Lefty Eunisses Hernandez voted against LAPD funding, then tapped cops for her own security
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Lefty Eunisses Hernandez voted against LAPD funding, then tapped cops for her own security
Lefty Eunisses Hernandez voted against LAPD funding, then tapped cops for her own security.
The socialist Los Angeles councilmember has built her political brand crusading against cops, winning election on an abolish-the-police platform, and even voting ”no” to the city’s budget three years running because she claims the $2.4 billion needed to keep them takes funding from her priorities.
LAPD releases sketch of man accused of kidnapping 2 girls in North Hills
The Los Angeles Police Department Monday released a sketch of a man suspected of attempting to kidnap two teenage girls in North Hills last Sunday. The suspect approached the victims, who are 11 and 16 years old, while they were walking near the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Nordhoff Street. The man asked the victims if they needed a ride, according to the LAPD. The male suspect, described to be 21 to 23 years old, was driving a dark green, older model Honda Civic, police said. The victims declined, but the suspect approached them again at the intersection of Nordhoff Street and Columbus Avenue a short time later and again offered them a ride, according to the LAPD. The girls accepted the second offer and gave the driver their destination, but the suspect passed it and continued driving eastbound on Nordhoff Street to Lemona Avenue near the intersection of Noble Avenue and Nordhoff Street. The suspect then parked the vehicle, locked the doors and made lewd requests toward the victims, leading the girls to start screaming for help. As the victims tried to escape, the suspect started driving away, but the girls managed to get out of the vehicle and fell onto the road, sustaining minor injuries. Anyone with information can contact Mission Division Detectives at (818) 838-9810 or contact LA Regional Crime Stoppers at www.lacrimestoppers.org.
Search underway after hit-and-run driver leaves woman severely injured near Dodger Stadium
Los Angeles Police Department detectives are seeking help from the public as they continue searching for a hit-and-run driver who left a woman with severe injuries in a February crash in the Elysian Park neighborhood. The crash happened on Feb. 23 at around 3 p.m., when LAPD officers were called to the intersection of Stadium Way and Elysian Park Drive, according to a news release from LAPD officials. They say that an unidentified white hatchback-style car was traveling through the intersection when it "became involved in a non-contact traffic collision." "The vehicle's unsafe traffic movements caused a gray Toyota sedan, traveling northbound Stadium Way, to swerve into oncoming lanes and collide with two vehicles traveling in the opposite direction," the release said. "The driver of the white hatchback style vehicle failed to stop, render aid, and remain at scene." The driver was last seen driving westbound on Elysian Park Drive. The victim, only identified as a woman, was taken to a nearby hospital for severe injuries. Her condition was not noted by police in their news release. A standing reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for anyone with information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the suspect through the Los Angeles Administrative Code's Hit-and-Run Reward Program Trust Fund.
Metro bus, workers trapped amid one of three raucous L.A. street takeovers within 24 hours
A crowd of people climbed on top of a Metro bus and prevented it from moving during a raucous street takeover in the Harbor Gateway area over the weekend. At 11:45 p.m. Saturday, the Los Angeles Police Department responded to multiple calls of a street takeover involving people climbing on top of a bus at the intersection of Alondra Boulevard and Figueroa Street, according to a department spokesperson. Officers dispersed the crowd, impounded two cars and issued seven parking citations. The takeover was one of three similar incidents the LAPD responded to in less than 24 hours this weekend. Video recordings captured by news-gathering organization OnScene.TV show more than a dozen people standing on top of a Metro bus, which is unable to move forward as a crowd of over a hundred people blocks the intersection. People can be seen running along the top of the bus and sitting on the front bumper as the driver stares glumly ahead from inside windows tagged with graffiti. The bus was transporting Metro maintenance workers back to their bus division when it became trapped, according to a Metro spokesperson. It was not carrying any members of the public.
16-Year-Old Girl Goes Missing Near South LA; May Be Boyle Heights Bound
Authorities sought the public’s help Monday to locate a 16-year-old girl last seen near South Los Angeles. Haylee Gonzalez was last seen about 1 a.m. Sunday in the 11000 block of Berendo Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Gonzalez, who may have been headed to Boyle Heights, is Hispanic, 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighs 100 pounds and has green eyes, long black curly hair, braces and scars on her right thigh. She was wearing a white shirt, denim shorts and a gold necklace with a pendant of a four-leaf clover when last seen. Her possible destination was the 300 block of North Matthews Street in Boyle Heights. Anyone with information about Gonzalez’s whereabouts was urged to contact Detective Partida or the Sheriff’s South LA Station on-duty watch commander at 323-820-6700.
9 arrested, stolen goods worth millions recovered in SoCal cargo theft investigation
Sheriff's investigators have recovered several million dollars' worth of stolen goods after warrants were served at locations in Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties as part of an investigation into organized crimes and cargo theft, authorities announced Friday. Nine suspects were arrested as part of the investigation, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. "Detectives seized approximately $7 million of stolen cargo freight and $1 million in U.S. currency," according to an LASD statement. The department reported that 36 companies, including JB Hunt, Amazon, Sony, LG, T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, Dollar General, Family Dollar, Costco, Wolff Shoes, Monster Energy and Disney, were affected by the thefts.
U.S. Park Police officer wounded in ambush, agency states
A U.S. Park Police officer was seriously wounded Monday evening in a shooting in Washington in what the Park Police chief called an ambush. Park Police Chief Scott Brecht said in a press briefing that the unidentified officer was “ambushed” by two gunmen who fired at the officer as he drove by in an unmarked vehicle. The officer was working in an ongoing Park Police investigation when he was shot. The chief declined to give specifics of the investigation. “We have jurisdiction in all of Washington, D.C.,” the chief said. The veteran officer was airlifted by U.S. Park Police helicopter to an area hospital, said Vito Maggiolo, public information officer for the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Service Department. He said the call came in about 7:30 p.m. The officer was shot in the shoulder and is in serious but stable condition, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter. Authorities were searching for two suspects, Brecht said. The U.S. Park Police confirmed in an email that the officer was in “non-life-threatening condition.”
Michigan trooper dragged during 2023 traffic stop forgives suspect at sentencing
Tavion William Beasley almost killed a Michigan State Trooper during a traffic stop in the summer of 2023. Now, almost three years later, he is headed to prison after being forgiven by the trooper who was dragged by Beasley’s vehicle for almost a mile. “I don’t hate you,” Trooper Ravin Toner said at Beasley’s sentencing hearing Thursday. “God has given me the strength to tell you that I do forgive you. I will never forget and neither will you. My hope, Tavion, is that you too will be a better person at the end. While you must pay for your actions that day, you will still have your whole life ahead of you to become a better man.” Visiting Circuit Court Judge Richard Ball sentenced Beasley Thursday, March 19 to serve five to 10 years in prison. Toner, a 12-year veteran of the Michigan State Police Jackson post, still is serving on the streets. She admitted she continues to reflect on what happened and how it has changed her. “I’m kind. I’m understanding, patient, professional and fair. All things that you (Beasley) were afforded that day and took advantage of,” Toner said, admitting she isn’t as lenient as she used to be during traffic stops.
Public Safety News
Firefighters Quell Small Fire Inside Vacant Home in Pico-Union Area
Firefighters Saturday knocked down a small fire on the first floor of a two-story vacant home in the Pico-Union community of Los Angeles, authorities said. Firefighters dispatched at 8:06 am. Saturday to 1232 S. Bonnie Brae St. had the fire out within 11 minutes of their arrival, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire was under investigation.
8 vehicles burn after fire erupts at Northridge Toyota dealership
Flames raced through a Toyota dealership in Northridge early Sunday, burning eight vehicles. The blaze was reported around 1:45 a.m. at the dealership in the 19500 block of Nordhoff Street, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Lindsey Lantz. When firefighters arrived, eight vehicles were already affected by the fire, Lantz said. Video from the scene showed several of the cars fully engulfed in flames. The fire also spread into nearby vegetation before crews were able to knock it down. No injuries were reported. Arson investigators are working to determine what caused the fire.
