By City News Service
May 19, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Arraignment is set today for a 57-year-old man charged with setting a four-alarm fire that caused extensive damage to the historic San Gabriel Mission last summer.
John David Corey also known as “Joker was charged May 4 with two felony counts of arson of an inhabited structure and one count each of arson during a state of emergency, first-degree residential burglary, and possession of flammable material in connection with the July 11 fire. He could face up to 14 years in prison if convicted of all counts.
Prosecutors allege Corey broke into the mission and started the blaze, which spread to the roof and along the length of the church. The fire, which was reported at 4:24 a.m., took more than two hours to knock down.
By City News Service
May 19, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Firefighters knocked down a blaze today inside a vacant home in the Florence area of Los Angeles.
The fire at 8127 S. Broadway St. was reported at 2:57 a.m., Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange said.
The department dispatched 28 firefighters to the scene and extinguished the flames in about 18 minutes, Prange said.
Firefighters will remain at the scene to put out any hot spots that might flare up, Prange added.
No injuries were reported, and the cause was under investigation.
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By City News Service
May 19, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - An attack on a group of men at a restaurant in the Beverly Grove area, which was being investigated by police today as a possible hate crime, drew condemnation from a Los Angeles city councilman who said the victims were Jewish diners targeted by a pro-Palestinian group.
The victims were confronted shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday outside Sushi Fumi in the 300 block of North La Cienega Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, which confirmed the incident was being investigated as a possible hate crime.
Police said one minor injury was reported. No one was arrested.
By City News Service
May 17, 2021
A 43-year-old Anaheim man was arrested in Garden Grove for allegedly attempting to kill his estranged wife who was watching their son play sports, Garden Grove police reported today.
The arrest came Thursday around 7:05 p.m. at the Chapman Sports Complex located at 11701 Knott St., Garden Grove police Sgt. Vince Vaicaro said. The attack occurred as several youth sporting events were underway on the field, Vaicaro said.
The unidentified woman was alerted by her son that her husband, identified as Russel Husges, was coming up behind her in the stands allegedly armed with kitchen knives, Vaicaro continued. The intended victim ran away from Husges onto the field screaming for help, Vaicaro said. Husges was then subdued and disarmed by one of the coaches and an off-duty police officer.