Email from Los Angeles Police Protective League Daily News & Updates   Law Enforcement News 19-year-old suspect arrested after pursuit crash in L.A. A suspect was arrested after leading police on a pursuit before crashing in Central Los Angeles. Los Angeles police identified the suspect as Kwentin Monk, 19. On Feb. 20, officers with LAPD’s Gang Enforcement Detail were assisting a burglary task force when they became involved in a pursuit of a possible burglary suspect. The suspect, Monk, continued speeding away and eventually drove to a Hancock Park neighborhood near Oakwood Avenue and June Street before entering a cul-de-sac. As officers approached him, Monk turned his vehicle around and suddenly accelerated toward them, before officers opened fire on his vehicle. Monk continued speeding away and later crashed into another car at the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and Wilton Avenue in Larchmont. Monk decided to ditch his car and began fleeing the area on foot but was quickly apprehended by police. KTLA 5 Driver abandons classic Corvette after crash in Los Angeles The driver of a classic Corvette fled the scene after crashing the vintage vehicle in Los Angeles. Video obtained by KTLA shows the aftermath of the crash – which involved the Corvette and a fire hydrant – near the intersection of Fairfax Avenue and Beverly Boulevard in L.A.’s Fairfax neighborhood around 11 p.m. Friday. The classic car, which has black exterior and red interior, sheared a fire hydrant on Beverly after the driver apparently lost control. It sustained significant front-end damage as a result of the collision, which created a geyser and caused water to flood a small part of Beverly Boulevard near The Beverly Grove shopping center. Authorities were unable to locate the driver of the vehicle nor any possible occupants. KTLA has reached out to the Los Angeles Police Department for more information but has yet to hear back. KTLA 5 Four People Arrested on Suspicion of Being Armed in South LA Four members of a larger group were arrested in South Los Angeles Sunday on suspicion of being armed. Just after 7:30 p.m. Sunday, officers received reports of a group with a gun in the area of East 21st Street and Naomi Avenue, in the Central-Alameda neighborhood, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. A perimeter was set up and four individuals, of whom one was described as a man, were taken into custody. An investigation was ongoing, with some suspects still at large, police said. It was unclear whether the arrested individuals possessed a weapon at the time of arrests. MyNewsLA 9 Mexican nationals face federal charges for alleged train burglary A federal grand jury indicted 11 suspects, nine of whom were undocumented Mexican nationals, for allegedly burglarizing a train destined for California. The heist happened on Jan. 13 in a remote area of northern Arizona after Noe Cecena-Castro and 10 other suspects allegedly cut an air hose on a BNSF train, forcing it to make an emergency stop. A BNSF police officer drove by the area shortly after the emergency stop and found several Nike shoe boxes at the side of the tracks, according to the Department of Justice. Federal prosecutors said several people were seen loading a U-Haul with Nike boxes. Investigators later stopped a U-Haul box truck and a Ford Econoline truck spotted driving near the train. Officers stopped a Chevy Tahoe that was passing through the area and allegedly carrying the rest of the heist crew. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Phoenix said law enforcement found 1,985 pairs of unreleased Nike shoes worth over $440,000 in the suspects' trucks. The grand jury also charged nine of the suspects of entering the country illegally. All of the suspects will be held in federal custody until the trial. CBS 2 2 Virginia police officers fatally shot during traffic stop Officers Cameron Girvin and Christopher Reese were working the midnight traffic patrol shift late Friday night when they noticed a car with an expired inspection sticker and attempted to pull it over. After the driver of the blue Hyundai Sonata failed to stop, the officers continued to follow the vehicle into a townhouse complex near the intersection of Lynnhaven Parkway and Wendfield Drive, in the Green Run area, according to Virginia Beach Police Chief Paul Neudigate. Both officers approached the car after it stopped and asked the driver to get out, Neudigate said. The man, however, refused. He began to argue with them, and a “tussle” broke out, the chief said. It ended moments later when the man pulled a pistol from his pocket and shot both officers. “The officers fell to the ground,” Neudigate said. “While on the ground, defenseless, he shot them each a second time.” The shooting was captured by both officers’ body-worn cameras, as well as a dashboard-mounted camera in their police cruiser, the chief said. The Virginian-Pilot Man sentenced to life in prison in deadly beating of Arizona deputy A 34-year-old man accused in a deadly attack on an Arizona sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, prosecutors said. Clinton Hurley pleaded guilty to 16 charges, including first-degree murder, following the 2021 attack that led to the death of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy Juan “Johnny” Ruiz, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said in a Feb. 21 news release. McClatchy News reached out to Hurley’s attorney Feb. 21 and was awaiting a response. The attack happened at a sheriff’s substation in Avondale, where Hurley was taken after an arrest in connection with multiple felony warrants, prosecutors said. Ruiz removed the handcuffs Hurley was wearing in order to put him in a cell, and Hurley became “combative” and attacked Ruiz, prosecutors said. “During the struggle, Hurley hit Deputy Ruiz several times with the blunt end of a pair of medical shears and punched him repeatedly as the deputy was lying on the floor,” according to prosecutors. Hurley took Ruiz’s patrol car and used one of the deputy’s guns in an attempted carjacking, prosecutors said. He eventually stole a different car, and “he was captured later that night in Tonopah after firing shots at a family outside a home and being shot by the homeowner,” according to prosecutors. Charlotte Observer For years she was a perfect wife. Then he learned of her arrest in a deadly dating app scheme William Phelps was at work when he got the call from the FBI that he had to return home at once. It was December 2023 and his wife, Aurora Phelps, was in big trouble, something to do with a fraud scheme. About a dozen agents turned his apartment upside down looking for evidence in their case, and William Phelps wouldn’t see his wife again. That is, until this week, when William came to learn the scope of the allegations against his wife. According to federal prosecutors, Aurora was the perpetrator of a deadly romance scam, connecting with older men on the internet, then drugging them and stealing from their bank accounts. One man was left in a coma after his encounter with Aurora and three others died, according to the FBI. “We’ve known each other for 14 years and she’s never shown a sign or an ounce of this,” said William in an interview with The Times. “If she did do it, damn, she put one over on me.” Prosecutors unsealed an indictment in Nevada Federal Court this month charging Aurora with more than 20 counts related to the scheme, including charges of wire fraud, bank fraud, kidnapping and kidnapping resulting in death. She is being held in Mexico as she faces extradition to the U.S. Los Angeles Times Public Safety News Train hits, kills person in Los Angeles A person died after they were hit by a train in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights, authorities confirmed Sunday. The collision was reported at about 2 p.m. in the area of 3200 E Union Pacific Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Authorities said it was a Union Pacific train that fatally struck a pedestrian. The identity of the person killed was not immediately made available. No other injuries were reported. All rail tracks in the immediate vicinity will be closed for an unknown amount of time. No additional details were immediately made available. KTLA 5 Fire in Attached Garage Knocked Down in Arlington Heights A fire in an attached garage was knocked down in Arlington Heights Sunday, authorities said. Smoke was reported showing in the Craftsman-style, two-story home at 2024 S. Cimarron St., a little north of the Santa Monica (10) Freeway, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. About three dozen firefighters knocked down the flames in 13 minutes, preventing the blaze from extending into the home. No injuries were reported. MyNewsLA L.A. hospital needs help identifying injured man A hospital needs help identifying an injured patient who has been hospitalized for over a month. On Jan. 19, the male patient was found in the San Gabriel area. He was transported to the Los Angeles General Medical Center where he remains hospitalized. He did not have any personal belongings to help staff identify him. He is described as a 72-year-old man who stands 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs around 142 pounds. He has brown eyes and gray/black hair. The extent of his injuries was not released. Workers are hoping to locate his loved ones. Anyone who recognizes the man or has additional information is asked to call Laura Ramos, a clinical social worker, at 323-409-7779 or the L.A. General Medical Center’s Department of Social Work at 323-409-5253. KTLA 5 Unseasonably warm weather, including possible record-breaking temperatures, coming to SoCal Southern California’s recent unusually warm temperatures are expected to ramp up over the next couple of days, the National Weather Service said. Downtown Los Angeles was about 14 degrees above normal Sunday, reaching 82 degrees. Temperatures could climb into the 90s by Wednesday in the coasts and valleys, according to the weather service’s Monday morning forecast. The incoming heat is part of a wider national trend. “Warm weather lovers are in luck as much of the nation will be 10-20 degrees above average,” the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center posted on X over the weekend. “High temperatures in the 70s and 80s will be possible from the Plains to the Southwest.” The weather service’s San Diego office said some areas could approach record-breaking heat by Wednesday, including Riverside, Anaheim and El Cajon. Los Angeles Times About the LAPPL: Formed in 1923, the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) represents more than 8,900 dedicated and professional sworn members of the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPPL serves to advance the interests of LAPD officers through legislative and legal advocacy, political action and education. 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