No charges in North Hollywood murder, Food Stamp Scam, Bratton in the news

Good morning ... A little crime news with your coffee ...

• No charges were filed against two suspects in the April 26 murder of Marat Manukyan, killed after a beef over "disrespect."
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• Guilty pleas in a case of food stamp fraud ...
  

  The owner of several markets in the “skid row” area of downtown Los Angeles has pleaded guilty to defrauding the federal Food Stamp Program out of more than $6 million by purchasing benefits for 50 cents on the dollar. Tigran Malkhasyan, 42, pleaded guilty to five criminal charges Tuesday morning before United States District Judge S. James Otero. Malkhasyan specifically pleaded guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud, food stamp fraud, money laundering and making false statements to the United States Department of Agriculture.

  
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• USA Today does a profile of Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton as he faces an uphill battle to reform his department and seeks a second term.
  

  Crime and violence are down under Bratton's watch. But gangs still grip neighborhoods with fear in this sprawling city, racial tensions are taut and drug problems fester. And by his own acknowledgement, Bratton still wrestles with one of his biggest tasks: reforming the character and culture of a police department that continues to make headlines for use of force with the public it is there to protect.

  
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• My colleague Rick Coca gets the story on a trench rescue yesterday afternoon. He writes that Los Angeles Police first responded to what proved to be an erroneous call about an assault with a deadly weapon involving men with shovels, were the first emergency workers on scene, but found that two men were buried up to their shoulders in dirt. They got out OK.
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