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Double shooting on 91 Freeway results Police seek in critical wounding help in by Vickie Vértiz identifying On July 14, police were investigating a possible double supect(s) who shooting on the 91 Freeway in Anaheim on Monday night. The Orange County Register vandalized reported that fire officials confirmed the call coming in at trees at 8:06 p.m., regarding an incident at the 91 Freeway near the Ronald 57 Freeway. Police are now asking for help to find the person or Reagan Park people responsible for opening fire on a family of four inside a vehicle on the 91 Freeway in Anaheim the previous night, killing a father and leaving one other man wounded. KTLA reported that, when emergency staff arrived at the scene of the accident, two men had been shot inside a white Ford F-150, one of them fatally wounded, according to a release. The man who was fatally shot was identified as Agustin Villegas, 32, of Anaheim, police said. He was in the sitting in the passenger seat of the
Augustin Villega -Courtesy Photo
truck. The driver was identified as a 42-year-old cousin of Agustin. He was wounded, but survived and was taken to a hospital. Police said he was expected to survive. According to Anaheim police, two other young men, teenagers ages 13 and 15, were
in the backseat of the truck during the shooting, but were not injured. They were the sons of Villegas and his cousin, who was the driver of the vehicle. Police said that a preliminary investigation discovered that the F-150 was driving Please see page 2
Immigration crisis: Obama requests billions in aid by Jennifer schlueter According to the Department of Homeland Security, 57,000 Central American children, mostly from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, have crossed the US boarder since October. This number is twice as high as the number of the same period from the previous year and ten times as high as the number of 2009. The children that survive the dangerous journey are fleeing from poverty and crime in their countries, hoping to have a better life here, or to reunite
with parts of their family who are already in the US. Some parents send their children because they believe rumors that their kids will be allowed to stay in the US once they crossed the border. In 2008, former President George W. Bush signed the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act – a law to fight child/sex trafficking. Whereas Mexicans or Canadians are simply sent back across the border, this bill grants Central American kids a court
hearing to determine whether they are allowed to stay or not. Due to the enormous number of immigrants, and thus, court cases, the children often have to wait years on the decision – years that they spend in processing facilities of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Some children do not even show up in court. Two weeks ago, protestors in Murietta attempted to block migrant children and families Please see page 4
On July 13, 2014 around 7 a.m., Anaheim Police were called to Ronald Reagan Park – 945 South Weir Canyon Road – to investigate a vandalism of City trees. In the overnight hours, July 12, 2014 to July 13, 2014, an unknown suspect(s) cut down 13 trees of varied maturity. The trees appeared to have been chopped with an axe and were left at the scene. The damage is still being tallied, but is estimated to be in the thousands of dollars. The motive for the vandalism is still under investigation. Although occurrences of this type of vandalism are rare in our City parks, incidents like this underscore the need for our residents and visitors to be our eyes and ears. If you See Something, Say Something. When you witness suspicious activity in our parks, or elsewhere, contact the police immediately. This can be accomplished by calling 9-1-1 for emergent situations or (714) 765-1900 for non-emergencies. We want to hear from you and hopefully thwart further acts of vandalism to our parks. Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact Orange County Crime Stoppers at (855) TIP-OCCS, or www.occrimestoppers.org , or text OCCS plus your tip to CRIMES (274637). You may remain anonymous.