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911 caller who fabricated armed robbery gets jail time Carrillo-Gonzalez set off a series of events that ultimately led to the death of Azusa teen Kendrec McDade
Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Lee Smalley Edmon announces that “431 court employees will be adversely affected as reductions in state financial support for the California judicial branch force us to cut our budget by $30 million.” These actions will affect nearly 1 of every 10 employees of LASC, the largest trial court in the nation. The latest cuts are part
Attorney for Kendrec McDade’s father Carre Harper said “Although he did not pull the trigger, he ( Carrillo) should have faced felony charges from the DA’s office. They should
Federal judges on Thursday ordered California Gov. Brown to directly begin releasing inmates from the state’s over-crowded prisons. Governor Brown reacted swiftly and decisively saying: “The state will seek an immediate stay of this unprecedented order to release almost 10,000 inmates by the end of this year.” The order was signed by U.S. District Judges Stephen Reinhardt, Lawrence Karlton and Thelton Henderson, the court ordered Brown to ‘expand good-time credits’ The judges demanded that the state commence immediately regardless of any laws that might prevent those releases.
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Anya Slaughter, Caree Harper and Kenneth McDade at a rally demanding justice last year. -Photo by Terry Miller
The Pasadena City Attorney’s Office announced June 17 that Oscar CarrilloGonzalez pled guilty in Los Angeles County Superior Court to two misdemeanor charges in connection with the false report of an armed robbery he made to the Pas-
adena Police Department on the night of March 24, 2012. Deputy City Prosecutor Joon Kim prosecuted the criminal case for the People. “We believe we reached an appropriate sentence that reflects the seriousness of the
crime committed,” City Attorney/City Prosecutor Michele Beal Bagneris said. The false armed robbery call by Mr. CarrilloGonzalez set off a series of events that ultimately led to the death of then-suspect Kendrec McDade.
Kendrec McDade’s mother pursues civil case vs. Pasadena for wrongful death of her son The mother of slain teenager Kendrec McDade held a press conference at Pasadena City Hall Tuesday flanked by two attorneys representing her. The press conference came a day after Oscar Carrillo – Gonzales was sentenced to 90 days in jail for lying to a 9-1-1 operator that an attempted robbery involved gun(s) in March. Anya Slaughter said she felt justice had been served for Oscar Carrillo-Gonzalez, who was sentenced Monday. The lie that Carrillo told ultimately led to her son’s death in March 2012. Anya Slaughter is dismayed however that the two police officers who shot her son to death in 2012 haven’t
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Gov. Brown seeks stay of federal judges order to release 10,000 inmates
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Questions surround Rep. Schiff has “grave concerns” about shooting of 2-year old U.S. providing arms to Syrian Rebels Rep. Adam Schiff (D- one side, and groups linked German Shepherd by CA), a senior Member of the to al Qaeda commit atrocities Committee, is- on the other. El Monte PD Wednesday Intelligence sued the following statement “I have grave concerns An El Monte female officer shot a 2-year-old German shepherd inside a fenced-in front yard while following up on a report of a runaway teenager on Wednesday. A home security camera shows two police officers who arrived at the
home of Cathy Luu, her husband Chi Nguyen and their children in the 4700 block of Maxson Road. The video captured by the family’s home security camera shows that the officers simply parked Please see page 12
in response to published reports that the U.S. may provide weapons to the Syrian opposition: “What began as an expression of the legitimate aspiration of the Syrian people for better governance has now become a sectarian civil war in which extremist forces like Hezbollah and Iran fight on
about the United States becoming an arms provider in this civil war. Supplying small arms and ammunition to certain rebel elements may help to stabilize the situation on the battlefield in the near term, but it will not alter the strategic balance. If and when this Please see page 8
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