| | | | Afternoon headlines for Monday, August 30, 2021
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Ex-Chairman of Christian Science Church in L.A. Gets Nearly 11 Years for Fraud  The former chairman of the board of a Christian Science church in Los Angeles was sentenced Monday to nearly 11 years behind bars for siphoning more than $11.4 million from the church. Along with the 130-month prison sentence, Charles Sebesta was ordered to pay the money back to the Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist, Los […]
  
Pair Accused Of Killing Disabled Girl At La Cresta Care Home Arraigned  A couple who operated a La Cresta care home where a 17-year-old physically and developmentally disabled girl died from alleged abuse and neglect pleaded not guilty Monday to felony charges. Michelle Louise Morris Kerin, 80, and her husband, 79-year-old Edward Lawrence Kerin, came under investigation in 2019 following the death of Diane “Princess” Ramirez at […]
Three Charged With Staging Auto Accidents On Local Freeways  Three people who allegedly purposely caused accidents on Los Angeles County freeways — including some in which motorists were severely injured — to collect money from insurance companies were charged Monday with assault with a deadly weapon and insurance fraud. Eduardo Retana, 25, Ausencio Gomez, 46, and Victor Valle-Diaz, 55, all of Los Angeles, are […]
LAUSD Brings COVID-19 Vaccines To School Campuses Across District  The Los Angeles Unified School District introduced school-based coronavirus vaccine clinics Monday, offering the shots on campus to any eligible students and employees. Interim Superintendent Megan Reilly said mobile vaccination teams will visit every LAUSD middle and high school campus to deliver first and second doses. “So this is the first day that we’re opening […]
Owners Of Santa Monica Upscale Hotel Sue Insurers Over Denied Claims The owners and managers of one luxury hotel in Santa Monica and two others in Hawaii are suing multiple insurance companies for allegedly breaching contracts to insure them for hundreds of millions of dollars in business losses during the coronavirus. MSD Capital LP, MSD Real Estate Partners LP and MSD Partners LP brought the complaint […]
Trial Starts for Man Accused of Killing Older Sibling Jury selection got underway Monday for the murder trial of a 30-year-old man accused of gunning down his older brother during a fight at their Sage home. Edgar Hernan Mancia is charged with in the June 2019 death of 29-yer-old Daniel “Danny” Mancia. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Timothy Freer summoned dozens of prospective jurors […]
Ambulance, Car Collide on MoVal Street An ambulance was involved in a collision while responding to an emergency call in Moreno Valley Monday, but there were no reports of injuries. The crash happened about 12:45 p.m. at the intersection of Lake Valley and Poppy Meadow drives, on the north end of the city, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Paramedics […]
Man Faces Charges Of Repeatedly Raping Ex-Girlfriend In Indio Jury selection will start Tuesday for the trial of a 51-year-old man accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home in Indio and repeatedly raping her while armed with a rifle. Juan Antonio Moreno is accused of sexually assaulting the woman, who was previously in a relationship with him, three separate times on the same night […]
Mother, Grandmother Accused Of Child Abduction A mother and grandmother who allegedly abducted a girl in Thousand Palms were out on bail Monday. Sara Lee Almodovar, 36, the biological mother of the child, and Rosa Valenzuela-Walker, 58, the biological grandmother, are accused of forcibly removing the child from her elementary school, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The two women […]
Orange County’s Monthly COVID-19 Deaths Continue Upward Trend Eighteen more Orange County residents have succumbed to COVID-19 this month, but hospitalization numbers declined since Friday, according to Orange County health Care Agency data released Monday. The 18 fatalities, which put the county’s cumulative total at 5,220, have been logged since Friday. They all occurred this month, with the most recent happening on Aug. […]
South L.A. Man Pleads Guilty in Fireworks Explosion Case A South Los Angeles man pleaded guilty Monday to a federal charge of illegally transporting tons of explosives, including dangerous homemade fireworks that were detonated by police in his neighborhood, leading to a massive explosion that destroyed a specially designed containment vehicle and injured 17 people. Arturo Ceja III entered his plea in Los Angeles […]
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