Assaults Los Angeles

An off-duty Los Angeles police sergeant shot and killed a 27-year-old Woodland Hills neighbor who crashed a truck into a line of parked cars and then tried to run down the officer, police said Tuesday. Christopher Oliver, who authorities say was drunk, smashed the truck into six vehicles in the 23300 block of Friar Street and was attempting to mow down Sgt. Steve Ulrich, 36, when Ulrich shot him, police said.

Five people were wounded by gunfire Sunday night in a drive-by shooting in the Crenshaw area, Los Angeles police said. The victims, struck by bullets believed fired from an assault rife about 9:20 p.m., were not identified. None of the wounds appeared to be life-threatening, said Los Angeles Police Sgt. William Dougherty of the Southwest Division. The shooting happened in the 4600 block of Coliseum Street.

The head of an independent film company remained hospitalized in serious condition Monday, a day after he was shot in the neck, allegedly by his 20-year-old wife. Julian Caine, 34, of Sherman Oaks, chairman of Caine Entertainment Inc., was transported early Sunday to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills. His injuries are not life-threatening, police said, and he is able to communicate. "He is not doing that bad," said Det.

A 20-year-old Sherman Oaks woman was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of attempted murder in the shooting of her husband, police said. Amy Caine was booked into the Van Nuys Jail, where she is being held in lieu of $1-million bail. The unidentified shooting victim was taken to a local hospital, where he remained in critical condition, Los Angeles Police Officer Eduardo Funes said. Officers responding to a domestic-violence call at 12:48 a.m.

After deliberating just half a day, a jury found superstar rap artist Stanley "Flesh-N-Bone" Howse guilty Thursday of weapons charges that could send him to prison for more than 19 years. Howse, 27, a member of the Grammy Award-winning rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, showed no emotion as jurors returned guilty verdicts for assault with an AK-47 semiautomatic firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon.

After deliberating just half a day, a jury found rap star Stanley "Flesh-N-Bone" Howse guilty Thursday of weapons charges that could send him to prison for more than 19 years. Howse, 27, a member of the Grammy Award-winning rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, showed no emotion as jurors returned guilty verdicts for assault with an AK-47 semiautomatic firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Did superstar rap artist Stanley "Flesh-N-Bone" Howse point a loaded AK-47 at someone last December after a dispute over a woman? A possible 19-year prison sentence for the Grammy Award-winning rapper, who is charged with assault with a semiautomatic firearm, may depend on the answer. When jurors begin their deliberations in Van Nuys Superior Court today, they must mull over contradictory accounts of Howse's actions provided by two witnesses who happen to be brothers.

Did rap artist Stanley "Flesh-N-Bone" Howse point a loaded AK-47 at someone last December in a dispute over a woman? The Grammy Award-winning rapper faces a possible 19-year prison sentence, depending on the answer. When jurors begin their deliberations in Van Nuys Superior Court, which they are expected to do today, they must mull two contradictory accounts of Howse's actions, provided by two witnesses who happen to be brothers. Howse is charged with assault with a semiautomatic firearm.

A Sun Valley man was sentenced to two years in federal prison Monday for turning his Rottweiler dog on an African American man at a local gas station and then smashing the man's car windshield with a beer bottle. Rick Lynn McConnell, 38, also was ordered to pay restitution to his victim, Robert Gable, for the shattered windshield. Gable was not bitten by the dog. McConnell pleaded guilty earlier to two misdemeanor counts of violating Gable's constitutionally protected rights. U.S.

Stanley "Flesh-N-Bone" Howse and his Grammy Award-winning rap group, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, wasted little time ascending to the first rank of popular music artists after setting up shop in Los Angeles in 1993. Howse, 27, also was soon busy compiling a more dubious record: seven convictions, most for violent crimes, according to court documents.