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A $200,000 settlement might be awarded to a Glendale family held at gunpoint by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies who mistakenly forced their way into a home during a murder investigation. Luis Cuateco, his wife Juana, and their six daughters and three sons were ordered into their living room in the 400 block of West Windsor Road in January 2002 at gunpoint after sheriff's deputies used a battering ram on their front door after announcing their intent to search the house, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's report.

Prosecutors declined to file charges against four Los Angeles men who were arrested this week on suspicion of a "knock-knock" burglary in Chevy Chase Canyon. The Los Angeles County district attorney's office spokeswoman Jane Robison said prosecutors declined to charge the men - Damion Lawson, 21, Alonzo Tolbert, 29, Timothy Bavis, 31, and Antawn Robinson, 32 - due to insufficient evidence. Robinson and Bavis remained in custody without bail due to a parole holds, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

A Glendale man was arrested Monday on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly kicked a 39-year-old man's head multiple times outside Dave's Bar, police said. The injured man, whose name wasn't released, remained hospitalized Tuesday at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, where he was treated for blunt force trauma to the head and face, according to Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz. The man's medical condition was not immediately available, he added. The man, who lives in La Crescenta, was lying unconscious on the sidewalk and was not verbally responsive when officers arrived at the bar near the corner of East Broadway and Glendale Avenue, police said.

Darleene Barrientos A veteran Glendale Police Department officer has announced plans to run for Los Angeles County Sheriff in 2006. Lt. Don Meredith, a 32-year veteran of the department, said Wednesday he submitted paperwork to the California Secretary of State's Office Friday to open a finance committee to begin fundraising for the election in 2006. Meredith, 52, who is now head of the department's Community Services bureau, oversaw the department's traffic bureau for seven years and also worked in narcotics and robbery-homicide.

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said Monday his department will increase officer deployments at sporting events in response to explosions that killed at least two and injured nearly two dozen others at the Boston Marathon . Beginning with the Dodgers - San Diego Padres baseball game Monday evening, Beck said the additional police presence would include deployment of bomb-squad personnel, dogs and other "precautions geared to...

Lt. Don Meredith wants to bring leadership to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.FOR THE RECORD A story on the front page of Tuesday's Glendale News-Press incorrectly stated that $500 of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's $1.9-million budget is used for discretionary spending. The correct figure is $500,000. . . . . . GLENDALE -- The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is in need of a change, according to Glendale Police Lt. Don Meredith. He says he can provide it. The 33-year Glendale Police veteran is running for Los Angeles County Sheriff this year with hopes of bringing leadership back to an agency he says is lacking it. "A lack of leadership has allowed the budget to be overspent or not spent in appropriate areas," he said.

Darleene Barrientos After three years of court delays and hearing postponements, the trial of the accused killers of Raul Aguirre might be on hold a few more days if Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies call in sick again, as they did Tuesday. Court clerks, judges, jurors, lawyers, defendants and victims were caught in limbo Tuesday when hundreds of deputies assigned to 12 of the county's courthouses called in sick in an apparent response to a labor dispute between the Assn.

Robert Chacon Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station Capt. Ralph Martin has been promoted, but he's not leaving La Crescenta just yet. Martin was promoted to commander of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Region II but will do double duty until his successor is selected, which should be in a couple of weeks. Martin was notified Friday by L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca about his promotion, which is effective Sunday. Region II includes eight stations in south and west Los Angeles and a portion of the harbor area.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies have arrested another person suspected of stealing mail from homes in La Canada Flintridge. Earle Mousaw, 29, of Truckee was arrested about 10 a.m. Sunday on suspicion of felony mail theft, identity theft and possession of narcotics paraphernalia in the 1000 block of Foothill Boulevard. A store owner called the Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station that morning to report suspicious activity from a man parked near his property.

A Glendale man was arrested Monday on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly kicked a 39-year-old man's head multiple times outside Dave's Bar, police said. The injured man, whose name wasn't released, remained hospitalized Tuesday at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, where he was treated for blunt force trauma to the head and face, according to Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz. The man's medical condition was not immediately available, he added. The man, who lives in La Crescenta, was lying unconscious on the sidewalk and was not verbally responsive when officers arrived at the bar near the corner of East Broadway and Glendale Avenue, police said.

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said Monday his department will increase officer deployments at sporting events in response to explosions that killed at least two and injured nearly two dozen others at the Boston Marathon . Beginning with the Dodgers - San Diego Padres baseball game Monday evening, Beck said the additional police presence would include deployment of bomb-squad personnel, dogs and other "precautions geared to...

Prosecutors declined to file charges against four Los Angeles men who were arrested this week on suspicion of a "knock-knock" burglary in Chevy Chase Canyon. The Los Angeles County district attorney's office spokeswoman Jane Robison said prosecutors declined to charge the men - Damion Lawson, 21, Alonzo Tolbert, 29, Timothy Bavis, 31, and Antawn Robinson, 32 - due to insufficient evidence. Robinson and Bavis remained in custody without bail due to a parole holds, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

For his ?extraordinary and courageous actions? while on a climbing trip on Mt. Rainier in July 2007, Montrose Search and Rescue member Mike Leum was awarded the Meritorious Service Award at the Los Angeles County Sheriff?s Reserve Dinner held last week. It was on that trip that fellow search and rescue member Robert Sheedy, who was roped to Leum, fell into a crevasse. ?I was hanging between two [ice] walls,? Sheedy said. Leum stopped Sheedy?s fall by driving his axe into the ice. He then wrapped the rope around his boot to steady Sheedy so he could be stabilized.

A man walks into an office and begins shooting; a young student has a rifle in a classroom. These scenarios are ripped out of the headlines and too horrific for most people to think of, but these situations are exactly what deputies dealt with on Wednesday as they went through training with the Special Enforcement Bureau of the Los Angeles County Sheriff?s Department. The day began at Eliot Middle School in Altadena with deputies from Crescenta Valley and Altadena Sheriff Stations in a classroom.

Grover Evans Jr., caught surfing the Web at the La Cañada public library for job opportunities, will be heading back to Arkansas thanks to Los Angeles County Sheriff community policing. According to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, on Dec. 23, Evans, 18, entered the Metropolitan National Bank in Little Rock, Ark., armed with a handgun. Evans allegedly shot a teller, James Garison, who died of from his injuries. He then demanded money from a second bank teller, who, fearing for his life, gave him an undisclosed amount of cash.

Lt. Don Meredith wants to bring leadership to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.FOR THE RECORD A story on the front page of Tuesday's Glendale News-Press incorrectly stated that $500 of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's $1.9-million budget is used for discretionary spending. The correct figure is $500,000. . . . . . GLENDALE -- The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is in need of a change, according to Glendale Police Lt. Don Meredith. He says he can provide it. The 33-year Glendale Police veteran is running for Los Angeles County Sheriff this year with hopes of bringing leadership back to an agency he says is lacking it. "A lack of leadership has allowed the budget to be overspent or not spent in appropriate areas," he said.

Darleene Barrientos A veteran Glendale Police Department officer has announced plans to run for Los Angeles County Sheriff in 2006. Lt. Don Meredith, a 32-year veteran of the department, said Wednesday he submitted paperwork to the California Secretary of State's Office Friday to open a finance committee to begin fundraising for the election in 2006. Meredith, 52, who is now head of the department's Community Services bureau, oversaw the department's traffic bureau for seven years and also worked in narcotics and robbery-homicide.

Darleene Barrientos and Jackson Bell A West Covina man is scheduled to face charges of annoying a child today after his alleged cat calls toward a 13-year-old La Canada Flintridge girl led to him being boxed in by several drivers heeding a father's calls for help. David Schwartz, 44, allegedly drove up to the teenager in his white Mustang on Wednesday evening and began whistling, waving and calling to her as she walked on Foothill Boulevard near Oakwood Avenue, said Sgt. Det. Vic Ibarra of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Crescenta Valley Station.