Posted by Cameron Heron on January 11, 2012
HOUSTON—A woman who was shot while driving crashed into a townhome near the Galleria early Monday. She died shortly after.
Police said the woman was heading to her parents’ home near the intersection of Augusta and Sugar Hill around 12 a.m. when the shooting occurred. The victim then crashed into the garage of a nearby townhome.
Authorities said the woman was on the phone with her ex-boyfriend when it happened. He
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Posted by Cameron Heron on January 9, 2012
PASADENA – A driver accused of having a dirty windshield when his car struck an Arcadia teen in a crosswalk was sentenced Tuesday to one year in county jail, his attorney said.
Bowen Du, 20, of Arcadia pleaded guilty in November to a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge involving the death of Alice Zhang, 16, and to reckless driving involving the injury of her friend.
As a part of the plea deal, the Pasadena City College student will serve 180 consecutive days in Montebello City Jail, which prosecutors agreed would be equivalent to a one-year jail sentence, Du’s attorney Evan P. Freed said. Du was also sentenced to five years of unsupervised probation, and will later be ordered to attend a driver safety course and complete 40 days of community labor, he said.
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Posted by Rose Giorza on January 8, 2012
One case involves a double-fatality fire that prosecutors maintain was the result of cooking methamphetamine. Mark William Roberts, 46, is charged with four felonies – two counts of first-degree “felony murder” and single counts of first-degree arson and attempted manufacturing of a controlled dangerous substance. Jury selection for his trial began Monday in District Judge William Kellough’s court. The fire began in Roberts’ unit at the Royal Arms Apartments about 4 a.m. March 10, 2009, and spread to neighboring apartments, causing extensive damage, investigators reported. The complex is in the 5100 block of South Norfolk Avenue. Maria Martinez, 39, and Armando Nunez, 35, who were in a neighboring apartment, died from burn injuries. Read full article…
Posted by Cameron Heron on January 2, 2012
The New Year’s weekend here was one fraught with armed robbery.
Two convenience stores on opposite sides of town reported robberies Friday.
Employees at the newly built Dollar General store on McCartney Road on the East Side called police about 7 p.m. Friday after a young man wearing a hooded sweat shirt robbed the store at gunpoint.
The store manager told police he watched the man on surveillance camera enter the store with his face covered and left the office to tell the man to uncover his face while in the store. When he reached the man, however, the man pulled out a gun and demanded money.
Reports say the man took a plastic shopping bag from the store and demanded it be filled with cash. H
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Posted by Rose Giorza on December 30, 2011
Home Page Lawsuits Filed A former employee of the San Francisco NikeTown Store has filed a wages and overtime class action complaint against Nike alleging that the sporting goods manufacturer failed to compensate him for overtime, meals and rest breaks as well as any additions shifts he worked. The employment lawsuit was filed by Webster Proctor, on behalf of himself and behalf of others similarly situated. According to the complaint Proctor was employed by Nike from approximately April 2010 until approximately May 2011. Read full article…