DPS investigates report of gun at AEPi fraternity
DPS officers have not located suspect after conflicting witness reports.
By KAELYN FORDE ECKENRODE
Thc Department of Public Safety is investigating claims that a man showed a gun during a verbal confrontation at the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house Thursday night, according to DPS officials
DPS and Los Angeles Mice Department responded to a call of a man with a gun at 11 45 p.m Thursday at the AEPi house after DPS originally reported the claim as an unfounded prank No suspect was found or detained, DPS officials said
Witnesses said fraternity members asked the suspect to leave after a verbal confrontation
“The informant reported that he was calling from Alpha Epsi-
lon Pi, but that there was a person seen with a gun at a party at Sigma Alpha Epsilon (fraternity)," DPS ('apt. David Carlisle j said. "The informant described j a tall, black male Wc thought it [ was a prank, which we certainly discourage
koltin Stratiner. member of j AEPi and sophomore majoring in business administration, said he called DPS from the fraternity
“As far as I know. I’m die onlv one who called 1 never mentioned (SAE)," Stratiner said.
“I didn't tell them what the guv looked like lie wasn't black at all I told DPS that the kid was leaving the partv. it wasn't even a big issue We had already shut the party down.
"(DPS) told us that as long as we call them before something happens, were in the clear,” he said
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LAPD detains man for alleged assault with a deadly weapon
Officer at the scene of 27tti Street and Vermont Avenue says gun was SKS rifle.
By BLESSING WAUNG
Daily Troian
Los Angeles Police Department officers swarmed Olympian Burgers on 27th Street and Vermont Avenue Sunday afternoon after a woman told two officers dining at the restaurant she had been assaulted at an adjacent apartment complex IA PI) officers said The suspect, an unidentified male, allegedly assaulted the victim with an SKS assault rifle, said LAPD Sgt Manny Ramirez, who added that the gun had a loaded 30-caliber clip
Ramirez said police found the weapon, which he said is the same model used by thc Taliban, in a vehicle parked in the rear of the kVation of thc assault LAPD Night Watch Commander Sgt Ed (lark confirmed that officers seized an assault weapon The officers detained the suspect and his brother Ramirez said the main suspect was taken to LAPD's Southwest Station The brother was being held until I see ASSAULT page 2 I
William French Anderson to serve time far 2006 conviction of molesting a 10-year-old.
By JOSHUA SHARP
Daily Trojan
Former USC professor and world-renowned geneticist William French Anderson, 70, was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay $68,000 in fines for molesting the daughter of one of his Keck School of Medicine colleagues.
The abuse caused the victim, who was 10 years* old when it started, to start cutting her arms and contemplate suicide, according to court documents.
Behind Anderson's July 2()()(i conviction was an overwhelming display of evidence, including a taped conversation f)('tween Anderson and the victim in which he apologized for “(doing) a horrible thing,” according to court documents.
"I will love you forever,” Anderson, who is married, told the victim in the same conversation.
In an e-mail to the victim before the allegations became public, Anderson wrote, “If I saw you and your family destroyed and my whole career down the tubes.... For me, a powerful 9mm bullet through the head would be the way to go. ... I have already bought the ammunition.”
In court filings, prosecutors said Anderson was initially the victim’s tae kwon do mentor while she was a fifth-grader.
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Code three | At least a dozen LAPD police cruisers responded to a code three alert at an apartment complex on 27th Street Sunday afternoon after a woman flagged down two officers to report an alleged assault with a rifle