By Bill Hendrickson
Dunsmoor, a new restaurant in Glassell Park, became the target of anti-gentrification graffiti and protests on Wednesday, the day of its opening, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. More here.
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Daniel Nogueira, 28, who threw a lit firework into the homeless encampment under the 2 Freeway in Eagle Rock in 2019, injuring two and setting the hills afire, will be placed in a mental-health treatment program rather than face trial and possible jail, the judge in the case said today.
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The Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council has weighed in on an issue that is bound to be front and center in this year’s race for mayor of Los Angeles, namely, whether people accused of misdemeanors and lower-level felonies should be required to post cash bail to avoid pre-trial detention. Bail for such offenses has not been required in L.A. since March 2020.
In a recent letter to the L.A. City Council, the ERNC firmly opposes an effort by Councilmember and mayoral candidate Joe Buscaino (Council District 15) to reinstate bail. To understand the ERNC position read on.
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A Huntington Park man was sentenced on Monday to 21 years in federal prison for 21 armed robberies or attempted armed robberies of Trader Joe’s stores throughout Southern California, including the Eagle Rock location on Sept. 9, 2020, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said on Monday. Read more here.
Continue ReadingShootings yes, Murders no, More patrols in CD-14. Read update here.
Continue ReadingTwo members of the Avenues gang were recently convicted for shootings that killed one homeless man and injured another in Montecito Heights in 2018. . Read story here.
Continue ReadingThree deaths in a month! Highland Park shaken. Read story here.
Continue ReadingThis month Laura Brady-Allen reports LAPD arresting man in shooting death of 15 year-old, a stand-off, and a push for more cops on the beat.
Continue ReadingLAPD proposes foot patrols on Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock. Read more here.
Continue ReadingBreak-ins occurred early Wednesday morning, January 8, 2020, at two restaurants on Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock.
Continue ReadingA bank robbery and more burglaries in Eagle Rock. Here’s your monthly crime update.
Continue ReadingThe woman found dead on October 17 in the homeless encampment under the 2 Freeway in Eagle Rock has been identified . . . . .
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Updates on Eagle Rock burgler, shooting death arrests, more burglaries in Eagle Rock.
Continue ReadingShootings are plaguing NELA. We report in this edition on four of them, including the fatal shooting of LAPD Officer Juan Jose Diaz. For details continue with this September crime report by Laura Brady-Allen.
Continue ReadingJuan Jose Diaz, a 24-year-old officer who served two years with LAPD, died in the gunfire that broke out around 1 a.m. near Avenue 26 and Humboldt Street, according to the Police Department.
Continue ReadingThis month we had a murder in Eagle Rock, a prowler apprehended and a man sentenced in mugging of a pregnant jogger. Up to date details on all this and more are here for you.
Continue ReadingShooting on Colorado Blvd. For details read on.
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This month focuses on a conviction for burglary in Eagle Rock, a sexual preditor also in Eagle Rock, a hearing for a a person know for harassing and threatening women and the bomb threat at Franklin High School.
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This month focuses on a couple of scary adults that have plagued the neighborhoods and two juveniles arrested for armed robbery in Eagle Rock.
Continue ReadingHere’s the follow up on some of the NELA’s recent crimes:
Continue ReadingThe Boulevard Is a Vulnerable Target, Business Owners Want More Police Presence by Joel Sappell and Laura Brady-Allen UPDATE: May 29, 2019, 6:25 p.m. Three men arrested for a one-night spree of burglaries on Colorado Blvd. in Eagle Rock and Pasadena on Jan. 5 pleaded no contest to the charges on May […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 24, 2019 Here’s the press release from the Pasadena Police Department: PASADENA POLICE STOP COMMERCIAL BURGLARY SPREE PASADENA POLICE ALSO SEEK THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING A THIRD ARRESTED: Juan Manuel Morales, male, 19-years old, Los Angeles, CA resident Kiyonte Levell Sowell, male, 18-years old, Los Angeles, CA resident PASADENA, CA – On Friday, […]
Continue ReadingGlendale Police have arrested 28-year old Joseph Esposito, Jr. for attempted robbery and assault on a police officer in connection with the officer-involved shooting on Jan. 2 in the parking lot near Target at the Eagle Rock Plaza. The arrest occurred at the home of Mr. Esposito on Trent Way on the border of Eagle […]
Continue ReadingAn assailant used bodily force to rob a pregnant woman of her cell phone at the Glassell Park Recreation Center on Friday, Jan. 11 at 10:20 a.m. Officers with the LAPD have arrested Marlon Bugtong Mata, a 29-year old transient, for the robbery. This information was provided by Captain Arturo Sandoval, Commanding Officer of the […]
Continue ReadingAs the New Year begins, notable crimes committed toward the end of 2018 are either making their way through the courts or remain unsolved. Here’s an update: Maximo Muy, 25, the man accused of shooting three innocent bystanders outside of Johnny’s Bar on York Blvd. in Highland Park on Oct. 6, pleaded “not guilty” to […]
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