Email from Los Angeles Police Protective League Daily News & Updates     Law Enforcement News Man Sentenced to 162 Years to Life in Prison for Shooting at Police An ex-convict who was found guilty of assault and other charges for opening fire on a police patrol car in South Los Angeles, causing minor injuries to the two officers inside, was sentenced Monday to 162 years to life in state prison. Malcolm Darnell Guss Jr., now 32, was convicted last month of two counts each of assault on a peace officer with a machine gun and being a felon with a firearm, along with one count each of shooting at an occupied vehicle and possession of a machine gun. Jurors also found true allegations that Guss had personally discharged a firearm. The panel, however, acquitted him of one count of attempted murder involving “a group of persons inside a Los Angeles Police Department patrol vehicle in the area of Broadway and 138th Street.” The two uniformed patrol officers were shot at July 3, 2024, after attempting to stop the driver of a white, four-door Chevrolet sedan. The driver initially accelerate away from the officers, but stopped suddenly on Broadway, north of Rosecrans Avenue, the LAPD said in a statement last summer. “Before officers could exit the police vehicle, the suspect, armed with a fully automatic weapon, fired at officers without warning,” according to the LAPD. MyNewsLA Bill would make assaults on first responders a federal crime A new proposed bill honoring fallen Kansas City firefighter/paramedic Graham Hoffman aims to protect first responders from violence. Hoffman, a three-year veteran of the Kansas City Fire Department, died after being stabbed by a patient during an ambulance transport on April 27. The Graham Hoffman Act, introduced by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), would make any assault on a police officer, firefighter or EMS provider a federal crime. “Graham Hoffman was a courageous firefighter/paramedic whose life was tragically cut short at the hands of a known criminal who had been released from custody shortly before the attack,” Schmitt said in a statement. “This tragic loss underscores the urgent need to protect our first responders, who put their lives on the line to serve our communities.” Legislators hope the bill will serve as a deterrent to anyone considering violence against a public safety professional. PoliceOne Suspect in killings of 'American Idol' exec and husband used couple's gun and called police, DA says The man accused of killing an "American Idol" executive and her husband inside their Encino home allegedly used the couple's own gun in the shootings and then called police, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Monday evening. Hochman revealed the new information at a town hall where more than 200 residents packed the Encino Community Center in the wake of the shocking murders. Los Angeles police officers conducting a welfare check at an Encino home last Monday discovered two bodies inside with gunshot wounds. The victims were identified as Robin Kaye, a longtime music supervisor for "American Idol," and her husband, Thomas Deluca. A day later, police arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the killings. Raymond Boodarian was arrested "without incident," police said. ABC 7 Encino residents, authorities meet over city's troubling spike in crime after "American Idol" producer's deadly shooting Encino residents, law enforcement members and county leaders gathered on Monday to address a troubling spike in crime in the area, highlighted by the deadly double-shooting that left "American Idol" producer Robin Kaye and her husband dead last week. The shooting is just the latest in a trend that has seen the community plagued with smash-and-grab robberies, break-ins, jewelry store burglaries and now murder. Months of this has residents both angry and afraid, concerns they voiced during Monday's meeting. "What I wanna know is: why does it have to take a death in order for us to have a meeting like this?" one woman asked at the meeting. She was one of hundreds in attendance, including Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman, who reassured the crowd that he was working to try and mitigate the incidents. "I've got 750 prosecutors who are on message, on mission, working now with law enforcement every single day to send a message to these criminals, that their golden age of committing crime without consequence is done," he said. Still, he urged residents to continue asking for more. CBS 2 Suspected DUI driver crashes into concrete wall during pursuit in Encino A suspected DUI driver crashed into a concrete wall on Monday, ending a high-speed chase that spanned through the San Fernando Valley. The driver traveled at triple-digit speeds on the 101 Freeway in a desperate attempt to evade the California Highway Patrol. During the pursuit, the driver hopped on and off the freeway, driving just as erratically on surface streets and having several close calls with other drivers. At some point, the driver went on the 405 Freeway near Encino and exited at Valley Vista. Unable to turn safely due to his high rate of speed, the driver crashed head-on into the concrete wall of a home. On the other side of the wall was a parked Tesla, which was damaged in the crash. Officers placed the driver into custody and called an ambulance for him. The extent of his injuries is unclear. Police have not said what charges the driver may face. NBC 4 Hateful messages spray-painted on German consulate in Los Angeles A hateful message was spray-painted on the German consulate in downtown Los Angeles on Monday morning. Video from the scene taken by KTLA photojournalist Jose Hernandez Jr. shows that “Germany starves babies in Gaza” was written on two pillars in the front of the consulate, located in the 6200 block of Wilshire Boulevard. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to KTLA that units responded to that area around 7 a.m. on a vandalism call; however, the suspect or suspects had fled the scene by the time officers arrived. Multiple people were seen trying to scrub and powerwash the messages off the walls. They eventually covered the messages with paper. Both the individuals cleaning the hateful messages and the building security declined to speak to KTLA about the incident. KTLA 5 Federal agents seize 300 pounds of meth hidden in solar panels at LAX A massive drug bust was unveiled at the Los Angeles International Airport after federal agents found hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine hiding in a shipment of solar panels. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Monday morning that officers seized nearly 300 pounds of the highly addictive stimulant, which suspects attempted to disguise in between the panels. Photos provided by CBP appear to show officers cutting through and peeling back layers of duct tape and aluminum foil strapped onto the panels, eventually revealing stacks of methamphetamine. Details are limited, and CBP did not immediately disclose when or where the drugs were intercepted at the airport, or if any suspects have been arrested in connection with the attempted drug smuggling. However, the federal agency did say that the shipment was heading for New Zealand, and that officers were flagged “based on prior intel,” allowing agents to intercept the drugs before export. KTLA 5 Former engineer pleads guilty to stealing missile tracking blueprints from Southern California company A former engineer at a Southern California company pleaded guilty to stealing the blueprints of missile tracking systems used by the U.S. military. In his agreement to plead guilty to one count of theft of trade secrets, Chenguang Gong admitted to transferring more than 3,600 files from the Los Angeles-area research and development company where he had briefly worked to his personal storage devices, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Sept. 29. The Justice Department said the files included blueprints for space-based systems designed to detect nuclear missile launches and to track ballistic and hypersonic missiles. The files also included blueprints for sensors designed to enable U.S military aircraft to detect incoming missiles. CBS 2 BWC: Man wielding 2 knives stabs New York officer before OIS Two Amherst police officers who shot and wounded a man on Saturday have been cleared of any wrongdoing, Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane said on Friday. The attorney for an Amherst Police lieutenant said the lieutenant shot and wounded a criminal suspect over the weekend because the suspect had stabbed a fellow officer and was acting in a violent manner. The man who was shot, Rayquell M. Grant, 26, of Buffalo, was arraigned Friday on one count of first-degree attempted murder, one count of first-degree attempted assault and one count of second-degree assault. Grant was arraigned before Erie County Judge James Bargnesi at Erie County Medical Center, where he remains hospitalized. Officers shot Grant after he charged out of a home in the 4800 block of North Bailey with two knives and attacked one of the officers. The officers were responding to a 911 call for a domestic-violence complaint at the home around 4:55 p.m. “My office conducted a thorough review of the officer-involved shooting. We have determined that the actions of the police officers were justified. The members of the Amherst Police Department who fired the shots that resulted in injuries to the defendant have been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing,” Keane said in a news release Friday. The Buffalo News, N.Y. Public Safety News Public Health issues ocean water warning for L.A. County beaches Health officials are advising the public to avoid swimming, surfing or playing in the ocean at several Los Angeles County beaches due to elevated bacteria levels that exceed state health standards. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued warnings for the following locations: the entire swim area at Walnut Creek at Paradise Cove; the entire swim area at Mother’s Beach in Marina del Rey; 100 yards up and down the coast from the Castlerock Storm Drain at Topanga County Beach; and 100 yards up and down the coast from the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica. Officials said exposure to ocean water with high bacteria levels can cause illness, especially in young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. Still, there is positive news. The department lifted a previous warning for Topanga Canyon Beach in Malibu after water quality test results showed improvement. 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