Los Angeles, Ca
Stolen yacht hits boats during chase across Newport Beach harbor
A person who stole a 60-foot yacht was arrested Thursday after a 10-minute chase that ended with him hitting two different boats and a seawall in Newport Seashore harbor, police stated.
A report of somebody vandalizing a yacht led police to the Pacific Coast Freeway shortly after 10 a.m. however when officers arrived they stated the suspect jumped into the boat and took off, authorities stated.
Dylan Eckardt took video of the boat colliding with a docked sailboat, pulling down its mast.
Debora Dolly was aboard the sailboat when it was struck and stated the starboard facet crashed into her a number of occasions.
Dolly stated she hit her head however in any other case was effective.
After hitting the sailboat, the boat backed up, circled and, pursued by the Orange County Sheriff’s Division Harbor Patrol, continued by the harbor till it hit one other parked vessel then slammed right into a seawall beside a bridge.
Joel Siam, 33, of San Diego was arrested on suspicion of grand theft of a ship and possession of a stolen boat and was jailed on $3 million bail, authorities stated.
It wasn’t instantly clear whether or not he had an lawyer to talk on his behalf.
The yacht was in a dock for upkeep and the keys have been inside when it was taken, sheriff’s deputies stated.
The proprietor of the stolen boat informed the station that it was purchased new in August and was for use for a constitution enterprise. The proprietor additionally stated a half-bottle of tequila from contained in the yacht was now gone.
Los Angeles, Ca
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.
A SigAlert was issued for the affected stretch of freeway that lasted about two hours.
Alexis Lewis contributed to this report.
Los Angeles, Ca
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.
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.
Los Angeles, Ca
Fire burns through apartment building in Koreatown, leaving families displaced
Families are left without a home after a massive fire burned through an apartment building in L.A.’s Koreatown.
The fire occurred on Sept. 26 at a building on the 750 block of South Normandie Avenue in the early morning hours.
When firefighters arrived, smoke was billowing from the roof and the flames destroyed multiple apartment units, leaving families displaced and without a place to sleep.
“There are six units total that have suffered severe damage,” said Celeste Kessler with the Los Angeles Tenants Union. “What really blows my mind is that the L.A. Housing Department has declared this a habitable unit.”
Inside Maria Vargas’ apartment, the fire burned through her kitchen, bathroom, personal belongings and several walls, leaving the unit unsafe and uninhabitable. The ceiling was burned through where water can be seen leaking and a clear view into her neighbor’s apartment is visible.
Vargas said she’s frustrated over the lack of ability to do basic things like cook or bathe in her home while also worrying about taking care of her three children.
“I’m not doing very well,” Vargas told KTLA’s John Fenoglio through a Spanish translator. “I’m very worried. We need help to leave this apartment. We can’t stay here.”
Many of the displaced residents don’t have anywhere else to go.
“We spent the night in our car,” said Margarita Linares, a mother of two children whose apartment was also destroyed.
Frustrated tenants told KTLA they’ve tried contacting the building’s manager but he reportedly wouldn’t answer their questions or even speak with them until the following Monday.
“TDI Properties, the owner of this building, has been pretty negligent, I would say, in terms of responding to this fire,” Kessler said. “They have not been speaking with tenants. Tenants went to their office and they refused to open the door so the tenants are grasping at straws to find a place to go where they can live with their children and TDI is just ignoring them.”
Displaced residents are left scrambling and had asked for assistance with temporary housing but said they’ve been completely ignored.
“I can’t believe that this is the reaction I’m getting,” Linares said. “I always pay my rent on time and now that I need something from them, I can’t believe this is the reaction.”
“Council District 10 was on the scene, but so far they have not offered any recourse,” Kessler said. “They talked about hotel vouchers for tenants but at the end of the day, they told us they were out of them. So they truly haven’t been much help, either.”
“There should not be a circumstance where individuals are displaced due to a fire and they are unable to find housing in the short term,” an attorney, Ryan Kerns, explained of the situation. “If the landlord’s negligence was the cause of the fire, then the landlord is responsible for relocating costs and finding replacement apartments. If the landlord can find replacement apartments in the same unit that are of the same value as the apartments the tenants were already having, that can potentially constitute the replacement value of that property.”
On Saturday night, a spokesperson from Council District 10 told KTLA they are working on finding interim housing for the displaced tenants.
A GoFundMe page organized by the Los Angeles Tenants Union to help the affected tenants can be found here.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
KTLA has reached out to TDI Properties for a statement but has not heard back.
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