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Anaheim Mayor, Visits Puerto Rico As Part Of Island’s Rebuilding Effort
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naheim Mayor, Tom Tait, and Public Works Director, Rudy Emami, are visiting Puerto Rico on Monday as part of a group of mainland mayors and officials offering expertise, experience and ongoing connection with counterparts on the rebuilding island. Mayor Tait and Emami are visiting Guaynabo City just outside San Juan, meeting with Mayor Angel Perez Otero and touring the city of 100,000 residents. “We’ve all seen the devastation in Puerto Rico and wondered how we can help,” Tait said. “This is a chance for
Long Beach P.D. Seeks Help With Murder Investigation
Long Beach officers were dispatched to the 5300 hundred block of Orange Avenue regarding a shooting,on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, which resulted in the death of two male adults, and the injury of a third. When officers arrived, they discovered a deceased male, identified as 52-year-old Suy Phavong of Long Beach,
who had sustained a gunshot wound to the torso. A second male subject, identified as 35-year-old Panha Nhean of Long Beach, had also been struck in the torso. He was transported to a local hospital by Long Beach Fire Department paramedics, where he was pronounced
Officers responded to a residential burglary in progress in the 79000 block of Randolph Ct. Police were summoned to the location when a resident telephoned police to report subjects breaking in to her home. Officers quickly responded, however the suspects had fled in a dark colored compact vehicle. A description of the suspect vehicle was broadcast to sur-
rounding law enforcement agencies. A short time later, officers from the Indio Police Department located and stopped the vehicle in Indio. La Quinta Police Special Enforcement Team assumed the investigation. Arrested was Alan Sandoval, age 18 of Indio, and a 17 year-old male juvenile, also
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Cat Burglary Suspects Arrested In Riverside
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Anaheim to be a resource for Guaynabo as it moves forward. If we can provide any insight into rebuilding or rallying the community after a disaster, we stand ready to help.” Guaynabo saw widespread damage from Hurricane Maria in September. The city is still recovering from power and water outages, damaged roads and bridges and thousands of destroyed or damaged homes. See Page 3
San Bernardino Gang Members Connected In 2016 Pasadena Shooting The last of four Pasadena Denver Lanes (PDL) gang members was sentenced last Tuesday for federal firearm offenses committed over a six-month period in 2016. The criminal possession of firearms by gang members involved in the case included a downtown Pasadena shooting following a high school football game. Anthony Bingham, 27, of San Bernardi-
no, was sentenced to three years of probation and six months of home detention by the Honorable Jesus G. Bernal, Central District of California. Bingham pleaded guilty on Jan. 8, 2018 on a felon in possession charge. “This is an example of ATF working
A 42-year-old man was sentenced to 91 years and eight months to life in state prison for killing his neighbor, shooting another and pointing a gun at several other individuals before fleeing from deputies, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. On Jan. 26, a jury convicted Luis Santillan Valdes of Duarte of seven felony counts in case GA099511: one count each of first-degree murder, attempted murder and fleeing a pursuing
peace officer’s motor vehicle while driving and four counts of assault with a firearm. Jurors also found true special allegations that the defendant personally and intentionally discharged a firearm, which caused great bodily injury and death during the crime. Deputy District Attorney Vanessa Alfaro, who prosecuted the case, said on the even-
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Duarte Man Sentenced to 91 Years in Prison
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