Teenage MMA Fighter from Downey Wins First Championship
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Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 Vol. 18 No. 46 EYE ON OUR SCHOOLS OBITUARIES NEWS REAL ESTATE Living the six pillars Karol Morrison Students mimic C21 Peak supports of character passes away Rosie the Riveter Easterseals SEE PAGE 2 SEE PAGE 4 SEE PAGE 8 SEE PAGE 15 Downey Jury restaurant grades Rubio’s Fresh Mexican Grill finds man 12010 Lakewood Blvd. Date Inspected: 2/18/20 Grade: A FridayWeekend72˚ guilty Frantones at a 9148 Telegraph Rd. Glance Date Inspected: 2/18/20 SaturdayFriday 6862˚⁰ of triple Grade: A Arthurs 8813 Lakewood Blvd. Sunday 65˚70⁰ murder Date Inspected: 2/18/20 Saturday Grade: A Jade Harris killed three Budy Express people in 2012 after 11901 Lakewood Blvd. THINGS TO DO responding to an online Date Inspected: 2/18/20 advertisement for a vehicle Grade: A for sale. Tacos Don Goyo DOWNEY - A Los Angeles 8502 Telegraph Rd. man was convicted last week of Date Inspected: 2/18/20 killing two women and a man at Grade: A a Downey business nearly eight years ago. Los Amigos Golf Course Black History Month Jurors deliberated for about Restaurant Panel Discussion four hours before finding Jade 7295 Quill Dr. Saturday - Columbia Memorial Space Douglas Harris, 37, guilty of three Date Inspected: 2/14/20 Center, 1 pm counts of murder, two counts of Grade: A attempted murder, four counts A panel discussion highlighting several key people who helped get the US to of kidnapping for carjacking and Hully Gully one count of felon with a firearm. PHOTO BY WILLIAM ODIS MARTIN the moon. Free admission. 9559 Imperial Hwy. The special circumstance Jonathan O’Neill, an 18-year-old mixed martial artist from Downey, won his first championship earlier this Date Inspected: 2/14/20 allegations of multiple month. Grade: A murders and murder during the commission of a burglary, El Atacor carjacking and kidnapping were 12008 Lakewood Blvd. found to be true. Teenage MMA fighter Date Inspected: 2/13/20 Harris faces the death Grade: A penalty. The penalty phase of the trial is expected to begin on Feb. Mariscos Choix Classic Car Show 18. 8104 Firestone Blvd. Saturday- Whittier Area Community from Downey wins first Date Inspected: 2/13/20 Church, 9 am to 3 pm Harris fatally shot Josimar Rojas, 26, Irene Cardenas Reyes, Grade: A More than 500 classic cars from 1914 35, and Susana Perez Ruelas, 34, to 1976, plus dragsters, vendors, live on Oct. 24, 2012, after responding Alberto’s Meican Food music, kids activities, and nine food trucks. to an online advertisement for a championship 12620 Paramount Blvd. vehicle for sale. Date Inspected: 2/13/20 Jonathan O’Neill won a title was 36 and, at first, I was a little was training at King Cobra on Rojas and Reyes were killed Grade: A in the welterweight division scared. But, as I got into better Paramount Boulevard but has at United States Fire Protection, and better shape, I got a lot more since moved on to Boxing Works a business in Downey, where a at age 18. He trains in Muay confident,” said O’Neill. “I knew in Torrance. Chris’s Best woman was shot and injured. Thai. he threw a lot of leg kicks and 9180 Telegraph Rd. ended up in the clinch a lot, so “I train six days a week if I Date Inspected: 2/13/20 Harris forced Perez Ruelas we primarily focused on blocking have a fight or I’m just training. Grade: A to drive him and her 13-year- By William Odis Martin the kicks and countering. I didn’t So every day of the year is fight old son to a nearby home where Contributor think that I would have that camp. But I knew about this fight My Home Chinese Restaurant the vehicle was located. The and trained specifically for him African-American Festival much success in the clinch but it 8716 Imperial Hwy. defendant killed Perez Ruelas DOWNEY - Downey for about 6 weeks,” explained All Weekend - Aquarium of the Pacific kept on landing so I didn’t stop.” Date Inspected: 2/13/20 and shot her son but he survived. mixed martial artist Jonathan O’Neill. A celebration of African-American O’Neill brought home the IFS O’Neill dominated Chancy Grade: A and African culture, with live cultural He was found a day later and Welterweight Championship Belt with a flurry of fists, elbows, O’Neill improved his record demonstrations and exhibits, arts and arrested. earlier this month in Anaheim in knees and sweeping leg kicks. to 9-3 and hopes to keep up the Pepe’s crafts, dancers, storytellers, and more. momentum as he prepares for Harris has prior felony the most decisive and technically Although Chancy looked the part 9020 Telegraph Rd. his next fight that will go down convictions for robbery, sound victory of his young career. for flashes in the first, it seemed Date Inspected: 2/13/20 like by the second round he was on March 20 in Anaheim. attempted robbery and carrying a It was his first win as an adult Grade: A concealed weapon. the one scared and out of his His next opponent, Raymond and it came against a seasoned league. and crafty veteran. O’Neill Tiscareno, will be representing Fonda Maria outmatched his opponent Jean O’Neill left the ring looking Norwalk’s Dog Pound MMA 7840 Firestone Blvd. Chancy forcing the referee to better than he did coming in, next month at the M3Live event Date Inspected: 2/13/20 center. intervene and stop the match via sporting a new belt and barely Grade: A technical knockout at 1:43 in just DUI breaking a sweat in the process. For ticket information, visit the second round. Women’s Self-Defense The Downey Patriot first the IFS website at https://ifspro. La Pupuseria Del Pepetoo “Since this was my first spotlighted O’Neill back in com/ 7939 Imperial Hwy. Sunday - Z-Ultimate Self Defense checkpoint fight as an 18-year-old, I knew November 2018 when he was Date Inspected: 2/13/20 Studios in Long Beach, 10:30 am I had to fight grown men. He just 16 years old. At the time he Grade: A A free 90-minute course for women only where participants will receive a basic Friday Stox introduction to hand-to-hand defenses and non-lethal weapons. Serious topics 9518 Imperial Hwy. such as rape and domestic violence are DOWNEY - Downey Police Date Inspected: 2/12/20 discussed during the class. will conduct a DUI and driver’s YMCA pitches new facility Grade: A license checkpoint Friday night at an undisclosed location within Samurai Japanese Restaurant city limits. 7934 Florence Ave. The hours of the checkpoint on Sussman campus Date Inspected: 2/11/20 TWEETS OF THE WEEK are 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Grade: A Last year, the Downey Police The new state-of-the-art Today our Character Council Department investigated 157 DUI facility would be shared by Sizzling Thai Kitchen walked to an Assisted Living collisions which resulted in 76 the Y and school district. 8330 Stewart and Gray Rd. Home & visited with the injuries. Date Inspected: 2/11/20 residents. We brought them Grade: A cards & flowers. It was a special Meanwhile, the police By Alex Dominguez experience. department also announced Staff Writer Kyoto Sushi @ImperialDowney plans for a bicycle and pedestrian 8009 Florence Ave. safety operation through the end DOWNEY - The Downey Date Inspected: 2/11/20 Our prayers and thoughts go out of February. Family YMCA addressed the School Board Tuesday, asking the Grade: A the the families, Our Brothers & In 2018, Downey Police District to partner with them as Sisters at the #Porterville Fire investigated three fatal they plan to open a new shared- Round Table Pizza Department, those who are on use facility at Sussman Middle collisions involving bicyclists or 8248 Firestone Blvd. scene battling this blaze and to School. pedestrians. Another 70 people Date Inspected: 2/11/20 the community, who lost two were injured. Heroes today. The current YMCA building Grade: A @DowneyFD Police will be looking for has been a long-standing fixture pedestrians crossing the street in the Downey community. El Taco illegally, bicyclists who fail to However, time and wear and tear 7870 Florence Ave. have not been kind to the facility, follow traffic laws, and drivers Date Inspected: 2/11/20 Twitter.com/DowneyPatriot who fail to yield to pedestrians in and according to Downey Family PHOTO BY ERIC PIERCE Grade: A crosswalks. YMCA Chair Steve Roberson, the building’s days are numbered. The Downey Family YMCA’s current facility at 11531 Downey Ave. was built in 1962. Officials are in early talks to construct a new facility at Continued on page 2 Sussman Middle School. 2 | The Downey Patriot Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 At Downey Unified, the six pillars of character are more than just talk Lori Tiffany, Downey YMCA executive director, and Greg Welch, chair of the Downey YMCA board of managers. Photo by Eric Pierce Eye on our Schools YMCA to launch By Donald LaPlante Downey Unified School Board fundraising campaign President Trustworthiness. Respect. Responsibility. Fairness. Caring. Citizenship. These are for new facility the Six Pillars of CHARACTER COUNTS!, our character Continued from page 1 education program for students, TK-12, for over 15 years. Last “Our Y was opened on Downey Avenue in 1962, and it was renovated month, the Downey Unified in 1977,” said Roberson. “We have around 60,000 square-feet, and the School District was honored as a 60,000 square-feet is old square-feet.” National CHARACTER COUNTS! “We have put so many band-aids on it to keep it together, we do Exemplary School District.