NEWS
By Veronica Rocha, veronica.rocha@latimes.com | May 15, 2012
Authorities are looking for help with identifying an alleged carjacker who is responsible for more than a dozen thefts and robberies in Glendale, Burbank and the Los Angeles region. The man, who police have dubbed the “Opportunistic bandit,” allegedly started targeting lone women April 14, physically assaulting them before taking their purses and sometimes their vehicles, Los Angeles Police Department detectives said at a press conference on Tuesday. “Intimidation is a big part of this,” said Glendale Police Sgt. Jeff Newton, who is working on the robbery investigation.
NEWS
May 15, 2012
Authorities are looking for help with identifying an alleged carjacker who is responsible for more than a dozen thefts and robberies in Glendale, Burbank and the Los Angeles region. The man, who police have dubbed the “Opportunistic bandit,” allegedly started targeting lone women April 14, physically assaulting them before taking their purses and sometimes their vehicles, Los Angeles Police Department detectives said at a press conference on Tuesday. “Intimidation is a big part of this,” said Glendale Police Sgt. Jeff Newton, who is also working on the robbery investigation.
NEWS
By Veronica Rocha | May 27, 2010
A Hoover High School student’s bogus text message about a shooting Thursday sparked a full on police response to the campus. The student borrowed a friend’s cell phone and sent a text message about a possible shooting at the school to texting-based company KGB USA, which answers questions from subscribers, police said. When the Los Angeles-based company got the text message, it notified the Los Angeles Police Department who tracked the cell phone to Glendale, police said.
LOCAL
By Christopher Cadelago | December 17, 2009
DOWNTOWN — Scott LaChasse, a 32-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department who went on to serve as vice president of security and emergency services at Paramount Pictures Corp., has been named interim police chief for Burbank. LaChasse, who is expected to take the reins of the Police Department on Jan. 7, last held the rank of deputy chief, where he commanded nearly 1,600 personnel in South Los Angeles. He comes into a department coping with external probes into police misconduct and several lawsuits filed against the city by current and former officers.
LOCAL
By Veronica Rocha | October 30, 2009
GLENDALE — A shooting outside a North Hollywood synagogue prompted local temples to be on high alert Thursday, fearing that the incident was a hate crime. Los Angeles Police Department alerted nearby synagogues of the shooting, which occurred just after 6 a.m. in the parking garage of the Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic Orthodox Synagogue in North Hollywood. A gunman reportedly approached two worshipers and shot them several times. Police said the injured men were being treated at a hospital and were in good condition.
NEWS
By Christopher Cadelago | October 10, 2009
A former Crescenta Valley town councilman who last month resigned as general manager of a major Los Angeles department will not face charges for allegedly raping a woman at his condominium, authorities said. Los Angeles County prosecutors declined to file charges against Andrew Adelman, the former general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, sources told the Los Angeles Times. Adelman served as president of the Town Council in 2003. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa placed Adelman on leave in August amid revelations that the Los Angeles Police Department was investigating claims that he raped a woman July 10. He has not been charged with a crime or arrested.
NEWS
By Jason Wells | September 16, 2009
A former Crescenta Valley town councilman resigned as general manager of a major Los Angeles city department Tuesday amid allegations that he raped a woman in July. Andrew Adelman, who served as president of the Town Council in 2003, was replaced by Raymond Chan as interim general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Building Safety, according to a statement Tuesday from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The statement said only that Adelman ?resigned his post earlier today.?
LOCAL
By Mary O’Keefe | August 12, 2009
Andrew Adelman, a former Crescenta Valley Town Council member who was honored at the council’s July 16 meeting, is being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department after being accused of raping a woman July 10. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has placed Adelman, general manager of the city’s Department of Building and Safety, on administrative leave. “Please be reminded that your employment is at will and may be terminated at any time,” the letter stated.
NEWS
By Mary O’Keefe | June 19, 2009
NORTH GLENDALE ? LAPD officers took a suspected gang member into custody Wednesday night after a six-hour search in the hillsides and residential areas near Verdugo Road. LAPD Detective Chris Vasquez said officers conducted a traffic stop on the southbound Glendale (2) Freeway just past the Foothill (210) Freeway interchange about 5 p.m. He said the woman driving complied with officers? request and pulled onto the freeway?s shoulder. A 1-year-old boy and the suspect, a man, were also in the vehicle.
LOCAL
By Veronica Rocha | February 11, 2009
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles Police Department criminalist testified Tuesday that the genetic code of Tyreese Reed, a man accused of attacking and raping seven women in Beverly Hills, Glendale and Koreatown, matched DNA collected from two women. Criminalist Jennifer Butterworth explained to jurors that a person’s DNA is uniquely his or her own and that a saliva swab sample collected from the inside of Reed’s mouth matched hair, mouth and lip specimens taken from three women.