Police offer safe zones for online sales transactions
Cedar Attanasio and Tara O’Neill
Feb. 27, 2018
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A view of the Meetup Spot sign placed in the parking lot of the Orange Police Department . With the holiday season already upon us, many people will look to websites like OfferUp, Craigslist, LetGo, or Facebook to buy/sell things. This offers sellers and buyers a safe spot to meet and do their business without fear of being robbed or scammed.
Several police departments have designated safe meeting areas for those wary of meeting up with buyers and sellers of online items.
And they’re full of cops.
Officials ID Man Accused of Killing Pomona Police Officer, Injuring Another Amid Hours-Long Standoff
Officials ID Man Accused of Killing Pomona Police Officer, Injuring Another Amid Hours-Long Standoffby wpjljron
Sunday, March 11th, 2018.Officials ID Man Accused of Killing Pomona Police Officer, Injuring Another Amid Hours-Long StandoffA man who allegedly shot and killed a Pomona police officer and injured another has been taken into custody following an 15-hour standoff with authorities Saturday. Isaias De Jesus Valencia, 39, is suspected of killing Greggory Casillas, 30, who had been with the department since 2014 and leaves behind a wife and two small children, officials […]
A man who allegedly shot and killed a Pomona police officer and injured another has been taken into custody following an 15-hour standoff with authorities Saturday.
Southern California mass shooting leaves four dead, including nine-year-old boy
On the evening of March 31, in the Southern California city of Orange, located near Disneyland, the twentieth in a string of mass shootings in the United States took place, leaving four dead, including a nine-year-old boy.
Carrying a backpack with pepper spray, handcuffs and ammunition, and holding a semiautomatic handgun, the 44-year-old shooter, Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez, entered a small office complex located on a main boulevard in the usually peaceful suburb, and locked the building’s gates behind him. The shooter evidently targeted the owner of the business, Unified Homes, a real estate and manufactured homes business, as well as his family members.