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O.C. mom gets life sentence for pushing infant son off hospital parking structure, killing him

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O.C. mom gets life sentence for pushing infant son off hospital parking structure, killing him

A La Habra mom was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years to life in jail for pushing her 7-month-old son to his dying from atop an Orange County hospital parking construction over a decade in the past.

Sonia Hermosillo, 42, advised the choose that she was sorry for killing Noe Medina Jr. in 2011 and requested in tears to be reunited together with her household, the Orange County Register reported.

“I’m asking for a chance to be with my daughters,” she stated by way of a Spanish translator. “Please, your honor, I do know that what I did was incorrect, however I remorse doing that from the underside of my coronary heart.”

Hermosillo was convicted by a jury final August of 1 felony depend of first-degree homicide and one felony depend of assault on a baby inflicting dying. She had entered a plea of not responsible and never responsible by cause of madness, triggering a separate trial to find out whether or not she was legally insane on the time of the incident.

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A month later, the identical jury who convicted Hermosillo of first-degree homicide additionally discovered her to be sane on the time of the homicide.

O.C. Superior Court docket Decide Kimberly Menninger stated Wednesday that her solely choices for sentencing had been both probation or 25-years-to-life behind bars, including {that a} sentence of probation for killing a child was not a very good possibility, the O.C. Register reported.

“There isn’t a winner right here,” Menninger advised Hermosillo’s household. “This simply turned a tragedy and I’m so sorry for what you went by way of.”

On Aug. 22, 2011, Hermosillo drove her 7-month-old son, Noe, to Youngsters’s Hospital of Orange County within the metropolis of Orange and parked her automotive on the fourth flooring of its parking construction.

Child Noe was born with congenital muscular torticollis and wore a medical helmet to appropriate his plagiocephaly. His medical situations required him to obtain therapy on the hospital usually, however the toddler didn’t have an appointment scheduled that day.

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Hermosillo eliminated Noe’s helmet and pushed him from the parking construction, the DA’s workplace stated. Prosecutors say she had the intention of murdering him.

The mom then walked contained in the hospital, validated her parking and drove away.

A witness who noticed the newborn falling by way of the air referred to as 911, and police responded to the scene.

Noe was taken to the trauma heart on the UC Irvine Medical Middle in crucial situation and died two days later.

Shortly after Noe was pushed off the parking construction, Hermosillo’s husband, Noe Medina, referred to as regulation enforcement to report that his spouse and son had been lacking.

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Medina advised police on the time that his spouse had just lately been hospitalized for melancholy and was not allowed to be alone with the newborn. He stated she took Noe whereas he was watching the couple’s two different kids at their house in La Habra. He had not been instantly conscious of what had occurred however when he realized they had been gone, he referred to as police to report them lacking.

That night time, an Orange police officer noticed Hermosillo driving previous the hospital on Predominant Road and arrested her, officers stated.

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Vandals graffiti $20-million Bel Air home in latest vacant mansion tagging

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Vandals graffiti -million Bel Air home in latest vacant mansion tagging

A vacant $20-million mansion in Bel Air is the most recent victim of tagging in Los Angeles County.

Vandals broke in and caused 10s of thousands of dollars worth of damage, according to the realtor, by smashing windows and spray painting nearly every wall.

This residence, which neighbors say partially belongs to the half-brother of Osama Bin Laden, is one of three vacant mansions and other buildings recently targeted for graffiti.

The Los Angeles Police Department said officers made two arrests in connection with the vandalism at one of the other mansions.

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Neighbors, however, tell KTLA’s Jennifer McGraw they think leaders need to push for harsher penalties.

“Policies and the way we treat crime have got to stop,” said a nearby resident. “The thing is the people who own these homes, create the wealth, create the taxes and things like this are going to scare people away, and they just go to other areas where it’s safer.”

The realtor said she had never seen anything like this in her 30 years of experience.

Police made one arrest, but the property manager did not press any charges.

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Motorist dead after being ejected from car during crash on L.A. freeway; 3 others seriously hurt 

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Motorist dead after being ejected from car during crash on L.A. freeway; 3 others seriously hurt 

One person died and three others were hospitalized in serious condition after a violent rollover crash near the interchange of two major L.A. freeways early Sunday. 

According to the California Highway Patrol, officers responded to the 134 Freeway eastbound connector with the southbound 5 Freeway in Griffith Park at 12:50 a.m. on reports of a single-vehicle crash. 

Upon arriving, they located the gray sedan involved in the collision on its roof and suffering major damage. 

Investigators found that one of the vehicle’s occupants was ejected from the car due to the force of the collision. Two others were trapped and had to be rescued with hydraulic rescue tools, and a fourth was able to escape on their own, authorities said. 

Of the three surviving victims, one was said to be in grave condition and the other two in critical condition. 

It was not immediately clear if impairment or speed played a role in the deadly crash. 

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A SigAlert was issued for the affected stretch of freeway that lasted about two hours.

Alexis Lewis contributed to this report.

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Suspect arrested in deadly Orange County hit-and-run crash

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Suspect arrested in deadly Orange County hit-and-run crash

A suspect was arrested in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left a woman dead in Orange County.

The suspect was identified as Edgar Arce, 24, according to the Anaheim Police Department. 

On Sept. 15, police responded to a hit-and-run crash near Katella Avenue, just west of Euclid Street in Anaheim at around 4:40 a.m.

Officers found a woman with severe traumatic injury at the scene. She was transported to the hospital where she was later pronounced dead.

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The victim was identified as Sabrina Ruiz Adame, a 47-year-old woman who was a transient, Anaheim police said.

Witnesses said they saw a dark-colored SUV traveling westbound on Katella Avenue fatally strike her. The suspect drove away from the scene without stopping.

Detectives later identified the driver as Arce. He was located and arrested on felony hit-and-run charges. His vehicle was recovered and is being processed for evidence.

The deadly crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the Anaheim Police Department at 714-765-1900 or Orange County Crime Stoppers at 855-TIP-OCCS.

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