Not Guilty Plea in Long Beach Child Abuse Case
A 20 year old laborer, stepfather to a year old girl, pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault and one of a crime against a child in a North Long Beach home. The child remained in Memorial Hospital in stable condition after regaining consciousness. The case includes arraignment before Judge Charles L. Litwin with bail set at 50000 and a preliminary hearing for September 12.
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North Long Beach
Memorial Hospital Center
John Jesse Sousa
Long Beach
Charles L. Litwin
Sousa
Litwin
Joan Loizeaux
L A wins court test on nudity ordinance upheld
The State Court of Appeal upheld Los Angeles new nudity ordinance banning nudity at beaches and recreation areas as a legal exercise of police power. The ruling denied the ACLU petition to overturn the measure. Deputy City Atty. Dion Morrow says police may continue arresting anyone who appears nude in city recreational areas.
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United Press International
State Court of Appeal
Los Angeles
American Civil Liberties Union
Dion Morrow
Police hunt lost boat buyers in coast guard search
Coast Guard ends search for 40 foot trimaran Go s somer after two Montreal residents posed as buyers and took owner Thomas Gilliand’s permission for a test cruise from Marina del Rey to Catalina. False IDs and missing vessel lead police to take over probe as helicopters combed 3000 square miles without results.
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Coast Guard
Somer
Marina del Rey
Catalina
Thomas Gilliand
Los Angeles
John
Mary Année Thomas
Montreal
Gilliand
San Nicolas
Santa Cruz
Santa Rosa
John Thomas
Popeil to testify in wife's Los Angeles trial
Samuel J. Popeil, head of Popeil Bros Inc, is set to testify in Los Angeles Superior Court in the case against his estranged wife Eloise Popeil and Dan Ayers. The pair are accused of offering money to two men to kill Popeil, with the plot uncovered after Don Reed alerted Popeil in January. Prosecution and defense present contrasting psychiatric testimony on intent as proceedings continue.
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Chicago
Samuel J. Popeil
Los Angeles
Independent Press Telegram
Peter Bregman
Popei
Popeil
Popeil Bros, Inc
Long Beach
Eloise
Newport Beach
Dan Ayers
Santa Ana
Don Reed
William Winston
Robert Peeler
Man Held After Merced Shooting Abduction
In Merced a man was shot in the back at a service station around 7 30 p m by an assailant who fled in the victim s car which was left five blocks away. The gunman then abducted two women hostages from a house opposite the DMV building and used one as a shield briefly before both were freed and he was captured.
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Merced
Morced
Merced Department of Motor Vehicles
Karate teacher claims disciple urged slaying in trial
In Los Angeles Superior Court, karate instructor Mitose testified that his student Terry Lee, 25, proposed killing Frank Namimatsu, 65, a San Dimas farmer found strangled last March. Lee had pleaded guilty to second degree murder and testified Mitose ordered the crime for a $100,000 debt. Mitose and his wife deny wrongdoing.
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Los Angeles
James Motose
Superior Court
Leslie Light
Terry Lee
Frank Namimatsu
Mitose
Dorothy
Namimatsu
San Dimas
Lee
Suspect Freed in Death Case In Los Angeles
Los Angeles police released 25 year old Lawrence Thompson on lack of evidence after he had been booked on suspicion of strangling 2 year old Nelson Williams, brother of Thompson s girlfriend, at their home. Investigators said the inquiry into the child s death was ongoing.
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Sousa
Cerritos Avenue
Market Street
Phyllis Knapp
Police
Florida
Los Angeles
Lawrence Thompson
Nelson Williams
Thompson
Doctor Jailed in Smuggling Plot Described as Unbelievable
Vacaville physician Fritz Paul Roschen, 32, was fined 8000 dollars and sentenced to 60 days in jail for involvement in a plot to smuggle about 2 million dollars worth of marijuana into the United States from Mexico. U S District Court Judge Phillip C Wilkins called his role unbelievable and noted he is an excellent doctor with a bright future.
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Sacramento
UPD
Vacaville
United States
Mexico
U.S. District Court
Phillip C. Wilkins
Fritz Paul Roschen
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Kent Henderson
L.A
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Tom Hughes
Booker
USC
George Chase
Peil
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Reed
Mark Brandler
Peeler
Dr. Markman
Winston
Samuel Popeil
Wovens
Lakewood Blvd
Lakewood Center
Euclid
Anaheim
Carson Mail
Carson
Huntington Center
Huntington Beach
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