Narcotics

Jan 10 2013

One in Carson, another downtown

Two embattled Los Angeles County sheriff’s captains have retired, including one suspected of funneling secret information to an alleged drug trafficker and another who allegedly protected brutal and dishonest jailers.

Nov 3 2011

Unrelated warrant

A boy, who pointed a gun at police officers and was critically injured in an officer-involved shooting, who was booked for an unrelated narcotics warrant and is being held without bail, police said today.

Police were sent to Central Ave. and 22nd St. about 8 p.m. Monday to investigate reports of gunfire. Witnesses pointed them in the direction of the suspect.

When the officers got near Hooper Ave. and Adams Blvd. the boy pointed a gun at them, was shot in return and taken to a hospital.

Jun 13 2011

Stolen property, methamphetamine, heroin

SANTA CLARITA, Calif.—At least 16 people were arrested for allegedly taking part in a burglary ring that targeted vehicles, homes and Toys”R”Us stores in the Santa Clarita Valley, sheriff’s officials said today.

Sheriff’s deputies conducted a raid at 23928 Arroyo Park Drive in Valencia on Thursday and in the 22900 block of Oakridge Drive in Newhall the next day, according to sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Anderson.

May 26 2011

Follow-up on 2006 action

In the wake of a predawn raid accompanied by flash grenades, tear gas, rubber bullets and conducted by a joint task force of federal, state and local law enforcement officials last Thursday, a spokesperson for the United States attorney general’s office said 21 alleged members and associates of the Black P-Stone gang were arraigned in federal court and trial dates have been set.

Across Black America

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

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.