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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1973
Page
9
A LAPD report titled California Criminal Justice System Analysis says Los Angeles County is a crime mecca due to lenient Superior Court sentencing. It notes murderers robbers and burglars prison rates fell from 34 to 18.6 percent since 1962 while probation rose from 33.3 to 60.5 percent.
An argument over a pool game at Barney's Beanery in Los Angeles led to gunfire. Bartender Robert H. Rush, 34, died after aiding others as Joseph Pische, 24, was wounded and another patron Howard Bramen, 32, was hit. The gunman fled.
Oscar Hernandez, 23, one of three Norwalk residents convicted of second degree murder in the July 2 1972 shotgun killing of four year old Joyce Ann Huff in Hawaiian Gardens was sentenced in Redwood City to six years to life. Judge Julius Leetham will hear sentencing for Mike Ramirez 18 and Donald Antelo 22 on Sept 25. The case grew from a gag order and venue changes amid controversy over evidence preservation and a tape recording.
Marshall Bitkower a 30 year old deputy district attorney resigned after dating a woman serving as a juror in a Superior Court murder trial He was suspended then dismissed and reinstated for one day before resigning officially The agreement provided back pay during his challenge to the ouster and followed a Civil Service hearing delay
Clarence H. Huggins Jr. of Cypress was fined 3000 and given a one year suspended sentence plus two years probation for nine counts of aiding in false and fraudulent income tax returns. He operated C H Huggins Tax Service in Long Beach and was arrested by IRS agents last April. Judge Avery Crary sentenced him in Los Angeles.
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