguel Guerrero

In Violation Since 9/14/12

Los Angeles

We are looking for a Remorseful Sex Offender that targeted children to give an anonymous interview. A person that targeted children is the best source of information to explain to parents and children what they can do to help prevent them from being a victim.

Interview Specifics: • The volunteer will remain 100% anonymous.

• No details of any specific offense including but not limited to a date range, city, number of victims, or age of victims will ever be released.

Martin Soto Campos

In Violation Since 10/27/09

Los Angeles

Jose R Chavez

In Violation Since 8/18/12

Los Angeles

in Violation of Registration Bonfilio Cano

In Violation Since 2/6/13

Los Angeles

Leonard Vance Clark

In Violation Since 8/23/13

Altadena

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Convicted Sexual Offenders

Please contact Rev. Don Abernathy at: email don@attentionnewsla.org if you are interested in giving back.

San Gabriel

Jose Arturo Guillen

In Violation Since 6/19/10

WARNING WARNING

• We will not allow anyone to profess their innocence or try to bring attention to their case.

We know there are Sex Offenders in our community that served their time, regret what they did, follow the law by registering, and have stayed out of trouble. We want to give them the chance to help educate children and families to prevent abuse.

Alfredo Macias Flores

In Violation Since 10/2/12

Juan Flores

In Violation Since 5/2/12

Los Angeles

Karl Anthony Hawkins

In Violation Since 9/24/13

Los Angeles

If you have information concerning one

of these Sexual Offender registrants

CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY NOW! Mark Anthony Cantrell

In Violation Since 11/13/12

City Unknown

Carlos Alejandro Dolores

In Violation Since 5/7/13

Los Angeles

not try to apprehend yourself. Michael Do C Glover Jaime Chavez Hernandez

In Violation Sincebe9/28/09 In Violation Since 2/20/10 They should considered armed and dangerous.

City Unknown

Los Angeles

Sexual Offender Fugitive: Convicted Sexual Offenders are required to register with local law enforcement within 5 days of release from prison. Violators have failed to either register upon release or missed their annual update. Registrants may have subsequently relocated.

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Protecting Aircraft from Lasers New FBI Program Offers up to $10,000 Reward On Tuesday February 11, 2014, the FBI announced a program aimed at deterring people from pointing lasers at aircraft—a felony punishable by five years in jail—and rewarding those who come forward with information about individuals who engage in this dangerous activity. “Aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft is a serious matter and a violation of federal law,” said Ron Hosko, assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division. “It is important that people understand that this is a criminal act with potentially deadly repercussions.” The new initiative—which includes a campaign to educate the public about the dangers of “lasing”—will run for 60 days in 12 FBI field offices where laser strikes against aircraft are prevalent. A key part of the program is reward money: The Bureau will offer up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of any individual who intentionally aims a laser at an aircraft. “Laser pointers are legal and certainly have legitimate uses,” said George Johnson, a federal air marshal who serves as a liaison officer with the Bureau on laser issues. “Used in the wrong environment, however, they can be very dangerous.” When aimed at an aircraft from the ground, the powerful beam of light from a handheld laser can travel more than a mile and illuminate a cockpit, disorienting and temporarily blinding pilots. Those who have been subject to such attacks have described them as the equivalent of a camera flash going off in a pitch black car at night. Since the FBI and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began tracking laser strikes in 2005, there has been a more than 1,000 percent increase in the number of incidents with these devices, which can be purchased in stores or online for as little as a few dollars. Last year, 3,960 laser strikes against aircraft were reported—an average of almost 11 incidents per day. And it’s estimated that thousands of attacks go unreported every year.

“We hope that more public awareness about this issue will lower the instances of laser strikes,” Johnson said. “We also want to encourage people to come forward when they see someone committing this felony—one that could have terrible consequences for pilots and their passengers.” As of December 2013, the FAA has documented at least 35 incidents where pilots required medical attention after a laser strike. Interfering with the operation of an aircraft has long been a federal crime, but the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 specifically made it a federal felony to knowingly point the beam of a laser at an aircraft. The new law lowered the threshold for prosecution, Johnson said, “and the trend is on the rise for jail time in these cases.” Last month, for example, a 23-year-old California man was sentenced to 21 months in prison for aiming a laser pointer at a Fresno County Sheriff ’s Office helicopter. Court records showed that the man deliberately tracked and struck the aircraft. The 12 FBI offices participating in the new program are Albuquerque, Chicago, Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Juan, and the Washington Field Office. If you have information about a lasing incident or see someone pointing a laser at an aircraft, call your local FBI office or dial 911.

In 2013, 3,960 laser strikes against aircraft were reported. That is over 10 per day!

Voters Might get Chance to Revise Flawed California Death Penalty By Rev. Don Abernathy

How effective is the California Death Penalty? Many would say not very effective since California has not had an execution since 2006. Currently a petition is making the rounds to get 800,000 signatures to get a proposal on the ballot to fix our flawed death penalty system. Three former governors recently signed the petition aimed at putting an initiative before voters in November designed to end lengthy delays in California executions, but a death-penalty opponent called the proposal “deeply flawed.” Former Govs. Gray Davis, Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian were among those attending a Los Angeles news conference supporting the proposal, which would shorten the length of the appeals process and require death-row inmates to share cells with other inmates -- a move supporters say would save millions of dollars. Currently, death row inmates have private cells and benefits that give them a better quality of life than standard inmates. “All three governors believe strongly that there should be a death penalty for the most heinous crimes in this state,” Davis said. “Families wait too long to finally get to that point where somebody's life is going to be taken for the crimes they have committed,” San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos said. A perfect example of our flawed system is The Night Stalker, Richard Ramirez. Ramirez was captured by citizens protecting their neighborhood. He never expressed any remorse for the dozens of murders, rapes and burglaries he committed in California. However after being sentenced to death, he spent 23 comfortable years on death row losing 13 appeals. When Ramirez died of natural causes, had open appeals in the court system. With our current appeals process, estimate say Ramirez would have been in his 70’s when all appeals possibilities had been exhausted. The 1988 Ramierz trial was the most expensive trial in the history of California costing

taxpayers $1.5 million. His 23 years on death row cost California taxpayers another $2 million. Ramirez had no respect for his victims, the legal system or the tax paying citizens of California. Upon his conviction, Ramirez said, “Big deal. Death always went with the territory. See you in Disneyland.” Taxpayers picked up the tab for 23 years of his Disneyland. Former professional football player Kermit Alexander, whose mother, sister and two nephews were killed in a 1984 home-invasion robbery in South Los Angeles, was also among those backing the initiative. “My family was murdered brutally,” he said, noting that his relatives were killed “in a wrongful death situation because apparently the murderer couldn't read the right address and went to the wrong house.” “We've been waiting over 30 years for justice,” he said. Matt Cherry, executive director of Death Penalty Focus, said the initiative is misguided. “This deeply flawed initiative is full of legal and practical problems, and will only increase litigation and costs,” he said. “No matter what anyone might say, California's death penalty has repeatedly proven to be broken beyond repair. Instead of increasing the risk of executing innocent people and adding even more costs, we need to replace the dysfunctional death penalty system with life in prison without the possibility of parole. One fact that can not be denied is currently, life without parole is less expensive for the taxpayers than death. But that is only due to a flawed system with numerous loopholes. A sentence of death would be less expensive if the sentence was actually carried out. There was no doubt of Richard Ramirez’s guilt. He treated our legal system as a joke. He was correct, it is a joke. He was guilty, as are so may others that enjoy life on death row with taxpayers picking up the tab. When will taxpayers get what they voted and paid for....the carrying out of the death penalty?

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Sex Age Occupation Arrested Arresting Agency Charge Bail Release Reason Female 28 None 2/12/14 LA Sheriff COPS Bureau Violation of Parole Felony Male 20 None 2/14/14 Los Angeles Police Department Violation of Parole Other No Bail Male 33 Construction 2/14/14 Los Angeles Police Department Violation of Parole Felony No Bail Male 39 Laborer 2/12/14 LA Sheriff Century Parole Warrant Felony Male 22 Laborer 2/8/14 Long Beach Police Department Violation of Parole & Disorderly Conduct Felony Released Male 24 Student 2/14/14 LA Sheriff South LA Lennox Parole Warrant Felony Male 37 Manager 2/11/14 Los Angeles Police Department Violation of Parole Felony No Bail Male 42 Cook 2/13/14 Los Angeles Police Department Probation Violation Other $10,000 Bond Male 67 Painter 2/14/14 Los Angeles Police Department Probation Violation Other $10,000 Own Recognizance Male 33 Labor 2/10/14 Los Angeles Police Department Violation of Parole Felony No Bail Male 28 None 2/10/14 Gardena Police Department Violation of Parole Felony No Bail Male 46 Unknown 2/10/14 Los Angeles Police Department Violation of Parole Felony No Bail Male 34 Floor Installer 2/12/14 LA Sheriff Pico Rivera Parole Warrant Felony Male 20 Unemployed 2/12/14 LA Sheriff East LA Parole Warrant Felony Male 26 Unemployed 2/13/14 LA Sheriff Century Parole Warrant Felony Male 62 Welder 2/15/14 LA Sheriff Carson Parole Warrant Felony $0 Male 21 Sanitation 2/17/14 LA Sheriff Pico Rivera Violation of Parole Felony Male 23 Computer Tech 2/14/14 LA Sheriff Century Violation of Parole Felony $50,000 Male 53 Roofer 2/12/14 Parks Bureau Patrol Parole Warrant Felony Male 44 Engineer 2/14/14 LA Sheriff South LA Lennox Violation of Parole Felony All types of people will continue to commit crimes Male 29 Labor 2/4/14 Long Beach Police Department Violation of Parole & Possession of Controlled Substance Felony $10,000 community unites and says ENOUGH!! Felony Male 24 until Student the 2/17/14 LA Sheriff South LA Lennox Parole Warrant 35 Unemployed 2/8/14 Long Beach Police Department Violation of Parole Felony No Bail In Male the 2 week period prior to this publication, over 250 individuals Male 18 None 2/13/14 Los Angeles Police Department Probation Violation Other No Bail

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Two Found Guilty of Murdering U.S. Coast Guard, a Redondo Beach Resident By Penny Arévalo Redondobeach.patch. com Terrell Horne III, based out of Marina Del Rey, was thrown into the water when a smuggling boat rammed into his search boat 30 miles off of Malibu. Two Mexican nationals were convicted today in the death of a Marina del Rey-based U.S. Coast Guard chief petty officer, who was thrown into the ocean when the search boat he was aboard was rammed by a smuggling boat near the Channel Islands. A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted Jose Meija-Leyva, 42, of second-degree murder, two counts of failure to heave to -- an order to stop a vessel so a federal law enforcement officer may board -- and four counts of assaulting federal officers with a deadly and dangerous weapon. Manuel Beltran-Higuera, 44, also was convicted in the two counts of failure to heave to -- as an accessory after the fact in one count and as an aider and abettor in the second count -- and in the four counts of assault, as an accessory after the fact. Meija-Leyva faces a possible life sentence in federal prison and BeltranHiguera faces up to 60 years behind bars. Sentencing is set for May 12.

sion of this case provides some level of comfort and closure to his loved ones,” Papp said. The Coast Guard will continue to honor the legacy Senior Chief Horne and his selfless service to our nation.” Horne was struck in the head on Dec. 2, 2012, by a boat propeller when he was thrown into the water. Another USCG member -- who was not identified -- suffered a non-life-threatening knee laceration. Horne, a 14-year Coast Guard veteran, left behind a young son and a pregnant wife. He and the other injured Coast Guard member were assigned to the USCG Cutter Halibut, based in Marina del Rey. Coast Guard spokesman Adam T. Eggers said at the time that the boat that struck the Coast Guard vessel was a “Mexican-style panga’” traveling at a “high rate of speed.” Customs and Border Patrol and Coast Guard ships were able to chase the panga after the apparent ramming and arrested the two suspects.

it headed toward the Channel Islands without lights about 1 a.m. The Halibut was sent to Santa Cruz Island, and had arrested two people from one boat. The Halibut crew lowered a small, inflatable chase boat into the water, and the small federal craft activated its blue lights and siren. At that point, the panga’s captain changed direction and drove into the small boat. According to federal prosecutors, a Coast Guard officer on the boat fired several shots at the panga boat while another USCG member tried to steer to federal vessel out of the panga’s path. Horne and the other Coast Guard member were thrown into the water and were immediately picked up by another federal boat. Horne was taken roughly 15 to 20 miles to the nearest dock, at Port Hueneme, where he was pronounced dead.

“We are pleased with the verdict and that those responsible for Senior Chief Horne’s death will be held accountable,” said Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr., commandant of the Coast Guard.

The USCG Cutter Halibut had been tracking a smuggling boat off Santa Cruz Island, one of a cluster of three Channel Islands sitting off the Ventura County coast, about 30 miles west of Malibu.

“While the conviction of Senior Chief Horne’s killers cannot make up for the loss of a family member, friend and shipmate, we do hope that the conclu-

A Coast Guard patrol plane had spotted the panga Terrell Horne III, a Redondo Beach resident, was the first Coast Guard and another boat as murdered on duty since 1927. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard

Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III, a 34-year-old Redondo Beach resident, was the first Coast Guard officer to be murdered while on duty since 1927.

Issue 13

Educator Admits Sex Crimes to Police By Lee Brown Crimevoice.com

RIVERSIDE – Sex crimes that were committed by a former assistant principal spread into San Bernardino County, investigators reported on Tuesday. Andrea Michelle Cardosa, 40, admitted to authorities, admitting “to having a sexual relationship” several years ago with a teenager who was likely as young as 14-years-old. On Monday, Cardosa was arrested and charged with 16 felony counts of aggravated sexual assault and lewd acts with a child under the age of 14. The case involves two victims. One of Cardosa’s accusers publicly related in a YouTube video Cardosa’s confession that she molested the former student, Jamie Carrillo. Cardosa, who was an educator in both Riverside and Los Angeles counties, was interviewed by police after the victim posted secret recordings that were placed on YouTube. Cardosa admitted to investigators that the sexual occurrences took place in Riverside and Perris and continued when the victim moved to Victorville and Hesperia, cities located in the high desert area of San Bernardino County. Authorities appeared at Cardosa’s Perris home with a $5 million warrant. She is expected to be arraigned in Riverside County.

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before it was taken down. Reports stated that Cardosa and Carrillo first connected at Chemawa Middle School in Perris. Carrillo was reportedly 12-years-old when the sexual abuse first took place in a school locker room. The other victim, who met Cardosa as a 14-year-old at Tomas Rivera Middle School in Perris, has been identified only as “Brianna” by investigators. Reports are that Cardosa abused her in 2009 and 2010 when the victim was a middle school student in Perris. She has since turned 18, coming forward after the publicity of Carrillo’s abuse had started. Cardosa worked at three previous school districts before arriving at Alhambra in Los Angeles County. She served as an assistant principal and a girls’ coach.

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Carillo claimed that Cardosa began sexually abusing her in the late 1990s when she was in the eighth grade at a Riverside middle school. On Jan. 17, Carrillo posted a secretly-recorded phone conversation with Cardosa which over one million viewers saw

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The investigation began when Sheriff’s Special Victims Bureau (SVB), Sexual Fone Assault Felony Enforcement (SAFE) team Manuel Montes detectives of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigated a child with “trip wires” linked electronically, sexual exploitation case. providing alarm that the location and Detectives determined that child pornog- rooms of the location may have been enraphy was uploaded on a computer under tered or breached. During the service of the control of an individual within a resi- the warrant physical evidence was found dence in the city of Bellflower. Additional and secured. Detectives noted the physifacts were collected and a search warrant cal appearance of the warrant location for the Bellflower location was obtained indicated that an individual had hastily and completed on February 11, 2014. left the location just prior to their entry. The results of the Bellflower warrant A review of all evidence from the second service provided evidence that indicated location in Basset linked the suspect the individual suspected of the crimes directly to the indicated crimes and proinvolving child pornography was residing vided Detectives information leading to at a location in Bassett (an unincorporat- the identification of three possible minor ed community in the San Gabriel Valley female victims who the suspect had sexuof Los Angeles County) and a subsequent ally abused. The three girls, aged 10-13, warrant was immediately obtained and are from Los Angeles County and are out served there. The evidence seized at of harm’s way. the second warrant location provided With the assistance of Detectives from overwhelming evidence of the suspect’s the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Departpossession, possible distribution and ment’s Major Crimes Bureau, 43-year old manufacture of child pornography. Suspect Manuel Montes was located and Detectives discovered the second warrant arrested in the city of Norwalk at about service location in Bassett was secured 11:30AM on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. In

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Man Sentenced for 1995 Caltech Murder A man who eluded authorities for nearly 16 years was sentenced February 13, 2014 for the 1995 murder of a California Institute of Technology employee in Pasadena, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Dmitry Brodsky says Raul Alcazar Romero, 57, was sentenced to 25-years-tolife in state prison. He was convicted of second degree murder on Dec. 17, 2013. Judge Darrell Mavis of the Los Angeles Superior Court, Pasadena Branch, also ordered him to pay $9,000 to the victim’s family for funeral expenses. Romero was found guilty of killing Javier Francisco Mora, a Caltech custodian, on April 21, 1995, on

the school’s campus. A witness during the trial testified Romero unloaded his gun Raul Alcazar Romero on Mora for having a relationship with his estranged wife, also a Caltech employee. The defendant fled shortly after the killing but was located in Mexico in 2010. According to the Pasadena Police Department, who investigated the case, Romero worked as a police officer in Mexico before being extradited.

Bus Attacked on 110 Highway An empty Metro bus had two windows shattered and another three cracked after being struck by an unknown object or objects on the Harbor (110) Freeway, authorities said today. The bus driver reported hearing some noises, and then the passenger side windows shattered, said Lt. Chris Mouat of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Transit Services Bureau. Three other windows were also cracked, Mouat said, describing the

incident as “some sort of vandalism”. The driver told deputies he was southbound near West Florence Avenue when the incident occurred. “He didn’t see anyone on the freeway,” Mouat said of the driver. “He’s not sure how it happened.” The bus was out of service at the time, around 9 p.m. Thursday, Mouat said. Anyone with information is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff at (323) 563-5000.

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Meldrick Melgoza and Carolina Ramirez $75,000 REWARD Anyone with information on the murders is Murdered February 26, 2012 urged to call the Detective Geiger or Detective Both victims were pronounced dead on the

Two families buried their 16-year-old children, Meldrick A. Melgoza and Carolina Ramirez when they were killed in a drive-by shooting on Sunday, February 26, 2012.

The shooting was reported at 7:10 p.m. in the 500 block of Bay View Avenue, near Wilmington Avenue, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Someone in a car pulled up to the two teens and opened fire. The suspect shot Melgoza first, said a nearby resident. Ramirez then ran to a parked car and tried to hide underneath. Police said they found Ramirez’s body underneath the car with gunshot wounds to her chest and legs.

scene when paramedics arrived, officials said. Police said it was unclear what motivated the crime. It happened in an area of Wilmington that has been plagued by violence. Police said they do not have enough information to release a description of the suspects.

Police have increased patrols in the area and put more detectives on the case. But, an LAPD source said that if no one is willing to talk that there wasn’t much they could do.

Levant Criminal Group Homicide Division (213) 485-4341 During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477). Tipsters may also contact Crime Stoppers by texting to phone number 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on most keypads) with a cell phone. All text messages should begin with the letters “LAPD.” Tipsters may also go to LAPDOnline.org, click on “webtips” and follow the prompts.

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The California Constitution, Article 1, Section 28, confers certain rights to victims of crime. Those rights include: 1. Fairness and Respect To be treated with fairness and respect for his or her privacy and dignity, and to be free from intimidation, harassment, and abuse, throughout the criminal or juvenile justice process.

2. Protection from the Defendant To be reasonably protected from the defendant and persons acting on behalf of the defendant.

3. Victim Safety Considerations in Setting Bail and Release Conditions To have the safety of the victim and the victim’s family considered in fixing the amount of bail and release conditions for the defendant.

4. The Prevention of the Disclosure of Confidential Information To prevent the disclosure of confidential information or records to the defendant, the defendant’s attorney, or any other person acting on behalf of the defendant, which could be used to locate or harass the victim or the victim’s family or which disclose confidential communications made in the course of medical or counseling treatment, or which are otherwise privileged or confidential by law.

5. Refusal to be Interviewed by the Defense To refuse an interview, deposition, or discovery request by the defendant, the defendant’s attorney, or any other person acting on behalf of the defendant,

and to set reasonable conditions on the conduct of any such interview to which the victim consents.

6. Conference with the Prosecution and Notice of Pretrial Disposition To reasonable notice of and to reasonably confer with the prosecuting agency, upon request, regarding, the arrest of the defendant if known by the prosecutor, the charges filed, the determination whether to extradite the defendant, and, upon request, to be notified of and informed before any pretrial disposition of the case.

7. Notice of and Presence at Public Proceedings To reasonable notice of all public proceedings, including delinquency proceedings, upon request, at which the defendant and the prosecutor are entitled to be present and of all parole or other post-conviction release proceedings, and to be present at all such proceedings.

8. Appearance at Court Proceedings and Expression of Views To be heard, upon request, at any proceeding, including any delinquency proceeding, involving a post-arrest release decision, plea, sentencing, post-conviction release decision, or any proceeding in which a right of the victim is at issue.

9. Speedy Trial and Prompt Conclusion of the Case To a speedy trial and a prompt and final conclusion of the case and any related post-judgment proceedings.

B. Restitution shall be ordered from the

10. Provision of Information to the Probation Department To

convicted wrongdoer in every case, regardless of the sentence or disposition imposed, in which a crime victim suffers a loss.

provide information to a probation department official conducting a pre-sentence investigation concerning the impact of the offense on the victim and the victim’s family and any sentencing recommendations before the sentencing of the defendant.

11. Receipt of Pre-Sentence Report To receive, upon request, the presentence report when available to the defendant, except for those portions made confidential by law.

12. Information About Conviction, Sentence, Incarceration, Release, and Escape To be informed, upon request, of the conviction, sentence, place and time of incarceration, or other disposition of the defendant, the scheduled release date of the defendant, and the release of or the escape by the defendant from custody.

13. Restitution A. It is the unequivocal intention of the People of the State of California that all persons who suffer losses as a result of criminal activity shall have the right to seek and secure restitution from the persons convicted of the crimes causing the losses they suffer.

C. All monetary payments, monies, and property collected from any person who has been ordered to make restitution shall be first applied to pay the amounts ordered as restitution to the victim.

14. The Prompt Return of Property To the prompt return of property when no longer needed as evidence.

15. Notice of Parole Procedures and Release on Parole To be informed of all parole procedures, to participate in the parole process, to provide information to the parole authority to be considered before the parole of the offender, and to be notified, upon request, of the parole or other release of the offender.

16. Safety of Victim and Public are Factors in Parole Release To have the safety of the victim, the victim’s family, and the general public considered before any parole or other post-judgment release decision is made.

17. Information About These 16 Rights To be informed of the rights enumerated in paragraphs (1) through (16).

To obtain information on the Victim Witness Assistance Center nearest to you contact: Attorney General’s Victim Services Unit 1-877-433-9069 For more information on Marsy’s Law, visit the Attorney General’s website at: www.ag.ca.gov/victimservices

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Riverside County Art Dealer Arrested in Federal Cyberstalking The owner of a Temecula art gallery, Jason White, 43, was arrested February 12, 2014 on federal cyberstalking charges. White allegedly stalked, harassed, and attempted to extort several art world professionals. White’s arrest comes after federal prosecutors filed a criminal complaint that charges White with stalking, a crime that carries a potential penalty of five years in federal prison. White is expected to make his initial appearance in United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles. According to the complaint, White engaged in a stalking and extortion scheme that targeted several art world professionals with whom he previously had business relationships. When those business relationships ended, White posted derogatory information about his former associates on websites he had created and then used threatening e-mails to demand hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for taking the websites down. According to the complaint, White repeatedly made extortionate demands through harassing text messages and e-mails, and when his demands were not met, he threatened violence.

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find her family and make her pay with “fear, anguish, and pain.” On several occasions, according to the complaint, White obtained pictures of her child and sent pictures of the child to the victim with comments such as “it will be very unfortunate if something was to happen to him.” During this time, according to the complaint, White continued to demand payment in exchange for taking down the websites he had created and made it known to these victims that their business reputation would be ruined and that his websites would forever show up anytime anyone searched for their name on the Internet.

Late last month, White allegedly went to the Facebook page of a well-known artist represented by the art publisher and posted a picture of himself, along with a statement that he was focusing on the artist’s wife and child. White allegedly wrote that he would be waiting in the bushes to “kneecap In one part of the scheme, White a child.” Through the Facebook targeted his former employer, an art message, White told the artist, publisher, as well as his supervisor “your children are my end game.” at the art publisher’s company. An indictment contains allegations After creating derogatory websites that a defendant has committed a in the art publisher’s name, White crime. Every defendant is presumed allegedly sent threatening text innocent until and unless proven messages to the art publisher, the guilty in court. publisher’s son, and his former supervisor. According to the The case against White is being complaint, in a text message to his investigated by the Federal Bureau former supervisor, he threatened to of Investigation, Art Crime Team.

Murder Suspect Arrested 400 Miles From Scene Oscar Bridges, a 54-year-old registered sex offender, was wanted in Los Angeles for the stabbing murder of Robert Brewer, 21. Bridges was finally located in San Francisco. Oscar Bridges is accused of killing Robert Brewer in a Southern California motel room this January. Also known as “Rick”, was sought out in Hollywood and West Hollywood motels he had been seen in, and was known to have ties in Arizona. February 4, a large scale search involving over 50 officers was conducted in the area near the Greek Theater in Hollywood Hills, but he was

not found. Further information leading them to San Francisco resulted in contacts with the SF Police Department, including tips on where he might show up. The police there located him on Saturday at 12:45 pm. Brewer was found dead in a South Vermont Ave. motel room. Investigators said Bridges was known for befriending young boys, but did not say how he and victim Robert Brewer met. The stabbing occurred on Thursday, January 23 at 10:40 in the morning at an LA area motel on South Vermont

Ave. Brewer suffered multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Bridges will be transOscar Bridges ported to the Norwalk Sheriff’s Station for booking on homicide charges.

Commercial Pilot Charged with Having Sex with Minor Female United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced February 12, 2014 that Mustafa Momoun Bazbaz, 28, of Oakdale, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged with traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. Bazbaz is being held at the West Virginia Northern Regional Jail pending a detention hearing. According to Ihlenfeld, Bazbaz began communicating with a 15-year-old female from Jefferson County, Ohio, in December 2013 via the website known as MeetMe.com. It is alleged that Bazbaz

misrepresented his age and name to the victim, claiming to be 17 years old and to be named “Mike B.” It also alleged that Bazbaz sent sexually explicit images of himself to the victim before arranging to pick up the victim near her home in Jefferson County in December 2013. The complaint asserts that Bazbaz then took the victim to a hotel room in Hancock County, where he engaged in sexual intercourse with her. The matter is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Hancock County (West Virginia) Sheriff ’s Department.

Bazbaz faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, actual sentence imposed will be based upon the seriousness of the offense and the prior criminal history, if any. The charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

warrant for Industry Green Collective located on the 2200 block of Lakewood Boulevard.

sion of assault weapons, child endangerment and revenue tax violations.

LB Police Make Arrest in Pot Dispensary Case By Thomas Rup Crimevoice.com

Two years ago the City of Long Beach enacted Municipal Code 5.89.030 which banned the operation of marijuana dispensaries. Two months after that, as they enforced this code, they issued a search

Guns seized in this operation

Mustafa Momoun Bazbaz

Police at the time seized 20 pounds of marijuana and a large amount of cash. Their investigation led them to a home in thew 2400 block of Hannum Drive which yielded the discovery of three assault rifles and seven guns in all. After two years of investigation, authorities have shut down the collective and arrested 40-year-old Christopher Keane Woodard at his Hannum Drive home. He was charged with drug sales, posses-

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Woodard is being held on a bail of $125,000.

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LOS ANGELES COUNTY BURGLARY RELATED ARREST REPORTS Name Sex Age Occupation Arrested Arresting Agency Charge Bail Release Reason SALEEM WASI Male 19 Unemployed 2/12/14 Compton School Police Burglary Felony $20,000 ANGEL SALAZAR Male 24 Unknown 2/4/14 El Segundo Police Department Attempted Burglary Felony KAREN MARROQUIN Female 19 Student 2/13/14 LA Sheriff Norwalk Burglary Felony $20,000 JUAN CARLOS ALVAREZ Male 33 Fed Ex Driver 2/13/14 LA Sheriff Carson Burglary Felony $20,000 ALLAN SOTO Male 22 Unemployed 2/12/14 Los Angeles Police Department Attempted Burglary Felony $52,351 CANESHIA WHITLEY Female 25 None 2/17/14 LA Sheriff Compton Burglary Felony $20,000 GREGORY ALLEN TAYLOR Male 32 Photo Tech 2/11/14 Manhattan Beach Police Department Burglary Felony $40,000 DOUGLAS BASKIN Male 23 Musician 2/13/14 LA Sheriff South LA Lennox Burglary Felony $50,000 Bond ANDRANIK VRTANESYAN Male 48 None 2/10/14 Los Angeles Police Department Burglary Felony $20,000 MALIK ALJIHAD HARRISON Male 23 None 2/10/14 Gardena Police Department Burglary Felony $20,000 MICHAEL BERRY Male 47 Construction 2/17/14 LA Sheriff West Hollywood Burglary Felony $20,000 JASON SHALLAH Male 24 Construction 2/13/14 LA Sheriff Norwalk Burglary Felony $20,000 JOSEPH PEDROZA Male 24 Unemployed 2/17/14 LA Sheriff East LA Burglary Felony KENNETH LII BRECKENRIDGE Male 35 Unemployed 2/8/14 Long Beach Police Department Burglary Commercial Felony $20,000 DEWAYNE LARON WALTON Male 25 Labor Ready 2/16/14 LA Sheriff Compton Burglary Felony $20,000 AUGUSTINE ROBERT GUTIERREZ Male 30 Unemployed 2/15/14 LA Sheriff Carson Burglary Felony $25,000 DANIELLE LUNSEY SCULLY Female 38 None 2/6/14 Pasadena Police Department Burglary Felony $40,000 MARKQUAN HOPPER Male 20 Warehouse 2/14/14 LA Sheriff Lakewood Burglary Felony $50,000 Bond TREMALLE VAUGHN CRUTCHFIELD Male 55 Veteran 2/17/14 LA Sheriff Century Burglary Felony $30,000 JONATHAN MARTINEZ Male 21 Unknown 2/14/14 Los Angeles Police Department Attempted Burglary Felony $20,000 Bond All types of people will continue to commit crimes MAURICIO ALVAREZ Male 19 None 2/15/14 LA Sheriff Lakewood Burglary Felony until the community unites and says ENOUGH!! EDWARD MBOM NTUK Male 31 Tattoo Artist 2/7/14 Long Beach Police Department Burglary Residence Felony $50,000 ARMANDO MANUEL PINO Male 30 2 week Delievry Driver period 2/15/14 prior LA Sheriffto Norwalk Burglary Felony $50,000 In the this publication, over 500 individuals

were arrested in Los Angeles County for burglary offenses.

Florida Man Charged in Federal Counterfeit Case for Trafficking Bogus ‘Reverse Engineered’ Automotive Devices From Torrance, California Based Hondata A Florida man was charged February 6, 2014, with trafficking in counterfeit electronic engine control devices manufactured and marketed by a Southern California company for use in modified Honda and Acura vehicles. Marc Heera, 24, of Sunrise, Florida, was charged with one count of trafficking in counterfeit goods, an offense that carries a statutory maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. The charge is contained in a criminal information filed this morning in United States District Court.

Federal prosecutors also filed a plea agreement in which Heera agreed to plead guilty to the felony offense of selling counterfeit circuit boards that are installed in engine control units to boost performance. In the plea agreement, Heera admits that he reverse-engineered, manufactured, advertised, and sold approximately 86 counterfeit Hondata K-Pro and S300 devices, which are aftermarket devices manufactured and sold by the Torrance-based Hondata Inc. In the plea agreement, Heera admits that, beginning in 2009, he arranged

for Hondata’s K-Pro and S300 devices to be reverse-engineered. Investigators believe that Heera had the devices reverse engineered in China, and he then paid an unknown Chinese company to build some of the devices. Heera also manufactured counterfeit circuit boards at his workplace, which contained Hondata’s proprietary software. The counterfeit devices bore Hondata’s trademarked name, as well as counterfeit serial numbers. Heera also admitted creating counterfeit packaging, labels, instructions, and compact discs for the devices.

Heera, using the online screen name Maddman7887, then advertised and sold the counterfeit K-Pro and S300 devices over the Internet, he admitted in the plea agreement. To avoid detection, Heera installed the counterfeit K-Pro devices into used ECUs or instructed the customers to send their ECUs to him for installation. Heera specifically admitted selling 62 counterfeit K-Pro devices and 24 counterfeit S300 devices, generating approximately $58,000 in income. If the products had been genuine, they would have had a retail value of approximately $74,000.

Heera has agreed to appear in federal court in Los Angeles for an arraignment on March 24. The investigation in this matter was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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The Gangs of Los Angeles Part 1: Innovative Approaches to a Serious Problem At 5 a.m., the command post in our Los Angeles Division was buzzing with activity. It would be a day of reckoning for nearly two dozen members of MS-13, the violent street gang that over the years has brought drugs, murder, and misery to countless Los Angeles neighborhoods. Before the sun came up, teams of FBI agents and their partners from the LAPD began making arrests. In short order, the large video monitors in the command post started to show the words “in custody” next to the images of the subjects—many of whom were wanted on federal drug charges and were the gang’s leaders, or “shot callers,” in the parlance of the street. In Los Angeles—often referred to as the gang capital of the world—it was just another day for the men and women of the FBI who work to protect the community from hundreds of area gangs. But locking up these criminals is only part of the story. Together with our law enforcement and community partners, the Los Angeles Division is taking a leadership role in the fight against gangs with innovative programs designed to bring healing as well as justice to

neighborhoods ravaged by violence and intimidation.

ships are essential to solving crimes.”

“You can’t arrest your way out of the gang problem,” explained Robert Clark, an assistant special agent in charge in Robert Clark, Los Angeles FBI assistant our Los special agent in charge. Angeles Division. “Looking at the statistics prior to 2007 and in the seven years since I’ve been here,” he said, “there’s been upwards of a 300 percent increase in arrests, but the gang problem still exists.” Clark and others considered new approaches. “Where could we bring our resources and our like ideas to really have an impact in the community?” he asked. “FBI agents and local police officers can’t be everywhere. That’s why it was important that we build relationships in the community. Those relation-

Understanding firsthand the challenges facing gang-plagued neighborhoods based on his own childhood growing up in the inner city of Youngstown, Ohio, Clark spearheaded three initiatives that are making a difference in Los Angeles. In the coming weeks, FBI.gov will chronicle those programs, which are helping to empower communities, reduce the crime rate, clear unsolved murder cases, and aid in intelligencegathering efforts that allow the Bureau to monitor gangs with an international reach such as MS-13. The programs include: Operation Save Our Streets Task Force, established in 2010 in partnership with the LAPD to solve gangrelated homicide cases; The Community Impact Initiative, in which law enforcement personnel and other volunteers return to neighborhoods after gang busts to clean alleyways of trash and graffiti, working alongside residents and property owners; and The Homicide Library project, a joint initiative between the FBI and the LAPD that is digitizing thousands of paper-only murder investigation files for use in a searchable system that will help solve more cases.

Through the FBI’s Community Impact Initiative, law enforcement personnel and other volunteers return to neighborhoods after gang busts to clean alleyways, working alongside residents and property owners.

“Thanks to the hard work of many, many people,” Clark said, “we have been able to take these ideas and implement them and measure their success. We have been able to take murderers off the streets,” he added, “and just as importantly, we are helping to improve the quality of life in communities where residents often felt forgotten or ignored.”

Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for International Transportation of Child Pornography On February 10, 2014, United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced Charles Lee Gorish (67, St. Augustine) to 15 years in federal prison for transporting images and videos of child pornography from Florida to Canada. He was also ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervision, following his incarceration, and to register as a sex offender. Gorish pleaded guilty on October 23, 2013. He has been in custody since his arrest in St. Augustine on September 7, 2012. According to court documents, Gorish used a fake name to send a package, via FedEx from St. Augustine, to an individual in Ontario, Canada. The package was intercepted by Canadian law enforcement officers. It contained, among other things, two micro SD media cards containing more than 600 images and videos depicting child pornography and thousands of images of child erotica. Canadian officials notified the St. Johns County Sheriff ’s Office (SJCSO), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations regarding the seizure of this package. Further investigation revealed that Gorish is a registered sex offender. He was convicted in Hillsborough County, Florida, on February 24, 1992, of three counts of lewd and lascivious conduct on a minor child. On September 7, 2012, FBI agents and SJCSO personnel executed a federal search warrant at Gorish’s residence in St. Augustine. During an interview, Gorish admitted that he downloaded the files depicting

the sexually explicit images of young boys on the SD cards from the Internet over a period of years. Gorish was subsequently arrested. This case was investigated by the Canadian Border Services Agency, Ottawa Police Services, the St. Johns County Sheriff ’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney D. Rodney Brown. It is another case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc. Charles Lee Gorish

Priest Sentenced to 8 Years 6 Months for Illicit Interstate Transportation of a Minor Robert Frank Poandl, 72, of Fairfield, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 90 months in prison for violation of the Mann Act, a federal law prohibiting interstate transportation of a minor for illicit purposes. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; Kevin R. Cornelius, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Marlon Miller, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Ohio and Michigan; and agencies in the Greater Cincinnati Internet Crimes Against

Children (ICAC) Task Force announced him by [the victim’s] family.” the sentence imposed today by U.S. A federal grand jury indicted Poandl, District Judge Michael R. Barrett. known as Father Bob, in November A jury convicted Poandl on September 2012. FBI agents arrested him at the Glenmary Missioners in Fairfield, Ohio. 20, 2013. Testimony presented during He was placed on house arrest with the trial showed that, in August 1991, electronic monitoring following his Poandl transported a 10-year-old boy from Cincinnati to West Virginia where arrest. Judge Barrett remanded Poandl he sexually assaulted the child. The to the custody of the U.S. Marshals crime was not disclosed until the victim service at the end of today’s hearing to came forward in 2009. begin serving his sentence immediately. “The nature and circumstances of the offense are horrendous,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Muncy told the court. “They involve the violent sexual and psychological assault of a prepubescent male. Poandl abused the trust placed in

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorneys Offices, Project Safe Childhood marshals

federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www. projectsafechildhood.gov/.

U.S. Secret Service, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters, Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil, and the police departments in Amberley Village, Blue Ash, Cincinnati, and West Chester.

Stewart commended the investigation by FBI agents and investigators with the Greater Cincinnati ICAC and the West Virginia State Police, as well as Assistant U.S. Attorneys Christy Muncy and Timothy Oakley. Agencies participating in the Greater Cincinnati ICAC, in addition to FBI and HSI Agencies and the U.S. Attorney’s Office include the U.S. Marshals Service,

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DR#: 96-04-15970 > CRIME INFORMATION Suspect and victim became involved in a verbal argument. Suspect chased victim through the Ramona housing project firing his handgun at the victim. One round struck the victim killing him.

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> CRIME INFORMATION On October 24, 2008, Jose Padilla shot and killed an acquaintance during an argument at a Sylmar area residence. Padilla, a member of the Paca Trece street gang, used a shotgun to kill the victim and has since fled the area. An arrest warrant for Murder has been issued. Padilla should be considered armed and dangerous.

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District Attorney Jackie Lacey Unveils New Program Aimed at Helping Young Victims of Sex Trafficking Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced February 12, 2014, an innovative new diversion program aimed at getting young victims of sex trafficking off the streets and out of harm’s way. Until now, minors between the ages of 12 to 17 who were arrested for sex-related crimes were deemed juvenile delinquents. Between 2000 and 2010, the Juvenile Division of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed 2,188 petitions against minors caught soliciting or loitering for solicitation. Those arrested were processed through juvenile courts with little or no resources devoted to addressing the underlying issues that forced them into prostitution. “We believe that minors who engage in sex for pay are victims not criminals,” District Attorney Lacey said during a news conference. “We believe that we should help these children, not detain them. “Today, I am pleased to announce the launch of the First Step Diversion Program. First Step is innovative alternative to prosecution.” First Step is a diversion program aimed at providing victims of sex trafficking a chance to rebuild their lives before they are charged, appear in court and are placed on probation. Lacey said the District Attorney’s Office is joining forces with the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles County Probation Department and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services to identify girls under 18 who have been arrested for sex related offenses. First Step will be rolled out in two Juvenile Division Branch Offices – Sylmar and Compton. These juvenile offices were selected due to the volume of arrests and because those girls arrested actually reside in that community. A supervising deputy district attorney will be assigned to oversee First Step within each juvenile office. For a period of one year, minors who agree to

enter the First Step program will receive referral services, such as crisis intervention, sexual assault and mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, education and other appropriate social services. The District Attorney’s Office has partnered with Los Angeles County four nonprofit, District Attorney community-based Jackie Lacey organizations to provide a wide array of social services. Lacey thanked the YWCA Greater Los Angeles, Saving Innocence, the Valley Trauma Center in Van Nuys and the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking for their generous support and willingness to offer programs to help rescue and redirect victims of sex trafficking. “I especially want to thank Faye Washington, president and CEO of the YWCA Greater Los Angeles for its $25,000 contribution,” Lacey said. “This money will be used to provide services to First Step participants.” At the end of the year, if the minor has successfully completed the program, the arrest that prompted the minor’s entry into program will be cleared. “We understand the enormous challenges these children face in trying to break away from their pimps and abusers,” District Attorney Lacey said. She noted that pimps target vulnerable youth -runaway and homeless children who may have experienced trouble at home, youth with drug problems, children who have been sexually or physically abused or neglected. “These are the victims who have been robbed of hope at a very young age,” she said. “We want to stand beside these young victims and show them there is a way out if they just take the First Step.”

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Long Beach Police Find 36 Kilos of Cocaine After Routine Traffic Stop A Long Beach man suspected of possessing 36 kilos of cocaine, with a street value of approximately $2.8 - $3.6 million, was arrested in North Long Beach after a routine traffic stop. On February 17, 2014, North Division Directed Enforcement officers stopped a vehicle in the 6900 block of Atlantic Avenue for a traffic related violation. Officers noted the driver seemed unusually nervous and was found to be driving without a license. While conducting an inventory search of the vehicle incident to storage, officers located packaging material, which was consistent with packaging large quantities of narcotics. Officers found this to be highly suspicious and believed this may be related to drug sales. The investigation led officers to the driver’s home in the 1100 block of E. 72nd Street, Long Beach. Officers and Drug Investigations Section detectives served a search warrant and seized the following items: •

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The driver, 28 year-old Hildefonso Angulo, was arrested and booked for possession of narcotics for sales and is being held at the Long Beach Jail on $1,000,000 bail. The Long Beach Police Department will continue their efforts in the fight against illegal drugs, which negatively impacts communities everywhere. Anyone wishing to report illegal drug activity should contact the Long Beach Police Department’s Drug Investigations Section at (562) 570-7221. Anonymous tips may be submitted by calling 1-800222-TIPS (8477), texting TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or visiting www.lacrimestoppers.org.

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HELPFUL NUMBERS Substance Abuse numbers

Alcohol Treatment Referral Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-252-6465 Cocaine Anonymous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-347-8998 Marijuana Anonymous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-766-6779 National Association for Children of Alcoholics . . . . . . . . . . . . 888-554-2627 National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Hopeline . 800-622-2255

Family numbers

Adolescent Crisis Intervention & Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800 999-9999 Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-356-9996 Child Help USA National Child Abuse Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-422-4453 Child Protection Hotline (Los Angeles County DCFS) . . . . . . . 800-540-4000 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children . . . . . . . 800-THE-LOST National Parent Helpline® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855-4APARENT National Resource Center on Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . 800-537-2238 National Teen Dating Abuse Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866-331-9474 National Youth Crisis Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-442-HOPE Planned Parenthood Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-230-PLAN Teen Help Adolescent Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-840-5704

Medical numbers

AIDS Info: Treatment, Prevention and Research . . . . . . . . . . 800-HIV-0440 America Social Health: STD Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-227-8922 CHADD-Children & Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800-233-4050 Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-931-2237 Headache Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-843-2256 Help Finding a Therapist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-843-7274 National Center For Learning Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888-575-7373 National Domestic Violence/Child Abuse/ Sexual Abuse . . . . 800-799-7233 Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health . . . . . . . . . 800-854-7771 Panic Disorder Information Hotline-mental health hotline . . . . 800-647-2648 USA National Suicide Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-SUICIDE

Community numbers

Gay & Lesbian National Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .888-843-4564 National Human Trafficking Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888-373-7888 Pet Loss Support Hotline - Grief Counseling Hotline . . . . . . . .888-478-7574 Poison Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-222-1222 Shoplifters Anonymous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-848-9595 Water Waste Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800 342-5397

Victim/Grief Support numbers

Justice for Homicide Victims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310-457-0030 Justice for Murdered Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310-547-5362 Parents of Murdered Children Los Angeles Chapter . . . . . . . . 310-626-3592 Survivors of Murdered Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626-298-9054 S.T.E.V.I.E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323-898-2955 L.A.U.R.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 816-9651

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We want to encourage our youth to reflect on their scary or sad times while helping others by sharing their experiences. As adults, we deal with good and bad situations every day. But to children, a small situation can seem like the end of the world. Attention News is encouraging our youth to reflect on a situation, then share about how they worked through it. Nothing is worse than feeling alone because nobody understands you. By sharing their stories, other children will learn they are not alone with their sadness and fear. Criteria for writing contest: Open to any youth up to the age of 16

Story must be real

Length 100-300 words

Examples of sad or scary situations to a child could be: Moving to a new neighborhood Dealing with a bully or a friend being bullied Getting a bad grade on a test Child or a friend getting injured Speaking to an adult about an abusive situation Death of a family member, friend or pet Sibling “abandoning” them by going to college or moving out Starting a new school Favorite TV show ending • • • •

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