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Man gets 85 years to life for killing Burbank teen
A 37-year-old gang member was sentenced to 85 years to life in prison Thursday for killing a 16-year-old Burbank boy and trying to kill his four friends 20 years ago in Van Nuys. Rodolfo Gallegos remained stoic as Los Angeles County Superior Court...Tags: Justice System, Mexico, Judges, Juvenile Delinquency, Justice System
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Commanders address police union grievances
Burbank police union officials say commanders have acquiesced to many of the grievances they filed against the impacts of reassigning rank-and-file officers. The grievances, filed in late April, focused on the lack of police officers in key field...Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Crimes, Unions, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice
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Gang member sentencing delayed again
The sentencing for a 36-year-old gang member convicted of killing a 16-year-old Burbank boy and trying to kill his four friends 20 years ago was postponed Thursday. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Bob Bowers rescheduled Rodolfo Gallegos’...Tags: Crimes, Murder, Assault, Justice System, Judges
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Extradited shooter found guilty
A 36-year-old ex-gang member was found guilty on Wednesday of killing a 16-year-old Burbank boy and trying to kill his four friends in 1991 after they left a house party, officials said. Rodolfo Gallegos faces multiple life sentences for the first-...Tags: Steve Cooley, Justice System, Mexico, Crime, Law and Justice, Witnesses
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Start the Presses: Broken window theories
It was a mess.
Broken glass from the left-side window of the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader lay strewn about the inside of our building last week. Someone, for unknown reason or motivation, destroyed one of our panel windows.
I gave my...Tags: Crimes, Political Corruption, Newspaper and Magazine, Health and Medical Professionals, Mexico
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Olive Avenue Confidential: Scott Schaffer's side of the story
Note: This is the first of a two-part series.
More than a year-and-a-half after Scott Schaffer's release from a 13-month prison sentence for pleading guilty to trading guns for drugs with street-gang affiliates — a conspiracy he maintains he did...Tags: Punishment, Social Issues, Internists, Health and Medical Professionals, University of Southern California
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Olive Avenue Confidential
This is the second in a two-part series.
In last week's Olive Avenue Confidential, former Burbank mover and shaker Scott Schaffer spoke out publicly for the first time since his 2005 arrest and 13-month prison sentence for mixing drugs and guns with bad...Tags: Punishment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Social Issues, Laws, University of Southern California
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It's a no-brainer: Legalize marijuana
I read with great disappointment Bill Kisliuk's article "Gatto and Ramani go into detail" in your Oct.13 edition, wherein he states that both Sander Ramani and Assemblyman Mike Gatto support the continuing financial and social foolishness of the law...Tags: Al Capone, Sacramento, Social Issues, Justice System, Drug Trafficking
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Police report
The following were taken from reports filed with the Burbank Police Department Area 1 1000 block of Victory Place At 1:35 p.m. on Nov. 3, Terrence Taylor, 24, of Inglewood, was arrested after allegedly stealing wooden pallets and attempting to run...Tags: Sony Corp., Crimes, Minority Groups, Crime, Law and Justice, Burbank (Los Angeles, California)
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Police presence to rise at parks
Police patrols at city parks and schools will be ramped up starting in January after the City Council this week authorized the new strategy. The park patrol program has tried several approaches in the past 20 years — including volunteers, park...Tags: Nature, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Substance Abuse
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Clerks caught selling spray paint to minors
BURBANK — Four store clerks were cited this week after they allegedly sold spray paint supplies to underage teens who were working undercover for police, officials said. Several teens volunteered to go undercover Tuesday and purchase spray paint...Tags: Crimes, Social Issues, Justice System, Juvenile Delinquency, Crime, Law and Justice
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Mad baseball skills
OLIVE PARK — For most of the Hap Minor Baseball season, players were mainly concerned with team-orientated goals, like winning divisional titles.
But at the 54rd annual Burbank Civitan Club Baseball Jamboree, it was a time for individual...Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, Redman, Crimes, Tommy McDonald, Crime, Law and Justice
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