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18 LASD deputies arrested in federal indictment
A zusa B eacon Monrovia WEEKLY Temple MONDAY, DECEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 22, 2013 VOLUME 18, NO. 50
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Task Force investigation results in Federal charges against 24 gang members
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Two of the defendants were already in custody prior to today’s operation; two of the defendants were deported; three of the defendants are unidentified subjects; 12 defendants were arrested during this morning’s operation; and five are considered fugitives.
As this year is the 100th playing of the Rose Bowl game, appearing in it will be Stanford University of the Pac-12 and Michigan State University from the Big 10 on Jan. 1. This will mark the first Rose Bowl appearance since the 1987 season and its first appearance in a BCS bowl for Michigan State. The Spartans have reached a bowl game in all seven seasons under head coach Mark Dantonio after making no bowl appearances from 2004-06. For Stanford this is its second consecutive appearance in the Rose Bowl (def. Wisconsin 20-14 last season). The Cardinal are making back-to-back Rose Bowl appearances for the first time since 1970-71. Stanford has reached a BCS bowl in four straight seasons after making just one from 1998-2009. And playing in the BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 6 will be Auburn University and Florida State University. For Florida State, after beating Northern Illinois in last year’s Orange Bowl, the Seminoles return to a BCS bowl game. It marks their
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Acting Associate Special Agent in charge Steve Woodland explains Operation Rose Bud to the media Thursday morning. -Photo by Terry Miller
A multi-agency investigation into gang-related crime in the San Gabriel Valley has led to federal charges against 24 members and associates of Pasadena-based gangs and drug trafficking organizations in the San Gabriel and Antelope Valleys for their roles in a narcotics network in which metham-
phetamine, cocaine and heroin were supplied from Mexico and distributed widely in southern California. The announcement was made on behalf of multiple agencies participating in the San Gabriel Valley Safe Streets Task Force, to include the Drug Enforcement Administration; the Pasadena Police
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Baca says "no one is above the law" The U.S. Justice Department on Monday charged 18 current or former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies with federal civil rights violations in connection with an FBI investigation into alleged excessive force in the nation largest jail system. The charges include unjustified beatings of inmates and visitors at downtown jails, unjustified detentions and conspiring to obstruct the investigation at the Men’s Central Jail. “These incidents did not take place in a vacuum — in fact, they demonstrated behavior that had become institutionalized,” U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. said at an afternoon news conference. “The pattern of activity
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Department; the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles returned three indictments on December 3 that were unsealed today and charge the defendants with a variety of violations relative to the narcotics distribution networks.
Inaugural Arcadia Christmas market a delight
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Downtown Arcadia will came alive with a traditional holiday atmosphere of music, unique gifts, food and activities last Saturday and will continue every Saturday
night until Christmas with a European-style Christmas Market. Arcadia’s Best Foundation’s Downtown Christmas Market, sponsored primarily
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