Crime and mayhem blotter -- June 5, 2007
Click below for all you wanted to know about Los Angeles crime.
- The Los Angeles Police Department catches up with the story our own Dennis McCarthy wrote about a disabled man, Harvey Rose, whose motorized scooter was stolen. McCarthy's and a television station's coverage of the case prompted a kind soul to donate another scooter so the World War II veteran can get around again. Click here to read Dennis's column.
- Shemar Moore, star of the CBS series “Criminal Minds,” was arrested.
- A roundup of coverage on Paris Hilton's first night in jail ...
- The Times has a story today about the contentious state Senate vote to relax police disciplinary record confidentiality rules.
A recent Times op-ed debates the issue by looking at police privacy rights vs. the public's right to know. latimes.com - It's all fun and games until The Game gets arrested ... Charges are filed against rapper, The Game, a.k.a. Jayceon Terrell Taylor, who was arrested after a fight in which he allegedly pulled a gun at a basketball game in South L.A.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's press release:
The rap artist known as “The Game” was charged today with making a criminal threat and possession of a firearm in a school zone in connection with a Feb. 24 pickup basketball game, the District Attorney’s office announced.
Jayceon Terrell Taylor, 27 (dob 11-29-79), is also charged with one count of exhibiting a firearm in the presence of an officer. All three counts are felonies charged in case No. BA 323621. He is scheduled to be arraigned sometime after 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in Division 30 of the Foltz Criminal Justice Center, 210 W. Temple St.
Taylor allegedly got into an altercation with a player on an opposing team during a basketball game at the Rita Walters Educational Learning Complex in South Los Angeles. After allegedly punching the victim, Taylor allegedly pulled a gun from his red Escalade and threatened to shoot the victim.
Taylor was arrested May 11 at his Glendale home by Los Angeles Police Department officers as police executed a search warrant. He was released on $50,000 bail.
If convicted, he’s facing more than five years in state prison.
- The LAPD announces the awarding of $1,000 in scholarships to 28 Los Angeles Community College District students.
Click here to read the announcement and the list of the winners. - An article in the Toronto Star debates the effectiveness of L.A.'s plan to clean up its skid row.
This city is paying for a lack of long-term planning and long-term spending to house its homeless, and is being cited as a warning beacon for Toronto and other large cities of the folly of using Band-Aids when surgery is required.
Today, Los Angeles is trying to police its way out of its teeming downtown skid row. The county has experimented with allowing tent cities, away from populated areas.
- Two employees of a medical marijuana clinic decide to hold up their workplace. While one of their co-workers is in the shop, closing up, the assailants hold him at gunpoint and make off with pot and cash. What do you think happened next?
Read the story here. - Glendale cops arrest a homeless man in connection with a fire that burned up 40 new cars.