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| January 28, 2011 |
| Los Angeles School Police Officer Allegedly Fabricated Shooting Story |
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The Los Angeles police officer that was allegedly shot by an attacker last week at El Camino Highschool, was arrested on Thursday night on suspicion of fabricating the story. Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said detectives became suspicious about the officer's story as they investigated the case. Los Angeles Police Department Officer Jeff Stenroos was booked on a felony charge of filing a false police report. The Los Angeles Police Protective League called the case an "embarrassment to law enforcement."
A senior LAPD official told The Times that authorities arrested Stenroos after he allegedly admitted to fabricating the story. The protective vest Stenroos wore shows obvious signs of having been struck by the bullet and Stenroos suffered bruising to his chest. Detectives are wondering if the officer shot himself accidentally and then made up the story. "Obviously it's as shocking to us as it is to anyone else," Steven Zipperman, chief of the Los Angeles School Police Department, said.
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| January 27, 2011 |
| Professor Facing Two Misdemeanor Counts of Urinating in a Public Place |
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A Cal State Northridge math professor is facing two misdemeanor counts of urinating in a public place, according to a copy of a complaint filed in Superior Court. Tihomir Petrov, 43, has been charged with urinating on a colleague's office door during a dispute between the two men.
Petro was expected to be arraigned this morning in San Fernando. According to authorities, the case arouse from a dispute that Petrov allegedly had with another professor in the school's math department.
Petrov was allegedly caught on videotape in early December urinating on the door of another professor's office in Santa Susana Hall. School officials had hidden a camera nearby after finding puddles of what they thought to be urine.
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| January 24, 2011 |
| The Death Penalty May Face More Changes and Regulations |
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The only U.S. maker of the anesthetic used in executions announced Friday that it will stop manufacturing sodium thiopental. Discontinuing the drug in California will cause the state to revise laws governing executions and those seeking supplies from foreign makers may be turned away by countries that condemn capital punishment.
According to Elisabeth Semel, a UC Berkeley law professor, the state's new protocols specify use of sodium thiopental as the first drug in the three-injection sequence, and any substitution would require the state to again revise the protocols.
Kent Scheidegger, legal director of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, said, "Long-term, I expect that the states will follow the lead of Oklahoma and switch to another drug without a supply problem. Short-term, this requires going through the cumbersome regulation process with comment-spamming by the anti-death-penalty crowd." He suggests that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation start the legal revision immediately "so as to have it completed before an actual supply problem delays and denies justice again."
According to Richard Dieter, director of the Death Penalty Information Center, said states with the death penalty will now have to turn to a different anesthetic or seek sodium thiopental from a foreign supplier, "both of which have pitfalls."
U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel has been reviewing California's new lethal injection procedures and is expected to rule soon on whether they comply with the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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| January 11, 2011 |
| Ted Williams, the Man with the Golden Voice, Detained |
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Ted Williams, the man whose golden voice is causing a sensation all over television and the internet, was detained by LAPD Monday night at a Hollywood hotel. According to authorities, Williams and a family member were detained after a disturbance call from the Renaissance Hotel. The law enforcement sources described the incident as an altercation with his daughter, but did not provide more details. Williams has been released and there is still an ongoing investigation. Sources state that it is unclear if any arrests will result from the altercation.
Williams was in Los Angeles making several television appearances , such as "Entertainment Tonight." On Monday, he visited the Lakers.
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| January 10, 2011 |
| Police Departments Using Facebook to Help Solve Crimes |
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Law enforcement agencies are starting to use social media platforms, such as Facebook, to get info and keep their communities on top of developments. The Santa Monica police department announced Thursday that they are using Facebook to improve communications with the public and help solve crimes. According to Chief Timothy Jackman, "the Santa Monica Police Department Facebook will keep our community in the loop." Huntington Beach police department is also using Facebook. They used it Wednesday to try and identify a woman slain in 1968. According to authorities, the post brought in dozens of phone calls and a tip that allowed investigators to make progress.
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