Lisa Vargas entered a plea of not guilty to charges of murder and supplying a felon with a firearm. She is charged with her son for the fatal shooting of David Spann.
“Often missing in police brutality debate: Latinos” reads the June 3 Washington Post below the foldheadline. Gringos who took high school Spanish and graduated college with grievance exploitation majors shouldn’t take this lying down. Don’t editors know how hurtful it is to anyone laying the multicultural minefield not to use the term “Lantinx”? The martyr highlighted for this episode of dimming the facts was Ernie Serrano who “…was at a Stater Bros. market picking up snacks that night.” We still don’t know if any of them included Skittles. Author Silvia Foster-Frau leaves out a few other things that might be more germane … Continue reading →
A man accused of firing a BB gun at a car on the 91 Freeway vehemently disputed that charge in a jailhouse interview, saying authorities were “trying to get me to confess to things I didn’t do."
Good morning and welcome to the TimesOC newsletter.
It’s Friday, May 28. I’m Ben Brazil, bringing you the latest roundup of Orange County news and events.
The county has spent the last week collectively reeling from the killing of a 6-year-old boy.
Aiden Leos was shot to death last Friday on the 55 Freeway in Orange while being driven to kindergarten by his mother in what has been described as a road rage incident.
With Leos’ killer still on the loose, the county has mobilized to offer a reward of $310,000 to anyone who offers information that leads to the arrest of the shooter. Orange County Supervisors Don Wagner and Katrina Foley have donated $50,000 each from their offices’ budgets to the effort. Reporter Faith Pinho wrote that an anonymous donor has provided another $50,000, and several Orange County businesses have also donated.
The Anaheim man was charged with three counts of attempted murder for his alleged connection to a BB gun shooting that occurred on Tuesday on the 91 Freeway, authorities said.