Email from Los Angeles Police Protective League Daily News & Updates   Law Enforcement News Los Angeles police searching for suspects after woman suffers life-threatening injuries in double hit-and-run Police are searching for suspects after a woman was left with life-threatening injuries following a pair of hit-and-run collisions near downtown Los Angeles. The incident took place around 5:45 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5, when a woman was crossing Central Avenue near its intersection with 14th Place. As the woman crossed, a driver behind the wheel of a dark-colored Ford Explorer struck her while traveling southbound on Central. After the harsh impact, the woman was thrown to the ground. While injured and lying on the ground, she was hit again, this time by a driver in a blue compact SUV that the LAPD believes was a Honda CR-V. Neither driver stopped or contacted law enforcement. They both fled the scene, police said. The woman was transported to a local hospital, where she was treated for life-threatening injuries. Her current condition was not made clear. CBS 2 Driver still sought months after hit-and-run that severely injured 64-year-old cyclist The Los Angeles Police Department is still searching for a driver involved in a hit-and-run that took place more than five months ago. Per an LAPD media release, the incident occurred at 3:17 a.m. on May 28 in the Pico-Union neighborhood. A vehicle, described as a white sedan, had been traveling westbound along Hoover Street and was making a left to go west on 20th Street when it struck a bicyclist crossing 20th Street in the crosswalk. After the collision, the driver of the sedan did not stop to render aid or identify themselves. Instead, the LAPD says they continued west on 20th Street and eventually towards the nearby westbound 10 Freeway on-ramp. The victim, a 64-year-old man, was taken to a hospital and treated for severe injuries. No further details were released. Anyone with information about this hit-and-run collision should contact Detective Holmes with West Traffic Division at 213-473-0216. KTLA 5 Video shows pepper spray battle between Los Angeles clerk and robbers Security cameras from a Reseda phone store show a clerk exchanging pepper spray blasts with smash-and-grab robbers. The robbery happened on Aug. 25 at the LA Tech Repair store in the 7600 block of Tampa Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The surveillance video shows a young man holding the door open and the employee asking him to close it. The employee paces behind the counter, tense and cautious because he's been robbed before, before slipping to the backroom. He comes back out right before three masked suspects rush into the store. They start smashing display cases as the employee sprays them with pepper spray. One of the suspects hits him with his own pepper spray. The clerk slips to the ground as the thieves bolt out the door with bags full of phones. Investigators said the suspects stole 60 phones and computers. The store owner said all three of his locations in the San Fernando Valley have been robbed more than once. The employee and his boss said they are traumatized by the robbery. They shared the video, hoping someone would know the suspects and turn them in. CBS 2 Serial California Lottery ticket burglar arrested by Los Angeles police Authorities have arrested a man who allegedly stole California Lottery tickets from small businesses across Southern California for years. In a news release shared on Monday, Ventura County Sheriff's Office officials said that a multi-agency investigation, which included the Los Angeles Police Department, Camarillo Police Department and California State Lottery Investigators, identified 45-year-old Los Angeles man Raul Jr. Najera as the "prime suspect" behind the burglary spree. "Between 2024 and July 2025, the cities of Camarillo and Thousand Oaks were hit with five targeted burglaries," the release said. "Small business owners woke up to shattered glass, broken gates, and thousands of stolen lottery scratchers." Investigators determined that Najera was one of the suspects involved in the alleged burglaries, which included a rotating crew of accomplices that haven't yet been identified as their probe continues. CBS 2 Authorities seek public’s help finding missing 66-year-old from Panorama City The Los Angeles Police Department’s Mission Area and the family of Nicia Jerri Alcivar Golf are requesting the public’s assistance in finding her. According to authorities, the 66-year-old was last seen around 5:40 a.m. Friday morning at her home in the 7800 block of Clarfield Avenue in Panorama City. She has not been seen or heard from since. Police said Golf has black hair and brown eyes, stands about 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs roughly 190 pounds. She also has facial hair. Golf was last seen wearing a blue sweatshirt and blue sweatpants. She also suffers from dementia and a brain injury that prevents her from speaking, and her family is concerned for her safety. Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to contact the LAPD Mission Area Watch Commander at (818) 838-9800 or call 911. During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to (877) 527-3247. KTLA 5 SoCal mother charged with murder in toddler’s fentanyl overdose death A 23-year-old Palmdale woman will face a murder charge in the 2023 overdose death of her 2-year-old son, Los Angeles County authorities said Monday. Anaie Flores was charged with one count of murder and one county of child abuse causing the death of her son, Angel, in November 2023, according to a criminal complaint. Angel died after overdosing on fentanyl left out by her mother, according to Deputy Dist. Atty. Jonathan Hatami, who is prosecuting the case. Flores was arrested Thursday by L.A. County sheriff’s deputies and held in lieu of $2-million bail, jail records show. It was not immediately clear who was serving as Flores’ attorney. Her arraignment was continued on Monday afternoon, according to Hatami. Flores pleaded no contest to grand theft this year and was sentenced to two years of probation in connection with a March burglary, court records show. Although it is rare for prosecutors to charge adults with murder in the cases of accidental overdoses involving children in their care, it is not unprecedented. Hatami is pursuing a similar case involving the death of a 17-month-old boy in Lancaster. Los Angeles Times New York man arrested for kidnapping in Southern California after alleged cross-country crime spree A New York man was arrested in Southern California over the weekend for allegedly kidnapping a North Carolina woman and bringing her on a cross-country crime spree, officials said on Monday. San Bernardino County deputies were called on Saturday to The Shoppes at Chino Hills in the 13900 block of City Center Drive after receiving reports of suspicious people loitering in front of a Sephora store, according to a news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. Upon arrival, deputies detained two people and began their investigation. They located "several fraudulent identification cards, social security cards, and debit cards," the release said. Investigators interviewed one of the people outside of the store, who was identified only as a 51-year-old woman from North Carolina. According to the release, investigators determined that she was "kidnapped and forced to travel across the country" by New York resident Rahson Govantes, 28, and an unidentified woman, "to commit fraud throughout the United States." "During their travels, Govantes and the female suspect tortured and abused the victim by burning her with cigarettes and a curling iron," deputies said. CBS 2 Video: Man strikes off-duty Wisconsin officer with gun, points it at him before fatal OIS The Milwaukee Police Department released video footage showing a man pistol-whipping an officer who was driving to work, prompting a fatal officer-involved shooting, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The incident occurred the morning of Oct. 9 when the officer and the man were involved in a traffic dispute, according to the report. While approaching a construction zone that required merging into a single lane, the man maneuvered his vehicle into the officer’s lane without signaling, the officer’s personal dashcam footage shows. Neither driver yields, and the vehicles collide. The footage then shows both vehicles pulling over several yards ahead. The man exits his car with his hand in his jacket pocket. The officer, not in uniform, also steps out. They meet at the front of the vehicles, where the man appears to accuse the officer of hitting his car. Moments later, the man is seen pulling a firearm from his pocket and striking the officer in the face before pointing the weapon at him. The officer responds by firing several shots from his duty weapon, according to the department. The man stumbles to the front of his vehicle, briefly reemerges, and the officer fires again before identifying himself as law enforcement. The man died at the scene. PoliceOne Public Safety News 2 people, 2 dogs rescued from Los Angeles River Fire crews Tuesday rescued two people along with two dogs from the swelling Los Angeles River in the Sepulveda Basin amid the storm. The Los Angeles Fire Department sent its firefighters to Oxnard Street and Louise Avenue near a baseball field at around 10 a.m. and found one woman with two dogs on a platform. Crews conducted a “land-based” rescue without having to use a helicopter to rescue the woman, estimated to be 30 years old, and her two dogs out of the river. The fire department said firefighters ended up locating a man, 45, and rescued him as well. He was taken to a hospital in fair condition with mild cold exposure. The 30-year-old victim with the dog declined to be taken to a hospital. In the video from the scene, the dogs appeared to be OK. NBC 4 Evacuation warnings lifted as storm passes through Southern California Southern California officials lifted evacuation warnings and orders after an early-season storm caused heavy rainfall and flooding on Tuesday. The storm started in the Pacific Northwest before making its way south. The rain started in some areas late Monday night and is expected to continue through Tuesday afternoon. Forecasters predict that steady rainfall amounts will continue through about 6 and 8 a.m. in most areas. A CBS LA Next Weather Alert was issued over the weekend for much of Southern California ahead of the storm to warn communities that the weather event might impact their daily routines or create dangerous conditions. The alert remains in effect until Wednesday morning. The National Weather Service has issued several weather warnings, including a severe thunderstorm watch for Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties until 11 a.m. A flood watch is also in effect until Tuesday afternoon for recent burn scar areas in Ventura and LA counties. Weather officials are concerned that the heavy rainfall may trigger "hazardous and damaging flooding and debris flows." CBS 2 Local Government News LA City Council advances reward program to combat metal and wire theft The City Council has tentatively approved an ordinance that would create a Metal and Wire Theft Reward program, offering money in exchange for information leading to arrests and convictions of people who commit crimes affecting public infrastructure, such as copper wire theft. In a 8-2 vote, the City Council on Tuesday advanced the proposed ordinance. The measure will require a second vote, scheduled for Oct. 21. It will then need approval by Mayor Karen Bass. In January 2024, then-Councilman Kevin de Leon, alongside Councilwoman Traci Park and Councilman John Lee, introduced a motion seeking to create a tiered reward system program to solicit help from residents in addressing copper wire theft. Council members later approved the motion and instructed the city attorney to draft the ordinance for such a program. Rewards would be offered for information involving theft of city plaques, tombstones, statues, light standards, and copper wire, and theft of metals linked to the Sixth Street Bridge. ABC 7 Los Angeles trash collection fees set to increase as city council approves plan The Los Angeles City Council voted to increase customer trash collection fees for the first time in 17 years, offsetting the rising costs associated with the waste management business, city officials said. The plan is set to go into effect 30 days after the mayor signs the proposed ordinance and will impact approximately 743,000 households and another 474,000 residences that receive bulky-item collection services. Under the fee change, rates for single-family homes and duplex buildings will increase 54% from $36.32 to $55.95, and for apartments with three to four units, fees go up 130% from $24.33 to $55.95. Customers' bi-monthly bill from the Department of Water and Power will jump to $111.90, for example, once the fees are in effect. The rate adjustment will add another 18% increase over the next four fiscal years, reaching $65.93 a month by the 2029-30 fiscal year for single-family homes, duplex buildings, and small apartment buildings. The trash collection program has operated at a loss that required a subsidy from the general fund, according to the Bureau of Sanitation. Inflation and expenditures such as staff salaries, vehicle and equipment maintenance, as well as overhead costs, have all contributed to the need for the rate adjustment, the department said. CBS 2 About the LAPPL: Formed in 1923, the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) represents more than 8,700 dedicated and professional sworn members of the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPPL serves to advance the interests of LAPD officers through legislative and legal advocacy, political action and education. 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