Law Enforcement News Los Angeles Family Of Five Missing Amid Child Neglect Probe; Newborn Tested Positive For Cocaine, Police Say Police were looking for a Los Angeles family of five Monday that disappeared amid a child neglect and drug investigation after the couple's 3-week-old child tested positive for cocaine. The Los Angeles Police Department said Arely Anaya and Luis Avalos, the parents of a newborn, a 4-year-old and a 5-year-old may have fled to Reno, Nevada last week, according to witnesses. The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services contacted the LAPD on Monday to advise the department about a drug and child neglect investigation involving the children. Arely Anaya and the newborn who was born on Dec. 2, both tested positive for cocaine, prompting the notification to DCFS. The agency unsuccessfully tried contacting the parents several times throughout the first half of December, the LAPD said. "The parents were made aware of DCFS intention to remove the children from the home and place them in protective custody," police said. "The parents no longer responded to phone calls, nor answered their door for DCFS." Social workers notified the police that they were seeking a court order to place the children in protective custody and an arrest warrant for the parents. When police officers visited the family home in the San Fernando Valley, they weren't there. "Witnesses advised they were aware of the DCFS investigation and knew the parents were worried their children would be taken away," the LAPD said. FOX News Father Pleads Not Guilty To Kidnapping Charges, Knife Allegation A 29-year-old man charged with kidnapping his 23-month-old daughter from her mother’s home in the Echo Park community of Los Angeles pleaded not guilty Tuesday. Leonardo Rosales was charged Tuesday with one count each of kidnapping and child stealing as well as an allegation that he used a knife during the crimes. The toddler was safely recovered. Rosales is being held on $750,000 bail and was ordered to return to court Jan. 11, when a date is expected to be set for a preliminary hearing. Catalina Reyes Canino was seen with her father, Rosales, at about 10:45 p.m. Dec. 23 in the area of South Reno Street and Beverly Boulevard, near the Echo Park community, the California Highway Patrol reported. Officers responding to a radio call of a “kidnap in progress” in the 100 block of South Reno Street were met by the girl’s mother, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. She told officers that she and Rosales, her ex-boyfriend, had an ongoing child custody dispute and that there was a restraining order on file against him. Police said Rosales has no custodial rights to the girl. MyNewsLA.com 9 Stories, 10 Lessons Learned From Coverage Of The Homelessness Crisis Confronting Los Angeles 1. January -- A window into the nightmare of living next to the 405 underpass. Lesson learned: No one understands this crisis like the people who live near it on a daily basis. In this story, an indomitable, insightful and endlessly compassionate woman bore witness to the tragedy unfolding just outside her beloved home of more than a decade. But her efforts to get the city to act before the tragedy she (accurately) predicted were unsuccessful. Service agencies dropped off food, set up porta potties costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, but did nothing to stem the obvious mental health and drug scene that flourished under the freeway near her house. 2. March -- The High Cost of Low Cost Housing in Venice. Lesson learned: HHH-funded housing is expensive…by design. This analysis of two HHH-funded project in Venice, both of which were ultimately approved by the Venice Neighborhood Council, took a hard look at their startling costs and attempted to come to an understanding of why projects like these are so much more expensive than similar, private builds. Two facts stand out: The small pool of HHH-approved developers have a history of building expensive projects, and the higher the price of the project, the higher their developer's fees. 3. April -- Venice Residents Say 'There's Enough Beds to House Westminster Encampment, Bonin Won’t’. Lesson learned: Actions have consequences, but inaction could get you recalled. Venice residents and HAAVEN co-founders Heidi Roberts and John Betz met with CD11 staff member Dexter O'Connell to try to get the Councilman to do something about the dangerous conditions encampments near Westminster Elementary were creating. They even offered the Councilman 40 shared housing beds to accommodate any relocated campers, but were rebuffed. In a follow up article posted around the same time, Roberts -- who had previously worked with Bonin on an anti-homelessness initiative -- announced her support for the nascent Recall Bonin effort. WestSide Current LAPD Investigating 7 Vehicle Hit-and-Run Crash On Lincoln Boulevard The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is looking for a suspect they say caused a seven vehicle crash on Lincoln Boulevard. This incident occurred at 11:11 am on the corner of Venice Boulevard and Lincoln Boulevard. Police said the driver of the vehicle that caused the collision fled the location on foot. Two people were transported to the hospital with minor injuries, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. West Traffic Division conducted an investigation and a Felony Hit and Run Traffic Crash Report has been completed. WestSide Current LA Woman Faces Federal Charge After Allegedly Punching Another Passenger On Delta Flight A Los Angeles woman is now facing a federal assault charge after allegedly hitting and spitting on another passenger on a Delta flight from Tampa to Atlanta last week. The Thursday incident occurred after the woman, identified as 51-year-old Patricia Cornwall, became upset that a beverage cart was blocking her way to the bathroom. When Cornwall asked a flight attendant to help her find her seat, the flight attendant requested that she find an open seat until beverage service was complete, according to an unsealed criminal complaint obtained by CNN. "(Cornwall) responded to the flight attendant, 'What am I Rosa Parks?'" the complaint says. The 80-year-old male passenger said he "told Cornwall it was an inappropriate comment and that she 'isn't black....this isn't Alabama and this isn't a bus,' " according to the complaint. The man then purportedly told Cornwall to "sit down Karen," according to the complaint. The court document says a verbal back and forth ensued, before Cornwall allegedly hit him. According to court documents, that man told an FBI investigator that she also spit on him. Cornwall made her first court appearance on Monday. She could face up to one year in prison and up to a $100,000 fine if found guilty. ABC 7 French Bulldog Stolen From West Hollywood Man; $10,000 Reward For Luca's Return A West Hollywood man is recovering from multiple injuries after he was attacked and robbed of his beloved French Bulldog. During the attack, Robert Marinelli was dragged about 200 yards by the thieves’ getaway car. Marinelli was on a typical morning walk with his 8-year-old dog Luca when he was approached by a man who had been standing next to an idling sedan. "He had a blue mask on so I couldn't understand what he said. But whatever he said, it just looked confrontational for me so that's when I backed up and bent down to pick up the dog. That gave him the opportunity to hit me on my head and push me away," said Marinelli. He said the thief ripped Luca out of his hands and jumped in the car, catching his coat as he slammed the door. He says he was dragged about 200 yards. I’ve got lacerations on my arm and my shoulder, and from my hip all the way down the side of my leg, I have like a third-degree burn from the gravel ripping the skin off my body," he said. Robert says he broke free around Sunset Boulevard and North Doheny Drive. He spent much of the day being treated in an emergency room and filed a police report. He is offering a $10,000 reward for Luca’s return. FOX 11 Coroner Identifies Kordell Bell, 25, As Man Fatally Shot In Compton A 25-year-old man who was fatally shot in Compton, where another man was also shot but survived, was identified Tuesday. The man was identified as Kordell Bell of Los Angeles, according to the coroner’s office. The shooting occurred about 12:40 p.m. Dec. 18 in the 2000 block of 120th Street, according to Deputy Alejandra Parra of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Information Bureau. Bell suffered a gunshot wound to the upper body and the other man was wounded in one of his legs, Parra said. Both men were taken by ambulance to a hospital, where Bell was pronounced dead and the other had stable vital signs, she said. Witnesses told detectives they saw two gunmen get out of a burgundy vehicle, walk a short distance and open fire on two men who were in the front yard of a home working on a car, Parra said. The gunmen ran back to their vehicle and fled the scene. Anyone with information about the shooting was asked to call detectives at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477). CBS 2 Man Charged In Killing Covina Father Who Confronted Him Over Car Break-In A man accused of shooting a Covina father days before Christmas was charged with eight felony counts, including murder, and was being held on more than $5 million bail. Trevor Thompson was charged with murder, attempted murder, assault with a semiautomatic firearm, attempted carjacking, second degree burglary of vehicle, resisting executive officer, vandalism totaling $400 or more in damage, and possession of a firearm by a felon. Thirty-eight-year-old Joey Casias was killed in a confrontation allegedly with Thompson Dec. 22 in Covina. Casias and two others confronted Thompson over a car break-in. Casias' family says he was a beloved husband and father of three who was a UPS driver. "Joey Casias died trying to help somebody," said his mother, Lydia. After Casias was killed, police released surveillance video of the accused shooter. Thompson was later arrested after an hourslong standoff that evening. "They kept telling him to put his hands up but he wouldn't," said Quinn Jackson, a neighbor who saw the end of the standoff. Police say Thompson was armed with a semi-automatic pistol that he fired once during the standoff. They believe it is the gun he used in Casias' murder. NBC 4 'Heroic' Officer Ended Deadly Colorado Shooting Spree: How It All Played Out When a gunman opened fire inside a Broadway tattoo parlor Monday night, the shooting spree that would zigzag through Denver and Lakewood was just getting started. Less than an hour later, the rampage ended with his death on the streets of Lakewood's upscale Belmar shopping district, as the final gunfight with a police officer — herself injured — shattered a pizza restaurant's two large windows, sending shocked diners diving for cover behind overturned tables. "One of my pizza cooks was crawling on the ground, coming around the corner," said Tyler Gunderson, the front-of-the-house manager for The Rock Wood-Fired Pizza on West Alaska Place, east of Wadsworth Boulevard. When it was all over, five of the victims in Monday's shooting spree had died and another two had sustained serious injuries, including the officer, in one of the most unusual, confounding multiple-victim shootings the metro area has seen. Lyndon James McLeod, 47, was identified by police as the gunman Tuesday. He was reported by a lobby security guard at one condo building in Denver to be wearing clothing that impersonated "a police officer in tactical gear with a police logo and badge and carrying a rifle," according to an email sent Tuesday to residents of One Cheesman Place. Denver Post Poway Synagogue Shooter Gets Federal Life Sentence The man who opened fire on a Poway synagogue in a deadly antisemitic attack was sentenced in San Diego federal court Tuesday to life in prison, plus 30 years. The hearing marks the final chapter in the dual prosecution of John T. Earnest and adds to the life term that was handed down to him three months earlier in state court. Earnest, 22, pleaded guilty in September to a 113-count federal indictment that charged him with civil rights, hate crimes and weapons charges stemming from the April 27, 2019, attack on the synagogue at Chabad of Poway and arson at the Dar-ul-Arqam mosque in Escondido about a month earlier. The shooting killed Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, and wounded the founding Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, 8-year-old Noya Dahan and her 34-year-old uncle, Almog Peretz. Earnest was also charged with state charges of murder, attempted murder and hate crimes in San Diego Superior Court. In July, he pleaded guilty to those charges in a deal with prosecutors that allowed him to avoid the death penalty and instead get a sentence of life in prison without parole. Los Angeles Times 14-Year-Old Charged With Attempted Murder After Shooting North Carolina Police Officer A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer has been hospitalized with non-life-threatening wounds after being shot in east Charlotte, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Monday morning. The suspect is 14 years old and is in custody, officials said. He will be charged with robbery and attempted murder of a police officer, although police said Monday afternoon there was no update on the charges. The incident happened around 7:20 a.m. and began with a call about a vehicle break-in near the 6100 block of Winged Elm Court, authorities said. That’s in the Woodland Estates Apartments south of Albemarle Road. Officers arrived and a foot pursuit ensued, officials said. The suspect fired at police while he was being chased and hit one officer, Deputy Chief Coerte Voorhees said. He said that officer returned fire but didn’t hit the suspect or anyone else. A second officer took the suspect into custody and a gun was recovered from the suspect, police said. It was not immediately known what kind of gun was recovered. The suspect, who has not been identified, previously pointed the weapon at an unidentified person, police said, who may have been the owner of the vehicle involved in the break-in. That person was not injured. The Charlotte Observer 5 Missing Teens Found, 30 Arrested In New Orleans Sex Crimes Operation Five teenagers who were missing and endangered were found as part of a sex offender operation in the New Orleans area, federal law enforcement officials said. The U.S. Marshals Service said 30 people were arrested, including 17 registered sex offenders, as part of "Operation Boo Dat." The joint operation ran from mid-October to Dec. 24 and included several area law enforcement agencies, officials said. The teenagers who were found included a 14-year-old female with possible sex trafficking ties who was located at a motel in the eastern part of the city, according to the USMS. She was found with a 17-year-old female and a 15-year-old female staying in a motel room. "The room smelled of marijuana and alcohol," the USMS said in a news release. "The girls advised that before moving to that room they were in another motel room with adult males from Baton Rouge, LA who left/stranded them to return to Baton Rouge, LA due to the adult men’s cousin being shot." Two sisters, ages 15 and 16, were also found as part of the operation. They had been reported missing out of St. Tammany Parish and Baton Rouge. Officials said both "may be victims of adult(s) felony criminal sexual activities" and were located at an apartment in Baton Rouge. Several of those taken into custody were arrested for failing to register as a sex offender, the USMS said. FOX 11 Gun Violence In 2021, By The Numbers Since the start of the pandemic in 2020, we’ve had our eyes glued to screens, staring at a constant stream of numbers. It can be overwhelming, and it’s easy for complicated data to lose meaning. But good data enables us to clearly see the details of America’s gun violence epidemic like nothing else. Below, we’ve shared some of the facts and figures that stood out from the noise. They highlight the human cost of gun violence, they give us a better understanding of who owns firearms, and they help make sense of the remarkable increase in shootings our nation continues to endure. 20,329 - The number of gun deaths, excluding suicides, so far in 2021. The total includes murders, accidents, and homicides that were ruled justifiable. It’s a slight increase over the total in 2020 and a continuation of the trend of rising gun deaths that accelerated during the pandemic. The annual total is the highest recorded by the Gun Violence Archive since the nonprofit’s founding in 2014. 681 - The number of mass shooting incidents in the United States in 2021. When defined as four or more people shot, 2021’s total is 11.5 percent higher than 2020. The shootings have claimed 684 lives and injured 2,800 people. The Trace Public Safety News Firefighters Rescue Dog That Somehow Ended Up On Freeway Overpass In El Segundo Firefighters rescued a small dog that somehow ended up on a freeway overpass in El Segundo, officials said Monday. The dog found itself on the the overpass of the 105 Freeway east of the Pacific Coast Highway. Photos showed a firefighter atop the firetruck’s ladder grabbing the dog from the side of the overpass. The firefighter suffered a few minor bites while bringing the pet safely to the ground, according to the the El Segundo Fire Department. “You never know what kind of call you’re going to respond to when the tones go off,” the agency said on Facebook. It’s unclear how the dog ended up on the overpass, or who it belongs to. KTLA 5 Coronavirus: LA County Reported 9,473 New Cases And 22 New Deaths, Dec. 28 Los Angeles County public health officials reported 9,473 new cases of the coronavirus since Monday, bringing the total number of cases to 1,632,893, as of Tuesday, Dec. 28. The total number of cases represents 16.2% of Los Angeles County’s population. Officials reported 22 more deaths linked to the coronavirus since Monday, for a total of 27,576 deaths since tracking began. The total number of deaths represents 0.27% of Los Angeles County’s population. There were 165 new hospitalizations reported since Monday, bringing the total count of people hospitalized with coronavirus to 1,069. According to the California Department of Public Health’s vaccines dashboard, 70% of Los Angeles County is fully vaccinated and more than 16,855,427 vaccine doses have been administered. Los Angeles Daily News City Of LA, Metro Team Up To Launch Cyber Security Mobile Phone App The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Tuesday it has teamed up with the city of Los Angeles to launch a free mobile security app — to protect people in L.A. County from cybersecurity threats on public WiFi systems. “Providing a safe and secure environment for Los Angeles County’s 10 million residents to live and work is becoming just as important online as it has always been offline,” said Metro Board Chair and L.A. County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis. “As L.A. County continues to expand public Wi-Fi access, including on its entire fleet of Metro buses, LA Secure offers an industry-leading technology to ensure all the activity they conduct on their mobile devices remains safe, private and secure.” Officials say the “LA Secure” app will provide immediate protection against new and evolving threats on both iPhone and Android mobile devices. Once the app is downloaded, it alerts the user to threats in real-time and offers information about how to proceed. If someone attempts to connect to a rogue WiFi network, the app will immediately notify the user about the security risk. The app also provides protection against “phishing” — emails designed to fraudulently gather personal information. CBS 2 California COVID-19 Hospitalizations Up 25% In Last Week COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising rapidly in California, placing fresh strain on healthcare systems worn thin by nearly two years on the frontlines of the pandemic. Though the number of COVID-19 patients statewide remains far below the high marks seen during last winter’s surge, the daily count has swelled — a likely byproduct of a spike in coronavirus cases that officials say is being fueled by the heavily mutated Omicron variant. California recorded 4,378 coronavirus-positive patients in hospitals Monday, an increase of 377 from the day before. The number of Californians hospitalized with COVID-19 has swelled by nearly 25% since Dec. 20. The rise has been even steeper in Los Angeles County — which saw its daily patient count grow by 43% since Dec. 20, from 748 to 1,069. Orange County reported a 71% increase during the same time, from 188 to 322. It’s unclear how many of the new hospitalizations are due to Omicron or whether the Delta variant remains dominant. Though there are some data indicating that Omicron may cause less severe symptoms than Delta — which has long been the dominant version of the coronavirus circulating in California — health officials have noted that a significant uptick in infections is still likely to send many patients to the hospital. Los Angeles Times Nationwide Increase In Child COVID Hospitalizations Prompts Worry In California As Omicron Surges A nationwide rise in the number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 is sparking concern among California health officials as the omicron variant continues to drive infection numbers. Nearly 2,000 children across the country are hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID cases - up by approximately 700 pediatric patients compared to a month ago, according to federal data. Daily pediatric COVID-related hospital admissions increased 80% over four weeks, with an average of more than 260 children being admitted to the hospital each day. California officials fear a surge in pediatric hospitalizations after a "striking increase" in new hospital admissions for children was reported in New York state. "Unfortunately NY is seeing an increase in pediatric hospitalizations (primarily amongst the unvaccinated), and they have similar 5-11yo vaccination rates," tweeted California state epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan. "Please give your children the gift of vaccine protection as soon as possible as our case #s are increasing rapidly." ABC 7 ‌ ‌ ‌ Visit our website LA Police Protective League | 1308 West Eighth Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!