California appeals court upholds conviction for teen killing
A state appeals court has upheld the conviction of a Southern California man for shooting a 17-year-old boy after the teen answered a knock at his door. The City News Service says the 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected claims that there were errors in the suspect’s trial. The suspect was a resident of Calabasas and was convicted of first-degree murder for the 2012 killing of Francisco Rodriguez and will be serving a 50-year to life sentence. Prosecutors say that the suspec
Man died during a police chase
A man with drug-related warrants ran from police Sunday in Calabasas and died from injuries that he sustained when he jumped from a roof. Police found the suspect in the living room of the first floor of the building that he allegedly jumped into through the skylight. Police said that the suspect may have suffered lacerations when he dove through the sky light and may have bled to death. Officers tried to get the suspect as fast as possible but they did not learn that he was
