BREAKING NEWS: Acquittal in Hawthorne Kidnapping Trial
After being joined by an alternate juror and starting their deliberations anews, an Airport Courthouse jury took less than a day to find William Ernest Hernandez, 23, of Los Angeles not guilty of 10 counts, including kidnapping for purposes of a sex crime, assault with intent to commit a sex crime and robbery. Deputy District Attorney Liliana Gonzalez, who spoke with jurors after the verdict, said the panel just felt there wasn't enough evidence to convict him. She wholeheartedly disagreed.
Watch for the whole story on the verdict in tomorrow's Daily Breeze and sometime soon on dailybreeze.com.
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Larry Altman has covered crime in the South Bay since 1990. He's seen it all - the missing model who turned up dead in the desert, the wives found dead in trunks, the high-school coaches who get a little too close to their players. He drives his young colleagues nuts with his "I remember when" stories. He welcomes your tips and observations about the present, and you can mix in a little Lakers basketball talk if you like.
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