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VOLUME 7, NO. 25
OFF-DUTY LAPD COP KILLS COSCTO CUSTOMER IN CORONA Victim’s Family Seeks Answers from LAPD
San Bernardino to Host Largest Community Blood Drive in the Inland Empire The Intl. WeLoveU Foundation has partnered with LifeStream Blood Bank to host a community blood drive on June 30, 2019 in San Bernardino, California. The event will be held at the National Orange Show Events Center, 690 S. Arrowhead Ave, Gate 9, San Bernardino, CA 92408. The event will begin at 9AM and finish at 4:30PM. Over 1,000 volunteers from all over California have already pre-registered for the event, with
some coming from as far as Visalia and Santa Rosa, and even more expected to participate. The blood drive will provide vital blood donations to more than 80 Southern California hospitals and medical facilities in six counties. “Volunteer service is neither far away nor grand. We must not turn away from those who are faced with difficulties. If we go to them and encour-
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Orange County Psychiatrist Sentenced to Over Four Years in Federal Prison A psychiatrist who practiced at a Santa Ana clinic has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for issuing prescriptions for dangerous and addictive narcotics, such as the opioid oxycodone, without a medical purpose, to a drug dealer in exchange for cash, knowing the drugs would be sold on the street. Dr. Robert Tinoco Perez, 57, of Westminster, - Courtesy screenshot / KTLA
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n June 14, 2019, at 7:46 P.M. Corona Police Officers were sent to Costco Wholesale located at 480 N. McKinley Street, Corona regarding a shooting inside the business. The investigation has revealed this was an isolated occurrence within the store and was not an uncontained active shooter incident as the preliminary information had been communicated to initial officers. As the investigation is still on-going, the names of involved persons are not being released at this time. Investigation has confirmed an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department Officer was shopping at Costco with his family. Without provocation allegedly, a male unknown to the officer’s family assaulted the officer while the officer was holding his young child. This attack resulted in the officer firing his weapon, striking the male and two of the suspect’s family members. The family members are being treated at local hospitals and are in critical condition. The
off duty officer was transported to a local hospital, where he was treated and released. The off duty officer’s child was not injured during this incident. The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has identified the deceased male as 32 year-old Kenneth French from Riverside. The officer's gun was the only weapon involved in the incident, contrary to earlier reports. As is standard procedure in such investigations, the Corona Police Department is working closely with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office who will be evaluating the facts and circumstances of this incident. If you witnessed this incident and have not provided your statement to the police, please contact Lieutenant Newman at 951-817-5788 or email Robert.Newman@ CoronaCA.gov. The friends of the victims have thus far raised over $35,375 via GoFundMe https://www.gofundme. com/1o4gs8zo6o
was sentenced at a hearing on Monday afternoon by United States District Judge Andrew J. Guilford. Perez pleaded guilty on February 25 to one felony count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Perez wrote prescriptions for “patients” he had never met or examined,
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Los Angeles Gang Member Sentenced to Life for Killing Rapper A gang member was sentenced today to 50 years to life in state prison for fatally shooting an up-and-coming rapper known as Kid Cali, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. On Oct. 31, 2018, a jury found Kenny Birdine aka “Lil’ Rampage” (dob 9/22/96) guilty of one
count of first-degree murder. Deputy District Attorney Amy Murphy of the Hardcore Gang Division said the jury also found true allegations that Birdine used a handgun in the killing and he committed the crime in associa-
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