Arrested

Nov 30 2011
292 arrested

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Police officers in riot helmets arrested 292 people today and, in a mostly peaceful operation, dismantled the tent city that sprang up Oct. 1 outside Los Angeles City Hall as a western outpost of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

The park where the encampment was set up was fully cleared by 5:10 a.m., about five hours after the operation began, Los Angeles police Officer Cleon Joseph said.

Nov 22 2011

“Find My Phone” application

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Police investigating an armed robbery in the Fairfax Village area quickly found a woman’s stolen Apple iPhone by using the “Find My Phone” application, and they arrested two people in the crime, authorities said today.

Officers were sent to Sierra Bonita Avenue at Rosewood Avenue about 9:30 p.m. Nov. 17 on an armed robbery call, said Officer Norma Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Nov 18 2011

Possession of a controlled substance

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Bonnie Pointer, a founding member of the Pointer Sisters singing group, was arrested today for possession of a controlled substance following a traffic stop in the unincorporated Athens area of south Los Angeles, authorities said.

Patricia “Bonnie” Pointer, 61, was arrested at about 12:40 a.m. in the 1700 block of West 125th Street, the sheriff’s department reported.

Nov 11 2011

Gun, ammunition and marijuana

LITTLEROCK, Calif.—Sheriff’s deputies conducting a random probation check arrested the father of the probationer today for suspicion of possession of a gun, ammunition and marijuana for sale.

Oct 25 2011

18 year veteran

 LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A Los Angeles police sergeant arrested Sunday on suspicion of breaking into a woman’s home is on paid leave today, pending an investigating.

San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies arrested Lucien Daigle, 44, of Highland, Sunday evening not far from the woman’s home in the 8900 block of Tres Lagos Drive near Redlands, sheriff’s Sgt. Paul Morrison said.

The woman, who was not identified, told deputies she came home from walking her dogs, found her back door open and a man inside, Morrison said.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”