Email from Los Angeles Police Protective League Daily News & Updates Law Enforcement News Three suspects arrested in deadly North Hollywood shooting Three men have been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting in North Hollywood, police announced Friday morning. The Los Angeles Police Department said officers responded around 12:30 p.m. Thursday to reports of a shooting in the 7300 block of Lankershim Boulevard. When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound lying on the ground. Paramedics with the Los Angeles Fire Department tried to save him, but he was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene. Details surrounding what led up to the shooting remain limited as detectives continue their investigation. The victim was described as a 25-year-old man. His name has not yet been released, pending notification of his family. Detectives with LAPD’s Robbery-Homicide Division Valley Bureau took over the case and identified three suspects, who were later taken into custody. The suspects were identified as 31-year-old Angel Banuelos, 21-year-old Joshua Provencio and 24-year-old Jonathan Cuellar. Each was booked on suspicion of murder, with bail set at $2 million, police said. The case will be presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for filing consideration. Detectives are continuing to canvass the area for surveillance footage and witnesses. KTLA 5 Woman Pleads No Contest to Child Abuse in Deaths of 3-Year-Old Twins A Winnetka woman has pleaded no contest to child abuse charges in connection with the fentanyl-related deaths of her twin 3-year-old sons last year, according to court records obtained Thursday. Jestice James, now 23, was immediately sentenced to 18 years in state prison after her no contest plea Wednesday to six felony counts of child abuse under circumstances or conditions likely to cause great bodily injury or death, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The boys were identified in the criminal complaint as Josiah J. and Jestine J. Records from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office indicated that the toddlers died of fentanyl toxicity. Assistant Head Deputy Jonathan Hatami said James had been using fentanyl outside her apartment and placed the unused remaining fentanyl in a colorful container inside her purse. The two boys got inside her purse while she was asleep and ingested the fentanyl, and were discovered not breathing the following morning, Hatami said. Police and paramedics responded July 11, 2024, to a home in the 20000 block of Sherman Way, near Winnetka Avenue, where the woman found her twin boys “unresponsive,” according to the Los Angeles Police Department. MyNewsLA Report of gun at South LA middle school prompts lockdown, massive police response A report of a possible shooting on Thursday afternoon at a South Los Angeles middle school prompted a lockdown and massive response from police. The incident was reported around noon at Los Angeles Academy Middle School and STEAM Magnet, near the intersection of Slauson Avenue and Avalon Boulevard. Los Angeles police conducted a room-to-room search of the school and said no gun had been found. No shots were fired, and no injuries were reported. Authorities said police detained one student who was accused by another student of possibly having a gun. The school was on lockdown for hours as armed officers conducted a thorough search of the campus for any weapons, according to investigators. The all-clear was given in the late afternoon. Parents and loved ones huddled in a staging area, eagerly waiting to pick up their children. ABC 7 Video: Burglars heard on video during break-in at an Encino home As more homes in the San Fernando Valley continue to be burglarized, a group of thieves were caught on video, discussing their criminal plans while stealing from an Encino home. The burglary happened Sunday afternoon as at least three people dressed in all black clothing ransacked the bedroom. While one of them was seen in home surveillance video going into the closet, another burglar was heard communicating with a possible accomplice on a Walkie Talkie. Then two days later, a home in North Hollywood was targeted by criminals in the middle of an afternoon. Lea Young, the homeowner, told NBC Los Angeles that she believes the burglars had been watching her home and saw her backing out of the driveway. Security video showed three people with masks and hoodies getting out of a black car and walking toward the side gate. What they didn’t know, Young said, was that her husband was at home, attending a Zoom call. “All of a sudden, he realized, ‘Oh my god. They have masks, and they’re hooded. They are burglars,’” Young described what her husband said. As Young’s husband screamed, saying, “Call 911,” burglars took off running. NBC 4 Federal authorities announce charges related to alleged misuse of L.A. homelessness funds A Beverly Hills man was arrested and a Brentwood resident charged in two separate federal fraud cases involving the misuse of public money earmarked for California’s homelessness crisis, prosecutors announced. Federal officials held a press conference Thursday morning to announce the charges, with representatives from the FBI, the IRS and the U.S. Department of Justice speaking at the U.S. Courthouse on Spring Street.“Accountability for the misuse of billions of tax dollars intended to combat homeless starts today,” said acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli. “The two criminal cases announced is only the tip of the iceberg and we intend to aggressively pursue all leads and hold anyone who broke any federal laws criminally liable.” Charges have been filed against Cody Holmes, 31, the former chief financial officer of Shangri-La Industries. Holmes faces mail fraud charges after allegedly submitting fake bank records and balance sheets to the state housing department to obtain nearly $26 million in grant money as part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Project Homekey initiative, which turns old hotels into transitional housing for the unhoused. KTLA 5 Utah mom accused of abducting her kids found in Southern California Hermosa Beach police on Wednesday located two missing children who were allegedly kidnapped by their mother in Utah more than a week ago. Officers said the Payson City Police Department, which is roughly 60 miles south of Salt Lake City, alerted them about the alleged abduction on Oct. 15, according to the Hermosa Beach Police Department. The two agencies shared automated license plate reader data and discovered that the mother's vehicle had been driving around Hermosa Beach. Police found the two kids, ages 7 and 11, and their mother living inside a car with two cats and a dog while patrolling through a neighborhood, according to Hermosa Beach PD. "When we learned of this case, we immediately felt the urgency and the seriousness of this matter," said Hermosa Beach Police Chief Landon Phillips. "We cannot imagine how it must have felt for the children, their father and other family, and we empathize with how hard it must have been for them." Investigators said the mother had a warrant after allegedly violating a court-ordered custody agreement and taking the children out of Utah without proper permissions or notice. CBS 2 ‘Failure of the system’: Family of ambushed officer slams dismissal of suspected killer’s charges Charges have been dismissed against the man accused of killing Oklahoma County Deputy Bobby Swartz in 2022, after a judge ruled the defendant mentally incompetent to stand trial, KFOR reported. Benjamin Plank had been charged with fatally shooting Swartz while deputies served an eviction notice at a southwest Oklahoma City residence, according to the report. Prosecutors alleged Plank ambushed Swartz during the incident, which took place in August 2022. Plank was previously found unfit to proceed to trial and was committed to a state mental health facility. This week, a judge formally dismissed the case, citing Plank’s ongoing mental incompetence. He has been ordered to remain civilly committed at a state-run facility. Swartz was a 25-year veteran of the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office. His family issued a public statement expressing outrage over the dismissal, calling it a systemic failure. “There’s no other way to put it — this is a complete failure of the system on every level…” the family said. “This didn’t happen because the truth changed. It happened because the Department of Mental Health refused to follow court orders, and because the courts failed to hold anyone accountable for violating those orders.” PoliceOne Colorado K-9 stabbed multiple times by suspect A barricaded suspect stabbed a Colorado Springs police dog multiple times Wednesday after law enforcement officials deployed the K9 to help subdue the man, authorities said. The dog, K9 Roam, was in critical condition and undergoing surgery Wednesday evening after being stabbed in the head, neck and along its abdomen down into its left hind leg — a wound that necessitated the amputation of that leg, Dr. Abby Sticker said during a news conference. “We do feel like the next 24 hours are going to be pretty critical,” she said. Officers from the Colorado Springs Police Department responded to a residence in the 7400 block of Gorgeted Quail Grove at 10:43 a.m. Wednesday on a report of a violation of a domestic-violence protection order, officials said. There, they found a man — identified as 37-year-old Anthony Bryant — who had barricaded himself inside the home. Police deployed the department’s Tactical Enforcement Unit and K9 personnel in an attempt to apprehend the suspect. During a confrontation, Bryant stabbed K9 Roam multiple times, police said. No officers were injured, and police used a Taser and chemical irritant to take Bryant into custody. The dog was immediately transported to an emergency veterinary facility and Bryant is facing charges of attempting to kill a police service animal. The Denver Post Public Safety News USC study finds the most dangerous intersection in Los Angeles A USC study found the most dangerous intersection in the city is in South Los Angeles at S. Figueroa Street and Slauson Avenue. Using data from the Los Angeles Police Department, the university's Crosstown LA found that there have been 66 serious crashes, including 17 felony hit-and-runs with seven pedestrians hit while they were on the sidewalk. "Just speeding past me and my parents," resident Celeste Aragon said. "These people are crazy and it almost ends up in crashes ... Around here, it's dangerous." Kevitt, the executive director of Streets Are For Everyone, called the trends concerning as the LAPD invests its resources into more serious crimes. "People see that, especially people that want to violate the law, want to drive dangerously," Kevitt said. "They know they're not going to get caught." While LAPD's strategy has worked to tamp down serious crimes, traffic fatalities and crashes in the city have increased. "For the first time in quite a while, Los Angeles has had more traffic fatalities than homicides," advocate Damian Kevitt said. CBS 2 LAFD Helicopter Rescues Woman Who Drove 200 Feet Off Mulholland Dr. A woman in her 20s was rescued in a helicopter hoist operation after the car she was driving went about 200 feet over the side of Mulholland Drive in the West Hollywood Hills. The crash was reported at 11:21 a.m. in the 8100 block of Mulholland Drive. Los Angeles Fire Department crews on the ground and an air unit searched for the car and eventually found it about 200 feet down a cliff west of Laurel Canyon Boulevard. The woman, whose condition was described as at least serious, was hoisted from the scene in a rescue basket and flown to a hospital. MyNewsLA 2nd case of severe mpox strain confirmed in LA County patient with no travel history, officials say The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Thursday confirmed another case of a more severe strain of mpox in a local patient who has no known history of travel to areas where the virus is usually found. The L.A. County announced came two days after Long Beach health officials announced the first locally acquired case of clade I mpox. The two local cases are believed to be the only clade I mpox infections in the nation involving people with no known history of travel. Clade I mpox is a more serious strain of mpox that clade II, which led to a 2022-23 mpox outbreak in the United States. Clade I generally causes more severe illness. Symptoms can include rash or lesions, fever, chills, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes and body aches. Only about eight cases of clade I mpox have been confirmed nationally, health officials said. The county Department of Public Health has confirmed 118 cases of clade II mpox this year. ABC 7 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. Listen To Our Podcast Los Angeles Police Protective League | 1308 W 8th St | Los Angeles, CA 90017 US Unsubscribe | Our Privacy Policy | Constant Contact Data Notice