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El Monte High School volunteer arrested for sexual battery, child porn A South El Monte High School volunteer youth advisor was arrested for Sexual Battery and Possession of Child Pornography Dec 30. The investigation began Wednesday, December 4, 2013, when school officials contacted Temple Sheriff’s Station deputies. They reported that one of the suspect’s coworkers saw a pornographic image on the computer they share at the high school. The coworker immediately alerted school officials. The suspect was identified as Andres Fernandez, male/30, of South El Monte. Please see page 7
Monrovia Weekly
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Monday, january 13, 2014 - january 19, 2014 Volume 19, No. 2
Lee Baca retires as Los Angeles County Sheriff during mid-election cycle
In what can only be described as a highly emotional press conference Tuesday, Sheriff Lee Baca announced his plans to step down at the end of January. Hundreds of media representatives, colleagues and deputies plus numerous supporters of the embattled
Sheriff attended the press conference in Monterey Park. The news of Baca’s decision to step down caught people by surprise inside and outside the county agency. He was in a tough re-election battle while dealing with many serious accusations of impropriety against him and at
San Gabriel city council to consider “Greening BCS – Florida St. puts on the Code” in the heat in last 13 seconds January Heisman Trophy winner leads San Gabriel’s development code stands to get “greener” and environmentally friendly in 2014 if the City Council adopts a package of amendments dubbed “Greening the Code”. Thanks to a grant from the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), staff and consultants have been working since last year on the amendments. Input was gathered from the community, the Planning and Design Review Commissions and the City Council, Please see page 9
Seminoles in dramatic comeback to win National Championship By SHEL SEGAL
A two-yard touchdown pass from Jameis Winston to Kelvin Benjamin with just 13 seconds left put Florida State University over the top against Auburn University, 34-31, on Monday night at the Rose Bowl in the final BCS national championship game. The win ended the Seminoles’ perfect season at 14-0. Auburn finished at 12-2. Winston threw 6-for-7 for 77 yards on the game-winning 80-yard drive. With pass inter-
ference called on Chris Davis of Auburn to set up first and goal at the two-yard line, Winston then looked for Benjamin. Overall, Winston – the 2013 Heisman Trophy winner – threw 20-for-35 for 237 yards and two fourth quarter touchdown passes. Auburn took a shortlived 31-27 lead with 1:19 to play following a 37-yard Please see page 5
least 18 deputies under his command, particularly with regard to the jails. Baca allegedly told told top officials in county government late Monday that he believed stepping down would help the department. Baca made a brief statement Tuesday morning then followed with a
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Father in law arrested in stabbing murder in Arcadia
brief question and answer period. Baca, LA county’s only Latino sheriff in the past century has faced huge political scandals, especially recently. In October 2011, the ACLU and area activists, including former California Attorney General
On January 7, 2014, at approximately 8:24 a.m., officers responded to an apartment complex located in the 900 Block of Arcadia Avenue on the report of a female not breathing. On arrival officers encountered a female victim inside of an apartment suffering from multiple stab wounds. Arriving officers were directed to a possible suspect who had just left the location. Responding officers were able to locate the suspect and took him into custody without incident. Paramedics from the Arcadia Fire Department responded to the scene and transported the victim to Huntington Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced deceased by emergency room personnel. The victim was identified as Xiaolin Li, a 41-year-old female resident of Arcadia. The arrested
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An emotional Lee Baca said he decided to retire three days ago during the Monday press conference in Monterey Park. -Photo by Terry Miller
By Terry Miller
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Babysitter’s boyfriend arrested for assaulting 2 Year-old toddler Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives responded to Miller’s Children’s Hospital, 2801 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, to investigate the circumstances surrounding a male two yearold who is in extremely critical condition. Detectives have learned that Norwalk Station deputies responded along with paramedics to a “Baby Not Breathing” call at 12:50 PM on Sunday, January 5, 2014 in the 11400 block of Maza Street, Norwalk. When they arrived, the victim was unresponsive and subsequently transported to a local hospital. Further investigation resulted in the arrest of Norwalk
resident, Elder Matamoros, MH/23, who is reportedly the boyfriend of the babysitter. Earlier in the day, the victim had been left by his mother to be cared for by a resident at the location. It is believed the suspect assaulted the victim by using blunt force trauma. Suspect Matamoros is currently charged with “Cruelty to a Child Likely to Produce Great Bodily Injury or Death” and is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail. There is no additional information available at this time. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bu-
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reau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http:// lacrimestoppers.org.