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The Creek fire, a small incident when compared to the firestorm that swept L.A. County on Jan. 7, illustrated the long and twisted road of investigations into major blazes.
On 19 February 2004, Judge Manfred Seiss acquitted all 16 suspects, including company officials, technicians, and government inspectors, saying there was insufficient evidence to find them guilty of criminal negligence. In September 2007, the public prosecutor found the manufacturer of the electric heater was not responsible.
Emergency aid doctrine is an exception to the Fourth Amendment, allowing warrantless entry to premises if exigent circumstances make it necessary. [8] A number of exceptions are classified under the general heading of criminal enforcement: where evidence of a suspected crime is in danger of being lost; where the police officers are in hot pursuit; where there is a probability that a suspect ...
The fire destroyed the building, which held the mayor’s office, the city clerk’s office, the city council meeting room and the police department, including a room to store evidence.
Investigators then document any evidence seen at the crime scene or on the victims (clothes, burns, etc.) While looking for evidence, any findings that impose a threat to evidence, such as excessive use of fire-suppressing chemicals, unusual movement of handles/knobs, and changed position of evidence should be reported. [9]
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Victims of the Los Angeles wildfires, likely the costliest in U.S. history, are seizing upon a unique California legal doctrine that allows them to collect from their power ...
After the fire, the police investigation determined that the fire had been started using some form of a liquid accelerant. This evidence included a finding of char patterns in the floor in the shape of "puddles," a finding of multiple starting points of the fire, and a finding that the fire had burned "fast and hot," all considered to indicate a fire that had been ignited with the help of a ...
By Dawn Chmielewski. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Foad Farid, a data scientist and engineer who lives in the Pacific Palisades, left home on Tuesday morning for an appointment in Malibu when he began ...