Good Morning. Join us on Saturday, June 4th for LAPD's 19th Annual "Still Saving Lives" Car Show sponsored by Fusion Motor Company. The event will take place from 9am - 3pm at Warner Center Park in Woodland Hills. Click here for more information. Law Enforcement News LAPD Honors Fallen Officers Killed In The Line Of Duty LAPD honored 238 fallen officers at its headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday honored 238 officers killed in the line of duty, including a special tribute to those who died of complications from COVID-19. The ceremony featured traditional police honors: the “missing man” helicopter flyover formation, the riderless horse, a solo bugler playing taps, and the “end of watch broadcast.” CBS 2 Video 3 Men Killed In Fentanyl Exposure In Downtown LA Three men were found dead and a police officer was hospitalized after being exposed to fentanyl in downtown Los Angeles in the early morning hours Thursday. The victims were discovered in an apartment at 650 S. Spring St. at around 12 a.m., Los Angeles police said. Officers responded after receiving a call for a welfare check from a concerned family member of one of the victims. Paramedics were unable to use Narcan to try and revive them because the men were already dead when first responders arrived on scene. Their names were not immediately released. A drug believed to be fentanyl was found in the apartment, along with drug paraphernalia. One of the responding LAPD officers was also exposed to the fentanyl and began feeling ill. He was taken to a hospital and is expected to be OK, police said. Detectives are unsure how exactly the men were exposed to the fentanyl. It's unclear if they ingested it. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid pain reliever that is up to 100 times more potent than morphine. In recent years, there has been a spike in fentanyl overdoses both in Southern California and nationwide. CBS 2 DA Gascón Won’t Bargain Because Of Recall Support, Prosecutors Union Says A union representing about 700 prosecutors has filed a complaint with the Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission alleging District Attorney George Gascón is refusing to engage in collective bargaining because its members overwhelmingly support efforts to recall him. An unfair labor practice charge filed April 27 by the Association of Deputy District Attorneys claims the Gascon administration “has simply ignored the ADDA’s request for mid-term bargaining and has failed to provide the bargaining related material requested by the Union.” “It is of note that there has been absolutely no response from the Gascón administration, not a phone call, not a letter, not an email; neither has the Gascón administration taken issue with the legitimacy of the union’s request for mid-term bargaining; nor has the administration voiced any objections to the material requested by the union,” the filing stated. The ADDA contends Gascón, in violation of city law and city ordinances, is retaliating against the union because 98% of its members voted in February to endorse efforts to recall him. Organizers of the recall effort have collected 400,000 of the needed 566,000 signatures required by July 6 to put the measure on the ballot Additionally, more than 30 Los Angeles County cities have take votes of “no confidence” in Gascón. Los Angeles Daily News Suspect Who Attacked Dave Chappelle Had This Unusual Replica Handgun With Knife Blade, LAPD Says Los Angeles Police released images Wednesday of a replica handgun equipped with a knife blade that authorities said was recovered from a man who tackled comedian Dave Chappelle on-stage at the Hollywood Bowl. Chappelle was not injured after the audience member rushed the stage and tackled him to the ground during a performance at the Netflix Is a Joke comedy festival. Security personnel took control of the man. LAPD officers then responded to the picturesque entertainment venue nestled in the Cahuenga Pass between the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood and arrested the suspect. Police identified the suspect as 23-year-old Isaiah Lee. He was arrested on suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon. Police described the weapon as a replica handgun that contained a knife blade that can be ejected. It is unclear whether the suspect attempted to use the weapon. "The suspect produced what was later discovered to be a replica handgun and pointed the item at the victim," the LAPD said in a statement. "Hollywood Bowl uniformed security officers, who witnessed the incident, engaged the suspect and removed him from the victim and took him into custody." NBC 4 South LA Mother To Stand Trial Over 4-Year-Old Daughter’s Death A woman was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on murder and other charges stemming from her 4-year-old daughter’s death following an alleged assault in the family’s South Los Angeles home nearly two years ago. Following a preliminary hearing, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor found there was sufficient evidence to require Akira Keyshell Smith, now 36, to stand trial on one count each of murder, torture and assault on a child causing death involving the Aug. 11, 2020, death of her daughter, Eternity. The criminal complaint alleges that Smith was convicted in 2016 of assault with a deadly weapon and in 2014 of injuring a spouse, cohabitant, fiance or boyfriend. She remains jailed on $3 million bail, and is due back in court for arraignment May 18. In court Tuesday, the girl’s oldest brother, now 18, testified that his mother kept “slapping and slapping” Eternity that day, and that he also saw his mother choking his sister and “kicking her while she was on the floor.” MyNewsLA.com Anti-Semitic Fliers Distributed In Culver City; Police Investigating Anti-Semitic fliers were distributed in a Culver City neighborhood earlier this week, and an investigation is underway, police said Tuesday. "The incident involved the distribution of an antisemitic hate publication in one Culver City neighborhood," the Culver City Police Department said in a statement on Tuesday. A number of residents called the police department early Monday morning regarding the fliers, and "13 copies of this publication were found," police said. "This publication was produced by a known hate group who has distributed similar hate materials in surrounding cities," police said. "The Culver City Police Department condemns all forms of hate, and we stand in solidarity with our Jewish community. "We will utilize all resources available to us to fully investigate this matter and bring any criminal offenders that are identified to justice. We are working diligently with our community partners, neighboring agencies and other law enforcement partners on this incident. FOX 11 2 Arrested After Tuesday Morning Robbery In Beverly Hills: Police The Beverly Hills Police Department has arrested two men who are believed to be involved with an armed home-invasion robbery Tuesday morning. The men, 34-year-old Charles Daniel Chiodo of Sylmar and 42-year-old Anthony Chavez Avila of Lancaster, are believed to be part of a group of people who entered a home in the 700 block of North Camden Drive at 5:10 a.m. and robbed the residents. Avila was arrested later that day during a traffic stop. His car was impounded and he was booked by the BHPD. Chiodo was arrested at about 1:20 p.m. Wednesday at a home in Sylmar. “Detectives also collected several pieces of evidence further connecting him to the crime,” police said in a news release. Both men face robbery charges, police said. Avila has been released on $100,000 bail and is due to appear at the LAX Airport Courthouse at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, jail records show. Chiodo is being held by the BHPD in lieu of $100,000 bail. He’s due to appear at the LAX Airport Courthouse at 8:30 a.m. Friday, according to jail records. Police indicated Tuesday that they believe three men were involved, and on Wednesday, police made clear that “all suspects involved in the Camden robbery will be arrested in the near future.” KTLA 5 Man With Autism Collecting Petition Signatures Attacked In Lynwood Watching the security camera video you can only imagine how frightening it was for Adam Foltz who kept thinking, "I was afraid I was going to get hurt, That they were going to pull out some kind of a weapon." Foltz is a 37-year-old man living with autism. He's high functioning; has worked a number of jobs. He has a county caseworker and Sunday he was working for a company that gets petition signatures for things like ballot measures when he was faced with danger. He approached two men and asked "…if they were registered to vote in Lynwood." You have to be registered voter in order to sign a petition. He said one started cussing at him. He walked away. "Then they followed me and that's when they got out of the car and started to curse more and then they started swinging at me and shoving me knocking my stuff out of my hands," Foltz said. "I was trying to defend myself. I grabbed the one guys shirt and tried to get him off of me. I was fearful I was going to get badly hurt." Foltz says they didn't try to steal his wallet, cell phone, nothing. He thinks they were just bullying him in a very violent way. He said, "In a lot of ways I feel like it was bullying… just the way it was done. I think if they wanted to hurt me more they could of." FOX 11 Couple Killed In Hit-and-Run Crash On 91 Freeway Near Compton; Suspect Remains On The Run A heartbroken family is searching for answers and peace after a woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash alongside her boyfriend near Compton. According to family members, 18-year-old Jadelynn Kwok from El Monte and her boyfriend, 24-year-old Michael Fiorillo, were killed over the weekend. The crash happened at around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 30. California Highway Patrol said a driver was heading eastbound on the 91 Freeway, west of Acacia Avenue, when the suspect crashed into the car Jadelynn Kwok and Fiorillo were in. Investigators said the driver was reportedly driving a Honda. Since then, family and friends have left flowers and candles at the crash site every day. "Her smile made everybody happy," said Mikaylee Kwok, Jadelynn Kwok's sister. "She was like a sense of home. She's so goofy. She made everybody laugh. Everybody who was around her was always happy. She lit up everybody's world." Jadelynn Kwok's brother remembered his sister as caring. Meanwhile, the driver involved remains on the run. A description of the suspect was not immediately released. Anyone with information is urged to contact CHP at 424-551-4000. ABC 7 Compton Murder Suspect Who Was Caught Thanks To TikTok Tips Found Guilty In Ex-Girlfriend's Death A man has been found guilty of stabbing his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend to death outside her family's home in Compton. Victor Sosa on Wednesday was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Daisy De La O last February. He is now facing a possible sentence of 26 years to life. Sosa stared straight ahead as the verdict was read. Susana Salas, the girl's mother, wept in court. Outside the Compton courthouse, she said she finally has justice for her daughter. Sosa was arrested in Mexico on July 2, 2021 after an army of "TikTok detectives" helped track him down in Rosarito, where he was working at Papas & Beer bar and nightclub. LASD homicide detectives tracked every lead, while Daisy's friends blasted photos of Victor Sosa onto TikTok and Instagram. One of those tips cracked the case and led to Sosa's arrest. Salas says that Daisy was in her second year at East LA College and dreamed of owning her own business one day. Salas says Daisy had broken up with Sosa about a month before her murder, at least in part due to some alleged physical abuse. Salas says Sosa texted Daisy that February night and convinced her to come outside. ABC 7 2 Men Wanted For Murder In Illegal Pot Shop Gun Battle In Compton That Killed One Of Their Crew Authorities say they are looking for two men in connection with a gun battle that erupted at an illegal pot shop in Compton that killed one of their crew and injured a security guard. Kahlel Malik Lundy, 23, and Keith Terrion Rachel, 21, were identified Wednesday as two of the four people who tried to rob a smoke shop in the 1500 block of South Wilmington Avenue on April 3, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The robbery turned into a gun battle between them and an armed security guard working at the business. The security guard was shot in the face and neck, but he survived his injuries and has since been released from the hospital. But one of the four would-be robbers was not as fortunate – sheriff's investigators say about 30 minutes after the botched robbery, a gunshot victim dropped off at Martin Luther King Hospital was determined to be one of the smoke shop robbers. A second suspect was captured by investigators on April 4, the day after the robbery, sheriff's officials said. He was not identified. Lundy and Rachel were identified as being the third and fourth suspects, and both remain at large. CBS 2 Police Seek Leads In Murder Of Man Set On Fire In Pasadena Pasadena police Wednesday sought the public's assistance to identify the suspect or suspects who killed a 30-year-old Salvadorian man by lighting him on fire on New Year's Day. Officers were called at about 8 a.m. on Jan. 1 to the 700 block of Rockwood Road, near La Loma Bridge, on reports of a man down. They found Ulises Nieto-Cabrera suffering from severe burns at the scene, according to Lt. Keith Gomez of the Pasadena Police Department. The man was taken to a hospital in grave condition, where he later died of his injuries. PPD detectives found that he was intentionally targeted and set on fire, and have determined "there are people who possess intimate knowledge about Nieto-Cabrera's murder," Gomez said. Anyone with information on the murder was asked to contact the PPD at 626-744-4241. Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org. NBC 4 Public Safety News New Variants Emerging Faster As COVID Spread Continues, Says LA County Health Director The average number of daily new COVID-19 infections in Los Angeles County has jumped by about 200% over the past month, but while the increase hasn't translated to rises in local hospitalizations or deaths, the public health director warned Wednesday that rapid spread of the virus is leading to more rapid emergence of new and potentially more dangerous variants. Speaking to the Board of Supervisors, county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said the emergence of variants is becoming more frequent, with new COVID mutations being detected around the globe. "Within weeks of one variant of concern dominating, there are reports from other parts of the country or other parts of the world of other subtypes or different strains," she said. "And this has been especially true with Omicron. So yes, we have here in the United States begun to see the proliferation of the BA.2.12.1 variant (of Omicron). ... But in South Africa, they're seeing a huge increase in cases that also now is resulting in an increase in hospitalizations with a very different mutated virus that's been labeled BA.4 and BA.5. FOX 11 California Has Recorded A Nearly 30% Increase In Coronavirus Cases Over The Last Week The rise in COVID-19 cases shows that the pandemic hasn’t ended. California has recorded a nearly 30% increase in coronavirus cases over the last week. The rise coincides with the state’s removal of COVID restrictions. It is unclear how much higher the cases will rise, and whether the state government will reimpose restrictions. “California has been recording about 5,600 coronavirus cases a day over the last week, its highest case rate since early March. California’s latest per capita case rate — 100 cases a week for every 100,000 residents — is just enough to meet the threshold for a high rate of coronavirus transmission,” The Times reported on Monday. According to The Times’ COVID tracker, San Mateo County has California’s highest coronavirus case rate in the state. It is currently seeing 222 cases a week for every 100,000 residents. San Francisco is second, with a rate of 220, however that may be due to their high testing rate. Coronavirus-positive hospitalizations have risen 7% in the last week. They remain among the lowest levels of the pandemic, however, the state’s COVID Assessment Tool suggests hospitalizations will go up by an additional 65% by Memorial Day. Its forecast also shows that the number of COVID-19 patients needing intensive care may double by then. Los Angeles Times Local Government News LA City Councilwomen Call For State, Federal Legislation To Codify Abortion Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez and Councilwomen Nithya Raman and Monica Rodriguez called Wednesday for legislation to codify the right to safe abortion in the United States or California in light of news that the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark abortion-rights decision Roe v. Wade. “We are witnessing an unequivocal attack on a fundamental human right, setting us back decades,” Raman said. “What’s more is we know exactly who this decision will hurt the most — marginalized groups who already face significant barriers accessing abortion care, and in particular low-income women of color. We will not sit idly by.” The council members called for state or federal legislation in a resolution introduced Wednesday. If passed, it would formalize the city’s support for any proposed legislation that would codify the right to safe abortion into law and urge the state and federal governments to take immediate action to pass the legislation. MyNewsLA.com LA City Council Lets Public Into Meeting For First Time Since March 2020 With COVID-19 restrictions now lifted, the public was allowed into the Los Angeles City Council chambers during the body’s meeting Wednesday for the first time since March 2020 — but with people no longer able to comment remotely, most of those who spoke urged council members to reverse that decision. Adam Smith of West L.A. was the first to speak at the meeting Wednesday, and told council members that it’s “good to be back in the room.” But he added: “I do think it’s really troubling that, accessibility-wise, people can’t call in and give public comment anymore. … Accessibility has always been an issue at these meetings, and folks that are disparately impacted by the policies coming out of this room have trouble coming in to give public comment on a weekday morning.” MyNewsLA.com ‌ ‌ ‌ 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!