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Newspaper

Dixon Telegraph

Location

Dixon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1989

Page

5

LA Police Launch Hammer Operation Against Gangs

Los Angeles police deployed the Operation Hammer task force over the weekend responding to a 9.2 percent crime rise. 286 arrests were made including 216 suspected gang members, with 37 felonies and 31 vehicles seized. The sweep covered Central, Hollenbeck, Newton, Northeast and Rampart divisions.

L.A Los Angeles uUr el Sereno Daryl Gates John Fletcher Fletcher Central Hollenbeck Newton Northeast Rampart California Highway Patrol Mike Pattee Steve Twohy Gates Fred Nixon Lincoln Heights

Inmates Burn Tower in Banning Prison Uprising

Rioting inmates at the Riverside County Banning Rehabilitation Center set fire to a watch tower and a communications bunker, plus a barracks, injuring at least 12 as flames destroyed multiple structures at the 400-inmate facility. Prisoners were moved to other county jails after the riot was quelled between 1 and 2 a.m. Local and state officers contained the blaze and evacuated inmates to facilities in Banning Indio Riverside and San Bernardino.

Banning Calif UPI Banning Rehabilitation Center Los Angeles Riverside County Sheriff's Larry Smith Jaime Ibarra Ibarra Riverside County San Bernardino County San Gorgonio Pass Memorial Hospital Beryl Brindisi Indio Riverside San Bernardino Riverside County Sheriff’s Christopher Blondon Chris Hays Hays

Mercy killing claim in hammer attack death

In Hallandale Florida a man 80 told a judge he mercy killed his wife 78 saying she was in pain after a hammer blow and chest stabbings. Motchan jailed on first degree murder charges after admitting to three hammer blows and multiple stab wounds at their seaside condo.

Hallandale Fla UPI Scott Lakin Joseph Motchan Motchan Gertrude Levine Motchan

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