Off-Duty LAPD Officer Returns To Court After Brandishing Weapon During Valencia Road Rage Incident
An off-duty police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) appeared in court Tuesday for charges of brandishing a firearm during a Valencia road rage incident last year.
Georgeta Buruiana, 38, faces one felony count of brandishing a firearm at a person in a motor vehicle, said Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
On Dec. 14, 2019, Buruiana, an off-duty Los Angeles police officer, allegedly brandished the weapon at a motorist who made a U-turn in front of her while they drove near Rye Canyon Road and The Old Road, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
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Loaded, Unregistered Revolver Recovered After Routine Canyon Country Traffic Stop
A Santa Paula man was arrested Saturday evening on two felony weapon charges after deputies found a loaded and unregistered revolver during a routine traffic stop in Canyon Country.
Around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, deputies conducted a traffic stop on the 28400 block of Sand Canyon Road in Canyon Country on a vehicle with an expired registration, wrote Deputy Natalie Arriaga, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, in an official post Tuesday.
Due to the vehicle being towed in the last six months for being unregistered, deputies conducted an “inventory search” for the vehicle, according to Arriaga.
Catalytic converters are part of a car’s exhaust system, and are shaped like a round canister that connects exhaust piping from the engine to the tailpipe. The converter works to help the vehicle transform harmful exhaust gasses into safer substances like carbon dioxide and water vapour.
They are especially valuable due to the precious metals they contain, including platinum, rhodium and palladium, which officials say have increased in value in recent years due to black market resales.
Officials say that it may be difficult to tell if a catalytic converter is missing, as it is not easily visible from underneath the car. Most people only notice once their car is running poorly and begins making a loud, rumbling exhaust noise.