Results tagged “emails” from Crime & Courts

This one came in from "Victor," talking about Martin Gudino, who's charged with shooting at a sheriff's helicopter the unincorporated area near Carson a few months ago:

"Hes my brother and i know it wasnt him!!!!!"

Cindy DMN wrote:

"Just wanted to pat yall on the back for the hard work you do bringing us all of the good juicy news. Since the scanners went digital some of us ambulance chasers are suffering from withdrawals wanting to know what the heck is going on. Thanks for keeping us up on all of the trash and good stuff. We appreciate.."

Me: Thanks!

I get emails:

Ruth V. Sobeck of Palos Verdes offered this explanation for why train victim Chuck Peck's cell phone called his family all night after the Metrolink crash, even though he was killed instantly:

This is not puzzling to me. I had a bluetooth device that would dial entries from my contact list all the time, even if it was in the pocket of a jacket hanging on a chair. I know two other people who have had the same experience. I bet there was one with debris on it that might have been pressing a button, until the battery died.

This person, thinking they were anonymous, sent me this. I don't know what story she is referring to and thought the world should see her correspondence. (It came in just like this. I didn't change anything, but broke it into more readable paragraphs. And for those who don't know, all caps means the writer is shouting.)

HEY LARRY ,
YOU SHOULD BE FIRED AND BANNED FOR LIFE FROM WRITING CRIME REPORTS FOR THE DAILY BREEZE ! ! YOU ARE A LIAR AND SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR SLANDERING AND RUINING PEOPLES LIVES !!

CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT A FRIEND OF MINE ARE 90% LIES THE PUBLIC IS SUPPOSED TO TRUST AND BELIEVE WHAT YOU REPORT !!! WHAT A CROCK OF SHIT THAT IS !!!!!

I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT YOU HAVE SLANDERED THIS PERSON AND
REPORTED HUNDREDS OF FALSE THINGS ABOUT HIM !!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU MAN. YOU REALLY NEED TO START BEING A TRUTHFUL AND HONEST REPORTER OR GET OUT OF THE BUSINESS !! IF YOU CONTINUE TO ACT IN SUCH A LEES THAN PROFESSIONAL WAY ITS GOING TO HAUNT YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE !!!

PLEASE ALL I AM ASKING OF YOU IS TO GET YOUR FACTS AN STATEMENTS FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE AND REPORT THE TRUTH !!!! NOT A BUNCH OF LIES<<<<<<<<<

I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SAYING AND HOPE YOU WILL THINK NEXT TIME BEFORE WRITING LIES ABOUT SOMEONE JUST TO GET YOUR SATISFACTION. THANK YOU

SINCERELY ,A TORRANCE RESIDENT OF 40 YEARS

Comment: Ninety-percent lies?

Earlier, a woman called and complained I hadn't covered the big search in San Pedro for the robber the other day. She complained a helicopter was overhead and police were everywhere.

I explained I wrote updates all afternoon on the blog and had a story with two photos in the paper the next day on Page 3. She told me she doesn't use the Internet and didn't see the story. "Nobody saw it," she said.

Anyway, shortly after that I received a couple of emails I thought I'd share. I appreciate the nice ones I get but I get plenty of negative ones like these too.  So here we go. (I didn't change anything.) I don't know what the problem is today:


Mike8182 wrote:

"please make sur you get all the facts right before you go out and print
them or post them on the web, this is the second time you go out and do
this type of mistake. you make people look bad i will advise to please
get your story stright before you out and wright your next story."

I'm assuming Mike is the same person who wrote this one, but it came over as anonymous:

"hey larry your a piece of shit i don't understand how your your working
for a loyal newspaper. now i know why your not working for the big dogs
like l.a. times or OC registar. cause you don't know how to get your
stories right."

And I think he's the same Michael who wrote this one some months ago:

"Get your facts straight you stupid fucken asshole. i hope you loved ones die one day and someone writes about them without knowing the total facts. You make it seem as if the bottle belonged to the people whi died but like you said it is not for sure so why even fucken write it stupid fucken idiot!!! if i could i would seriously make you pay but i don't respond to fucken idiots that have nothing better to do but get hardons on writting stupid shit!!"

And this one-word email from the same guy:

"Bitch"

Readers write:
Q. Great article. (Torrance methamphetamine crackdown). I'm curious were any of these suspects illegals?

Jim, Torrance

A. Fourteen alleged felons are facing deportation.

Steve McDonald writes:

Larry,

"Just wanted you to know that you have fans out there! Even though I moved off to Santa Barbara from the South Bay I still read the Daily Breeze (hard copy and online) regularly because of your articles and your blog. I lived in the South Bay for 46 years, my folks still live there. Keep up the great work and thanks."

Bobbie, a resident of Torrance says:

"Thank you for the front page article about our Torrance Police Department. Larry did a great job! To the men and women who worked on "Operation Accountability"...thank you for all the hard work. Just relieved to hear none of our police were hurt.

A wake up call to our community that drugs traffic and its people are here selling drugs to local residents and our kids. They maybe our neighbors! Its really scary to read in Larry's article the amount and types of drugs and the amount of weapons that were confiscated!
Just hope these major suppliers will think twice before they decide to move into the South Bay. This article brought it home to all of us to know drugs is around us.

Thank you Torrance Police for continuing to make our community a safe place. Thank you Larry for that great article!! It really made my day!"