LAPD detective sounds alarm on 'killer cop' website: 'This is uncharted territory'

The Los Angeles Police Protective League is taking legal action against the owner of the "killer cop" website, alleging that he placed a bounty on them after releasing their headshots and other personal information. The League filed the lawsuit late last week on behalf of Officers Adam Gross, Adrian Rodriguez and Douglas Panameno, according to the Los Angeles Times, requesting that their information be removed from killercop.com. 

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LAPD Officers Sue Owner Of Anti-Cop Website For Posting Photos, ‘Bounty’

Three Los Angeles police officers are suing the owner of killercop.com, accusing him of publishing their photos on his website and putting out a “bounty” on them. It is the first legal action stemming from the Los Angeles Police Department’s release of the names and photos of almost every sworn officer — more than 9,300 officers, including some who work undercover — as part of a public records request. A police watchdog group posted the images online last Friday. The lawsuit, which was filed Friday by the Los Angeles Police Protective League on behalf of Officers Adam Gross, Adrian Rodriguez and Douglas Panameno, asks that the photos and other identifying information be taken down from the killercop.com site. In a tweet mentioned in the lawsuit, Steven Sutcliffe, who posts under the handle @KillerCop1984, allegedly wrote, “Remember, #Rewards are double all year for #detectives and #female cops.” The tweet included an image of a monetary reward for killing an LAPD officer, the lawsuit says. According to the suit, a later tweet allegedly included a link to a database of officer photos, along with the caption, “Clean head-shots on these #LAPD officers. A to Z.”

Los Angeles Times

LAPD Searching For Driver After Man Killed In Hit-and-Run Crash In South Los Angeles Area

Authorities Friday sought the public's help to find the hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a man in the South Los Angeles area. Paramedics sent to Century Boulevard and Hoover Street about 8:55 p.m. Thursday pronounced the man dead at the scene, the Los Angeles Police Department reported. Police say they believe the man, whose name was not immediately available, was on the roadway when hit by a vehicle that was eastbound on Century Boulevard. "There is no suspect information at this time and the vehicle is described as a dark-colored pickup truck," police said in a statement. A standing reward of up to $50,000 has been offered by the city of Los Angeles for help solving a fatal hit-and-run. Anyone with information on the case was urged to call the LAPD South Traffic Division at 323-421-2500, or 877-LAPD-24-7. 

ABC 7

Man Shot, Wounded While Driving In South LA

A 37-year-old man was shot Saturday evening while driving in the Green Meadows area of Los Angeles. The shooting occurred at 6:37 p.m. at Stanford Avenue and 108th Street, according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Drake Madison. The victim heard a gunshot, realized he was wounded and crashed his vehicle, Madison told City News Service. Paramedics took the victim to a hospital, where he had stable vital signs, the officer said. A suspect description was not available.

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Man Hospitalized In Reported Stabbing Attack In Westlake 

A man was rushed to the hospital after a reported stabbing attack in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles on Saturday night. Authorities responded to calls of a stabbing at the intersection of Union and 8th Streets around 11:30 p.m. It is unclear what led to the incident or if anyone else was hurt. The LAPD is investigating. 

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Video Shows Man Stealing Stacks Of Medical Records From Sherman Oaks Dental Office

A suspect broke into a dental office in Sherman Oaks Thursday morning and stole several medical records from a cabinet - and it was all caught on video. It happened at around 3 a.m. at Riverside Dental on Riverside Drive and Coldwater Canyon. Surveillance video clearly showed the suspect's face while he's inside the office building. He's seen going straight to a cabinet filled with medical records, grabbing them by the handful and stuffing them in a plastic bag. "The value of those records on the dark web, I've seen estimates that medical records are worth up to maybe $1,000," said security expert and LAPD veteran Paul Vernon. The video shows he only took the documents and in less than 30 seconds, he leaves, going out through the same back window. The Los Angeles Police Department confirms there is an investigation underway, though further details were not provided.

ABC 7

Passenger At LAX Detained For Allegedly Triggering Emergency Slide

A passenger aboard a Delta flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Seattle was detained today for allegedly opening an emergency exit door aboard the plane and causing the emergency slide to be activated. The action happened at approximately 10 a.m. Saturday, as the airplane pushed away from the gate. Los Angeles Airport Police detained the passenger for further investigation, according to Capt. Karla Rodriguez. “Due to the circumstances, FBI has been notified,” Rodriguez said. “The aircraft was returned to a gate and passengers are in the process of being deplaned in order to be transported in another aircraft so that they can continue with their flight plans.” She added that no arrests were made but the “subject was transported to a local hospital for a mental evaluation.”

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Man Arrested After Chase Near Corridor Known For Human Trafficking

A 24-year-old Los Angeles man was arrested on suspicion of felony evading and being an unlicensed driver at the end of a vehicle chase by Pomona police officers who were patrolling a corridor known for human trafficking-related crimes, authorities said Saturday. Officers conducted a traffic stop at about 12:05 p.m. Friday at Indian Hill Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue where they pulled over a 2015 Mercedes C300 for vehicle code violations, said Sgt. Dan Gomez of the Pomona Police Department. “Officers asked (Devion Monae) Young to step out of the vehicle,” Gomez said. “It was then that Young re-started the vehicle and fled.” The pursuit ended when Young lost control of the car, which struck a chain-link fence in the area of Jefferson and San Antonio avenues. He fled the location on foot into a residential area and his female passenger was detained and questioned, Gomez said. A K-9 unit and an air unit responded to the scene to assist in the search. The K-9 unit located Young hiding in the backyard of a home in the 800 block of Columbia Avenue, where he was taken into custody without incident, police said.

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Police: Man Was Out On Bail When He Murdered Ex-Girlfriend, Her 7-Year-Old Daughter

Kirkland Warren was out on bail pending a long-delayed murder trial in Arkansas. But when he was arrested in southwestern Washington state early this month on charges that he assaulted his ex-girlfriend and fired a gunshot into her apartment, he quickly posted bond and was released again. Just a few days later, his ex-girlfriend, Meshay Melendez, 27, and her 7-year-old daughter, Layla Stewart, vanished. Police named Warren a person of interest in their disappearance. The discovery of their bodies in thick brush down a road embankment on Wednesday has raised questions about why someone facing a murder charge in another state would be released from custody after being arrested for a serious domestic violence offense. Cymber Tadlock, the deputy prosecutor who has handled Warren’s case in a 2017 killing in Jefferson County, Arkansas, said the Vancouver Police Department in Washington notified her on March 2 that they had arrested Warren for drive-by shooting and other charges, stemming from an incident in December. They also told her the next day that Warren had a court appearance and his bail was set at $100,000.

Associated Press

Watch: Security Guards Tackle Armed Florida Man In Devil Mask Who Tried To Enter Club

A mass shooting may have been averted at a Florida strip club, when security guards tackled a masked man with a pistol in one hand and two clips of ammunition in his pocket, according to the Tampa Police Department. It happened about 1:15 a.m. on Sunday, March 19, at the Mons Venus gentleman’s club, and three security guard are credited with pinning the gunman to the ground, Tampa police said in a news release. Investigators say they are trying to determine the suspect’s motive. “Michael Rudman, 44, arrived in a silver pickup ... wearing a red and black devil mask with the words ‘Kill’ and ‘Darkk One’ written on his arms,” police said. “He walked toward the entrance of the adult entertainment venue with a fully loaded firearm in one hand and a flashlight in the other. Upon seeing the firearm, a security guard engaged the suspect and knocked the weapon out of his hand.” Security video shows Rudman appearing to aim the flashlight at the camera.

Charlotte Observer

Dangerous Homes: Guns And Domestic Violence Exact A Deadly Toll On Kids

Angela Brooks will never forget the FaceTime call from her 10-year-old granddaughter, Nie’Mae. “She said, ‘Granny, please help us. Mama’s dead,’” recalled Brooks, 58, a nurse in St. Louis. Brooks didn’t believe it. Then Nie’Mae turned the phone around to show her a body on the floor. It was Brooks’ daughter, Chasity Cooper, 40. She had been shot by her ex-boyfriend, Nie’Mae said. Lying a few feet away was the lifeless body of Doryan Bryant, Cooper’s 6-year-old daughter, known as “Pig” by the family because of her chubby cheeks. Nie’Mae and her sister Zoryia, 16, had also been shot, but would survive. “No mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, brother, should ever see their child laying in a pool of their own blood,” Brooks said, her voice straining through tears. More than two-thirds of parents worry a shooting could happen at their children’s school, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. But home is a far more dangerous place for kids. In the five years ending in 2022, at least 866 kids ages 17 and younger were shot in domestic violence incidents, according to an analysis by The Trace of data from the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive; 621 of them died.

The Trace

Owner Injured After Fire Destroys Lincoln Heights Movie Studio

The owner of a Lincoln Heights movie studio remains in the hospital this weekend after a fire destroyed the building earlier this week. Shawn Anthony Sequeira is the owner of SAS Movie Studio in Lincoln Heights. On March 22, Sequeira was at the building along with a group of children, rehearsing for a Los Angeles Fashion Week event this weekend, when he noticed the flames. Sequeira acted quickly to get the children out safely. "I did everything in my power to put the fire out with the fire extinguishers," he said. "But there was just too many flames, it just engulfed me." Then, Sequeira said, a beam from the building fell on him, knocking him out. Firefighters said the fire was an electrical fire, which Sequeira said was caused by faulty wiring in the building. Sequeira was in a coma for several days while his pregnant wife Olga Amraie sat by his bedside.

FOX 11

LA County Health Officials Say COVID Rules Remain In Effect At California Worksites

Despite various COVID-19-related emergency declarations ending and many restrictions being lifted, Los Angeles County health officials reminded employers on Saturday that state workplace-safety requirements remain in place. Among the rules still being enforced by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health are a requirement that employees who test positive remain out of the worksite for at least five days. Those employees can return between days six and 10 after testing positive if they have been fever-free for 24 hours and other symptoms have subsided, health officials said. Employers are also required to notify other workers who may have been exposed to the virus, to make testing available to employees who may have been exposed and to ensure that all exposed employees take a test within three to five days.

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Councilman Soto-Martinez Announces Date For Removal Of Fence Surrounding Echo Park Lake

The fence surrounding Echo Park Lake — one of the most contentious topics in Los Angeles County — officially has a date for removal, according to Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez. "Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of a dark moment in the history of our city — the controversial sweep of Echo Park Lake," a statement from the councilman. "Since then, the temporary chain-link fence that was erected to surround the park has become a divisive issue among many in our community." In a statement released on Saturday, Soto-Martinez noted that the fence would be removed by March 31, more than two years after it was first erected after a huge homeless encampment, housing more than 200 people, was cleared from the area in 2021. The cleanup saw 723.5 pounds of biological waste and 300 pounds of hazardous waste, that included drug paraphernalia, removed. 

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About the LAPPL: Formed in 1923, the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) represents more than 9,200 dedicated and professional sworn members of the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPPL serves to advance the interests of LAPD officers through legislative and legal advocacy, political action and education.