California philanthropist charged with murder in hit-and-run crash that killed 2 young brothers
December 31, 2020 / 7:57 AM / CBS News
A California philanthropist has been charged with murder for a hit-and-run crash this past September that left two young brothers dead. CBS Los Angeles reports Rebecca Grossman, 57, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a Los Angeles County Superior courtroom in Van Nuys to two counts each of murder and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, along with one count of hit-and-run driving resulting in death.
Her bail was set at $2 million. If convicted as charged, she faces up to 34 years to life in state prison, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney s Office.
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GLENDALE (CNS) - A parolee who allegedly struck a bicyclist with a car that had been taken from a driveway and then crashed the vehicle into two parked cars in Glendale is set to be arraigned today on assault with a deadly weapon and other charges.
Sean Slade, 27, of Los Angeles is charged with one felony count each of assault with a deadly weapon an automobile, hit-and-run driving resulting in injury to another person and driving or taking a vehicle without consent, along with a misdemeanor count of hit-and-run driving resulting in property damage, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney s Office.
Hit-and-run socialite, 57, keeps head down as she returns to her $7.6m Hidden Hills mansion after pleading not guilty to killing brothers, 11 and 9, while drunk street racing in Mercedes
Rebecca Grossman, 57, kept her head down as she left court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to charges
She was charged with two counts of murder and other charges for hitting and killing brothers Mark and Jacob Iskender, 11 and 9, in Westlake Village, California in September
She hit them in her speeding Mercedes and didn t stop the car until her engine broke down
She is the co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation and the wife of renowned plastic reconstructive surgeon Dr. Peter Grossman
Los Angeles, Calif., Dec 29, 2020 / 12:52 pm (CNA).- Jesse Martinez, a COVID-19 patient who beat a fellow patient to death with an oxygen tank at Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, will be arraigned on December 31st for murder, elder abuse, and religion-motivated hate crime, authorities announced on December 28.
The victim, David Hernandez-Garcia, an 82-year-old Catholic Latino man, was a resident of Lancaster, a suburb north of Los Angeles in California. He was being treated for a COVID-19 infection in a two-person room.
According to a report from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, on Thursday, December 17, 2020, at approximately 9:45 a.m., “the victim was at Antelope Valley Hospital receiving treatment for Covid-19. He was housed in a two-person room inside the hospital with the suspect, who was also there receiving treatment. The suspect became upset when the victim started to pray. He then struck the victim with an oxygen tank.”
Nonprofit founder charged with murder after hit-and-run that killed 2 boys: DA
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A co-founder of a nonprofit is facing murder charges after she allegedly drove into two young brothers, killing them, in suburban Los Angeles County, prosecutors said.
Eleven-year-old Mark Iskander and his 8-year-old brother Jacob Iskander were with their parents, crossing a Westlake Village street in a marked crosswalk, when they were struck by a car on Sept. 29, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said.
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Lorraine Maralian and her son Anthony Maralian place flowers and pray at a growing memorial for two brothers who were fatally injured while crossing Triunfo Canyon Road at Saddle Mountain Drive. Rebecca Grossman, 57, a co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation was arrested on two counts of vehicular manslaughter in the death of the two juvenile pedes