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                                                                                                 U.S. NEWS Friday 18 august 2017





























                      Suspect falls to death from atop crane at Los Angeles port



            LOS  ANGELES  (AP)  —  The                                                                                          an  investigation  “into  all
            Port  of  Los  Angeles  said                                                                                        circumstances  regarding
            Thursday  it  was  reviewing                                                                                        Wednesday evening’s inci-
            security  measures  after  a                                                                                        dent, including the security
            suspected  car  thief  drove                                                                                        breach  at  the  container
            onto  the  sprawling  com-                                                                                          terminal.  This  thorough  re-
            plex during a police chase                                                                                          view,  including  protocols
            and climbed to the top of                                                                                           necessary  to  address  im-
            a loading crane, dangling                                                                                           provements,  will  be  com-
            over  edges  and  stripping                                                                                         pleted  as  soon  as  possi-
            naked before falling to his                                                                                         ble.” Port workers stopped
            death.                                                                                                              working and watched the
            The man plunged 160 feet                                                                                            scene,  some  with  binocu-
            (49  meters)  to  the  ground                                                                                       lars.  Police  waited  below
            and  died  about  three                                                                                             for  him  for  hours,  worried
            hours  after  he  first  scaled                                                                                     that  if  they  approached
            the   crane    Wednesday                                                                                            he might slip or jump.
            night. It’s not clear whether                                                                                       As  news  helicopters  hov-
            he  slipped  or  jumped  de-                                                                                        ered  above,  he  shed  his
            liberately,  Los  Angeles  fire   This frame from video provided by KABC-TV shows a man atop a container loading crane at the   Lakers  jersey  and  shoes,
            officials said.              Port of Los Angeles, where he climbed after an hours-long high-speed police pursuit of his vehicle   then later took off the rest
            The  coroner’s  office  on   in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. The man left his car, climbed to the top of the crane   of his clothes. He dangled
            Thursday   identified   the   and was sitting there as darkness approached.                                         and nearly fell several times
            man as 23-year-old James                                                                          (KABC-TV via AP)  before eventually plunging
            Llamas. Officials did not im-                                                                                       to the ground.
            mediately  know  where  he   showing the vehicle swerv-   ty,  circling  back  and  forth  crane  over  water  as  dark-  “Our  officers  were  no-
            lived.                       ing  at  high  speed  through  under giant loading cranes  ness fell.                  where  near  to  close  prox-
            Police in Los Angeles spot-  freeway traffic in Los Ange-  and next to a docked ship  Los  Angeles  Councilman      imity of the suspect at the
            ted the Subaru SUV report-   les and Long Beach, some-    before  jumping  out  of  the  Joe Buscaino said Thursday   time  that  he  fell,”  Detec-
            ed stolen from a dealership   times crossing into oncom-  still-moving SUV and racing  he’s  concerned  with  how   tive Meghan Aguilar said.
            in San Bernardino, and an    ing lanes.                   up  the  stairs  of  the  crane.  easily  the  SUV  was  able   Eric  Nosser,  a  salesman
            hours-long  chase  ensued,   Llamas drove through a se-   He  broke  a  window  and  to blow past the port’s se-    at  the  Subaru  dealership
            the LAPD said.               curity gate and into a con-  climbed  into  the  crane  curity  gate.  Port  spokes-   where the SUV was stolen,
            Several  television  stations   tainer  terminal  at  the  vast  cab,  then  climbed  out,  woman  Rachel  Campbell   said  he  saw  the  man  but
            broadcast  the  chase  live,   Port of Los Angeles proper-  walked  to  the  end  of  the  said  port  police  launched   steered clear.q


            Suspect in road rage killing of new graduate waives hearing



            WEST  CHESTER,  Pa.  (AP)  while  trying  to  merge  into  an  attorney,  according  to  to  comment,  saying  it  Roberson was set to attend
            —  A  man  charged  with  a  highway  lane  on  June  court documents.                 wouldn’t help to litigate the  Jacksonville  University  in
            fatally  shooting  a  recent  28, authorities said. Despert  “They jockeyed for position,  case in the media.       Florida  in  the  fall  and  that
            high school graduate in the  shot Roberson in the head,  and  he  wasn’t  happy,  so  Family    and   friends   of  she dreamed of becoming
            head  during  a  road  rage  and her car veered off into  he  pulled  out  a  gun  and  Roberson gathered outside  a forensic agent in the FBI.
            confrontation  waived  his  a  ditch  and  struck  a  tree,  shot  Bianca  in  the  head,  the   Chester   County  Desper, who court records
            preliminary  court  hearing  authorities said.            killing her instantly,” Chester  Courthouse  on  Thursday  show was denied bail and
            Thursday,   meaning    the  Desper,  28,  fled  in  his  red  County  District  Attorney  morning to show their love  is  being  held  in  a  county
            case can go to trial.        pickup  truck  along  the  Thomas Hogan said.             and  support  for  her.  Two  jail,  faces  charges  of  first-
            David  Desper  has  been  shoulder      of   the   road,  Court documents show he  family  friends  held  a  large  and  third-degree  murder,
            charged with killing 18-year-  sending   regional   law  will  be  formally  arraigned  banner showing Roberson’s  possession of an instrument
            old Bianca Roberson as the  enforcement on a manhunt  in Chester County on Aug.  high  school  pictures  and  of  crime,  and  reckless
            two  played  a  high-speed  until  he  turned  himself  in  24.  His  attorney,  Daniel  calling for justice.       endangering.q
            “cat-and-mouse      game”  a  few  days  later  through  McGarrigle,        declined  Relatives  have  said  that
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