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October 8, 2009
by Celeste Fremon
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Late in blogging today. Back shortly.

UPDATE: Crazier day teaching and with other work than I anticipated. I’ll be posting tonight, plus will have some interesting video from Bill Bratton’s LA Magazine sponsored breakfast meeting yesterday with a group of LA writers and others.

In the meantime, Kevin Roderick has his quick take on yesterday’s Bratton morning.

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  • California gang games.

    Defense Attorney: Oh, I’m sorry, your honor. Was that wrong?

    …Charles “Cheese” Heard, 25, was ordered to stand trial Wednesday on murder, attempted robbery and weapons charges linked to the slaying of Richard Barrett, 29, outside a Broadway nightclub in November 2008. Prosecutors say that Heard was after Barrett’s gem-encrusted pendant of the Flintstones’ Bamm-Bamm character.

    During the first day of the preliminary hearing on Tuesday, just as a star witness was asked whether she recognized anyone as responsible for Barrett’s shooting, eight reputed gang members stood up in unison, crossed their arms and stared at the witness.

    Prosecutor Michael Swart vociferously objected that the eight men who stood up amounted to “blatant witness intimidation.”

    After the hearing, the eight men were arrested on suspicion of gang-related witness intimidation.

    Heard’s attorney, Eric Safire, acknowledged Wednesday that he arranged the incident to possibly confuse the identification by the witness.

  • Not bad, Wood. It only took you :27 to return with a great little filler. The saga of Charles “Cheese” Head was another great bit to come out of the Courthouse theater. I once caught a glimpse of that “Bam Bam” bling and truly it would cause even you to covet. The imagined scene of the eight thugs rising with their arms folded and appearing menish causes a guffaw to erupt from my maw. Thanks.

  • Just another day in Southern California.

    Explosives and a marijuana farm were discovered at a Southern California home doubling as a state-licensed child day care center after a man blew off four of his fingers while mixing homemade explosives….

    When I was young, the teacher simply provided playdough for the kids.

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    A headline that’s hard to beat, once you see the picture: Crippled man up in arms over ops (Note: That’s goverment healthcare for you.)

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