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Feb. 28 – Mar. 5, 2020 Volume XXVI, Issue 31
Car Flies off Santa Monica Parking Structure, Crashes Into McDonald’s Jeep falls off 2nd Street parking lot BY CHOLE MARIE RIVERA
One person was transported to a trauma center when their car fell off the top of a six-story parking structure and crashed into the McDonald’s at 1540 2nd St. On Sunday, February 23 2020, at 12:18 a.m., the Santa Monica Fire Department (SMFD) responded to a traffic collision with a physical rescue. Three people were inside the vehicle but two managed to escape before it fell off a parking structure at 2nd Street and Colorado Avenue. According to the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) the driver drove his vehicle, a newer model Jeep vehicle, off the top level of the parking structure. “Officers are still investigating the cause of the incident. Due to the fact the driver was transported to the hospital and receiving medical treatment, they were unable to determine if alcohol or drugs played a factor in the incident,” the SMPD said in a news release. Firefighters worked to stabilize the vehicle and extricate one person. Paramedics transported the driver, a 20-year-old male from Twentynine Palms, California, to a local trauma center in critical condition. As of Sunday evening, the driver was recovering
Photo: Santa Monica Fire Department.
A car that fell off a Santa Monica parking lot into a McDonalds.
and in stable condition. According to the SMFD, the building and parking structure suffered significant damage. The Building and Safety Department will access the structural integrity of the parking structure. The SMPD are conducting an investigation of the
accident. In an update released later on Sunday, the SMPD said they have obtained a warrant for the driver’s blood to determine if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the incident. In addition, the SMPD said that two additional
individuals with the driver prior to the incident. “It does not appear that they were in the vehicle when it was traveling towards to side of the structure,” the SMPD said. Sam Catanzaro contributed to this report.
FBI Arrest Santa Monica Man for Hacking Candidate Arthur Jan Dam faces 10 years in federal prison BY SAM CATANZARO
A Santa Monica man has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly hacking former Rep. Katie Hill’s rival’s website to help her win the election. On Friday, FBI agents arrested Santa Monica
resident Arthur Jan Dam, 32, on federal charges stemming from a series of distributed denial-ofservice – or DDoS – attacks on a website for a candidate who was campaigning for a California congressional seat. Dam was taken into custody Friday morning pursuant to a criminal complaint filed that charges him with one count of intentionally damaging and attempting to damage a protected computer. If convicted as charged, Dam faces 10 years in
federal prison. Federal authorities accuse Dam of coordinating four DDoS attacks against a candidate’s website. Buzzfeed News and other outlets have reported that the victim was Bryan Caforio, who was running against Katie Hill. Dam allegedly staged four cyberattacks in April and May of 2018 that took down the candidate’s website for a total of 21 hours. “The victim reported suffering losses, including
website downtime, a reduction in campaign donations, and time spent by campaign staff and others conducting critical incident response,” according to the affidavit in support of the criminal complaint. The victim further reported spending $27,000 to $30,000 to respond to the attacks, and the candidate believes the attacks contributed to the loss in the primary election in June 2018. One of the attacks, which took place on April 28,
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