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THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 - OCTOBER 5, 2016 - VOLUME 5, NO. 39
California Horse Racing Board Suspends Trainer’s License After Battery on Jockey Alex Solis
Jockey Alex Solis was reportedly shoved to the ground by Trainer Steven Jiro Miyadi..
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At about 6:39 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 23, Arcadia officers responded to a battery call at the Santa Anita Race Track. Both parties were still there. The victim, Jockey Alex Solis, advised he was pushed to the ground by the suspect, who is a local trainer. The victim made a private person’s arrest of the suspect. The suspect was identified as Steven Jiro Miyadi, a 59-year-old resident of Arcadia. Miyadi was charged with a violation of PC 242 – battery. Miyadi was booked at the Arcadia Police Department and then released with a citation to appear in court. On Monday, the California Horse Racing Board (Board) issued an order suspending the license of trainer Miyada, pursuant to Business and Professions Code, section 494(a) (2) and the terms of the stipulated settlement between Miyadi and the Board. The Board took this action after Miyadi shoved Commissioner Alex Solis to the ground, while complaining about the suspension he received from the Board through the stipulated settlement. Miyadi’s 30-day suspension, which lasted from Aug. 7 to Sept. 5, resulted from one of his horses testing positive for methamphetamine and amphetamine, according to a report in the Daily Racing Form.
Long Beach Woman Pleads to LASD Investigating the Shooting Helping Ex-Husband Evade Taxes Death of a Man in South El Monte A 69-year-old woman recently pleaded no contest to concealing her exhusband’s income to help him avoid paying state taxes, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Linda Ann Knowlton, 69, of Long Beach entered the plea to one felony count of tax evasion. Knowlton is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 13 in
Department 46 of the Foltz Criminal Justice Center. The defendant faces three years of felony probation and restitution in the amount of $598,000. Case BA446565 was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Jeffrey Stodel of the White Collar Crime Division. From 1982 to 1990, Linda Knowlton was married to Tommy Knowlton,
who made millions of dollars in the oil business. Tommy Knowlton stopped filing income tax returns in 1996 and between 2008 and 2011 funneled more than $70 million dollars to his ex-wife’s personal checking account, the prosecutor said. During this time Linda Knowlton had no other SEE PAGE 3
Sheriff’s Homicide Detectives are continuing their investigation into circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a man in the 2000 block of Durfee Avenue in South El Monte. Investigators learned that just after 9 p.m. on Saturday night, deputies from Temple Sheriff’s Station responded to the location regarding a “gunshot victim” call.
When they arrived, the deputies located the victim seated in the driver’s seat of an SUV in the parking lot. The victim had an undetermined number of gunshot wounds to his upper torso. Paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene. Detectives are continuing to speak with possible witnesses; however there is no suspect description at
this time. The investigation is still active and ongoing. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800)
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