Kidnapper Faces 40 Years in Jail
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E KEND EDITIO EE ON W a Santa Monica Daily Press January 28-29, 2006 A newspaper with issues Volume 5, Issue 66 DAILY LOTTERY SUPER LOTTO 7 14 20 21 47 Kidnapper faces 40 years in jail Meganumber: 24 Jackpot: $9 Million BY RYAN HYATT Alfonzo Fitzgerald Taylor was Taylor walked away from the of the two alleged kidnappings of FANTASY 5 Daily Press Staff Writer found guilty of all seven felony Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal a Sunset Park woman that 2 3 6 17 19 charges related to the two inci- Justice Center in downtown Los occurred in the fall of 2004. DAILY 3 LAX COURTHOUSE — A jury dents that occurred on Oct. 18 and Angeles the day before a separate Taylor, in his 40s, was captured Daytime: 7 7 7 handed down a guilty verdict on Nov. 4, 2004. He faces a minimum jury trial was set to begin last May in Georgia and returned to custody Evening: 6 1 0 Friday for the man suspected of of 40 years in prison, according to on charges of receiving stolen in Los Angeles County within DAILY DERBY kidnapping a Santa Monica elderly Kevin Halligan, the district attor- property and unlawful driving of a 1st: 05 California Classic woman on two separate occasions. ney who prosecuted the case. vehicle, an incident independent See KIDNAPPER, page 12 2nd: 08 Gorgeous George 3rd: 12 Lucky Charms RACE TIME: 1.44.85 Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the winning number information, mistakes can occur. In the event of any discrepancies, California Day laborers State laws and California Lottery regulations will prevail. Complete game Dipping the scales information and prize claiming instructions are available at California Lottery retailers. Visit the California State Lottery web site: http://www.calottery.com get some relief NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY CHUCK SHEPARD BY RYAN HYATT Daily Press Staff Writer With an Oakland Tribune reporter and 20 people looking on in November in a parking 11th Street — Hundreds of sus- lot in Fremont, Calif., Tu Jin-Sheng, 50, “grandmaster” in one of the Chinese arts of pected illegal immigrants who loi- Qigong, pulled a rental truck several yards ter on the sidewalks waiting for using only a piece of fabric tied to the base work now have a place to squat. of his genitals. Jin-Sheng is supposedly a leader of the branch of Qigong known as After years of discussion, City “Iron Crotch,” whose 60,000 adherents Hall delivered two port-a-potties to worldwide believe that strengthening the 11th Street on Jan. 17 as a means genitals increases energy. To warm up for the pull, Jin-Sheng had an assistant kick of helping residents and businesses him hard between the legs. deal with a day laborer situation TODAY IN HISTORY many claim is out of control. Those concerned about crime in Today is the 28th day of 2006. their neighborhood — not to men- There are 337 days left in the year. tion excrement on their sidewalks — Twenty years ago, on Jan. 28, 1986, asked City Hall in August to step in the space shuttle Challenger exploded and help regulate the illegal immi- 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven of its crew grants who gather in this part of members: flight commander Francis town while waiting for someone to R. “Dick” Scobee; pilot Michael J. drive by and offer to pay them under Smith; Ronald E. McNair; Ellison S. Onizuka; Judith A. Resnik; Gregory B. the table in exchange for labor. Jarvis; and schoolteacher Christa The port-a-potties arrived after McAuliffe. years of complaints by residents. 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