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How bloodhound tracked down suspect in shooting of CHP officer

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How bloodhound tracked down suspect in shooting of CHP officer

A Los Angeles Police Division bloodhound on Tuesday helped authorities monitor down an “armed and harmful” suspect after a California Freeway Patrol officer was shot and critically wounded in Studio Metropolis the night time earlier than.

The suspect within the capturing, recognized as 33-year-old Pejhmaun Iraj Khosroabadi, was discovered and arrested in a homeless encampment after LAPD Okay-9 Piper tracked down his despatched.

“We do that each day. That is what we prepare for, retrain for — these large occasions — and we had been prepared,“ Piper’s handler, LAPD officer Josh Leon, instructed KTLA.

The officer defined that bloodhounds search for pores and skin grafts that an individual sheds, in order that they seek for a scent particular to an individual.

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Leon stated all the proper situations had been in place for Piper to trace the suspect’s scent following the capturing.

“It occurred in the course of the night time so wind contamination wasn’t actually an element, the warmth wasn’t there. So I knew that with these three issues on our aspect, time was the final of my worries,” Leon stated.

After Piper was given the suspect’s scent, she took off, main officers to a homeless encampment over half a mile away.

As soon as they obtained to the tent, Piper was held again and a tactical workforce moved in to detain the suspect.

“Bloodhounds, normally, they’re loving canines, they’re happy-go-lucky canines… So that they don’t know the distinction if we’re searching for an individual that’s a foul man or an individual that’s misplaced,” Leon stated.

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Piper and different LAPD bloodhounds are principally used to search for lacking youngsters or aged folks, reasonably than suspects.

“We don’t enable them to go up as a result of they’ll’t defend themselves and in addition as a result of the individual could also be armed and harmful,” Leon stated.

To reward Piper for locating the suspect, the officer gave her a hamburger.

“After they get an enormous one, we give them a hamburger. … In-N-Out is their favourite,” Leon stated.

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Video captures suspects ransacking Target in Orange County

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Video captures suspects ransacking Target in Orange County

Security video captured two men ransacking a Target in Orange County and escaping with nearly $1,200 worth of merchandise. 

The theft happened at a Target store located on the 13200 block of Jamboree Road in Irvine, according to police.

Surveillance video captured the men entering the store and heading directly to the baby care section.

They began quickly grabbing the merchandise off display shelves. One man stuffed items into a plastic bag while the other grabbed a box and whatever else he could hold.

They were seen sprinting towards the store’s exit, running through a line of other customers who looked on in surprise.

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Irvine police said the men escaped with around $1,200 worth of breast pumps. They left the area before officers could arrive.

  • The two men ransacked shelves at Target, stealing nearly $1,200 worth of breast pumps in Irvine. (Irvine Police Deaprtment)
  • The suspects are seen running through a line of customers with stolen merchandise. (Irvine Police Deaprtment)
  • The suspects are seen running through a line of customers with stolen merchandise. (Irvine Police Deaprtment)
  • The suspects are seen running through a line of customers with stolen merchandise. (Irvine Police Deaprtment)
  • A suspect wanted for stealing nearly $1,200 worth of breast pumps at an Irvine Target. (Irvine Police Deaprtment)
  • The suspects' vehicle pulling into the Target parking lot. (Irvine Police Deaprtment)

Detectives said the duo are linked to similar thefts throughout Southern California. Police have released images of the suspects, hoping the public may recognize them.

Anyone who may recognize the pair or has additional information is asked to email mricci@cityofirvine.org.

Footage of the theft can be viewed in the video player above.

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Woman caught with almost 100 lbs of fentanyl pills in Indio: DOJ

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Woman caught with almost 100 lbs of fentanyl pills in Indio: DOJ

An American woman living in Mexico faces a potential sentence of life in federal prison after officials say she was pulled over in Indio with almost 100 pounds of fentanyl pills in her car.

Adriana Galindo, who now lives in San Luis Río Colorado, was driving a 2015 black Chevrolet Malibu on the 10 Freeway on Tuesday when she was pulled over by Border Patrol agents conducting vehicle stops, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release.

Galindo, 34, was with her young son at the time and told agents that “they were driving to Los Angeles to purchase clothing for a retail store in Mexico and were planning to return home later that day,” the release said.

Galindo told agents they could search her vehicle, and a K-9 unit smelled narcotics, the DOJ said.

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Agents found only one blue pill of suspected fentanyl, but once the car was brought back to the station, officials say they found 93.3 pounds of fentanyl pills “in a non-factory compartment located under the car’s front seats.”

The Border Patrol said the narcotics had a street value of more than $1.9 million.

She faces a charge of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and she was expected to make her initial court appearance in Riverside on Thursday afternoon.

The boy’s aunt, a California resident, took custody of him.

If convicted, Galindo faces a minimum of 10 years in federal prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison.

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Bear brings traffic to a halt on busy Southern California freeway

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Bear brings traffic to a halt on busy Southern California freeway

A bear brought motorists to a stop in Santa Clarita when it wandered onto a busy freeway and took a look around on Tuesday evening.

The traffic-snarling carnivore was spotted shortly after 7 p.m. on the 14 Freeway near Newhall Avenue.

Video recorded by @dan-kanes and shared with KTLA shows the bear walking on the freeway, looking around and then turning back toward the hills.

A bear is seen wandering on the 14 Freeway in Santa Clarita on May 14, 2024. (@dan_kanes/@atlaslensco via Instagram)

“Motorists displayed compassion and patience for the bear,” said Kanes, who described the bear as looking “a little confused.”

KTLA Morning News anchor Chris Schauble said he was stuck in the backup after being alerted by his daughter.

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“So, I’m leaving the gym and sure enough it’s nuts out there … I thought, ‘Oh there was an accident,’ I had no idea it was a bear,” he said. 

Wildlife experts say spring is the time of year that bears leave their winter dens in search of food.

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