- Metrolink jurors give guilt verdict - Thursday a jury convicted 29-year-old Juan Alvarez of 11 counts of first-degree murder for causing a 2005 commuter train derailment as well as, one count of arson but acquitted him of a count called train wrecking. As many of you recall Alvarez said he was only trying to kill himself when he parked his car on the train tracks and that he was sorry that he was not dead but 11 others were and 180 people injured. Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty.
- 8-year-old killed after being hit by car - An unidentified, 8-year-old girl died this morning after she was struck by a car Wednesday while crossing a street in Pomona while visiting relatives. He was listed in critical condition after she was struck and taken to a local hospital. She had taken a younger cousin to a nearby store and was returning when she ran onto Garey Avenue south of Grand Ave at about 6:15pm and was struck by a 1999 Toyota 4Runner. The unidentified driver was a nurse on his way home from work and attempted to stop before he hit the girl. He got out of his car and administered CPR on the girl. The driver has not been cited and speeding is not being considered a facotr, although the investigation is ongoing. The girl was not crossing in a crosswalk, at a corner or at a traffic signal, he said.
- Police hunt shooter in Compton killing -Ryan Allen West, 28, a former Maywood Police had pleaded not guilty on charges of sexually assaulting three women while he was on duty in 2006 and 2007. Hall set Aug. 4 as a hearing date to determine whether there is enough evidence to bring West to trial. West was the Maywood Police Department’s canine handler officer. He is charged with a dozen felony counts, including rape by threat to arrest or deport, sexual penetration by foreign object, oral copulation under color of authority, assault by a public officer, burglary and sexual battery by restraint. An investigation was begun after an alleged victim went to a hospital and reported that she had been raped by a police officer and then two more alleged victims surfaced. If convicted, West faces up to 24 1/2 years in state prison.
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