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Group Fights and Road Rage Heard on the Police Scanner

Here are the raw data of reports collected Monday and Tuesday by listening to the police scanner.

Here are the raw data of reports collected Monday and Tuesday by listening to the police scanner. If there are additional details needed, we'll file full news stories on the items and let you know. (Boldfaced communities are covered by Patch sites.)

Monday

11:02 p.m. Sepulveda Boulevard and Devonshire Street, Mission Hills
LAPD receives a call about a ‘group fight’ now becoming an assault with a deadly weapon. Four males are seen beating up one male victim at the location.

11:25 p.m. 4700 block of Sepulveda Boulevard, Sherman Oaks
Report of “domestic violence suspect there now” at the apartment complex.

11:35 p.m. 8400 block of Owensmouth Avenue, Canoga Park
Report of an alleged kidnap suspect now at the scene. LAPD patrol units are requested to respond “code 3” (urgently with lights and sirens).

11:50 p.m. 7500 block of Vineland Avenue, North Hollywood
911 call for LAFD to respond to an accident with injuries.

11:54 p.m. Ventura Boulevard and Dixie Canyon Avenue, Sherman Oaks
A patrol unit advises LAPD dispatch about a traffic collision on Ventura Boulevard.

11:55 p.m. Laurel Canyon Boulevard, northbound from Kirkwood, Hollywood Hills into Studio City
A driver calls 911 and reports an incident of road rage. The alleged suspect is described as a white male, 50 years old and “wearing a hat.” The vehicle is described as a black Ford F-150, driven recklessly through the winding and hilly part of Laurel Canyon Boulevard. The pick-up truck is said to be traveling at a high rate of speed, and sometimes driving into opposing lanes and cutting off other vehicles. The reckless driver is also said to be “yelling profanities” and making threatening hand gestures, such as one that mimics “pointing a gun” at the person reporting.

Tuesday

12:02 a.m. 6600 block of Troost Avenue, North Hollywood
Report of battery. Responding LAPD units are requested to view their on-board computer monitors for additional information concerning the situation.

12:06 a.m. Reseda Boulevard and Plummer Street, Northridge
LAPD is alerted to a robbery suspect that is now at the scene. He is described as a Hispanic male, late 20s, 6 feet tall, 200 lbs. wearing white shirt and blue jeans. He is reported to have taken the victim’s purse.

12:12 a.m. 11400 block of Saticoy Street, North Hollywood
LAFD’s Rescue 81 is dispatched to attend to a “difficult breather.”

12:15 a.m. In the Canoga Park / Woodland Hills area
An LAPD officer requests information about the missing boy alert. The boy is 15 years old, 5’6”, 130 lbs., thin build, black hair and brown eyes, wearing a gray shirt, blue jeans and black shirt. He was last seen in the area at approximately 11 a.m., walking westbound.

12:15 a.m. 15300 block of Weddington Street, North Hollywood
Report of domestic violence at an apartment complex. The boyfriend is alleged to be the perpetrator.

12:16 a.m. 6600 Troost Avenue, North Hollywood
LAFD’s Light Force 60 and Rescue 102 are called to the scene of a “person down.”

12:18 a.m. Lankershim Boulevard and Victory Boulevard, North Hollywood
A “Code 6 Charles suspect” (a person known to be violent and dangerous, possibly armed) was reported in the area. LAPD has stopped a person, but determined that he was not the one they were looking for.

12:23 a.m. Sepulveda Boulevard and Victory Boulevard, Van Nuys
Report of a stalled vehicle in the intersection, blocking traffic.

12:26 a.m. Lankershim Boulevard and Kittridge Street, North Hollywood
Light Force 60 radios Operations Command Dispatch to send an LAPD patrol unit to their scene.
They also request “R.A. 60,” the station’s rescue ambulance, as their patient needs more critical attention from injuries sustained during an alleged domestic violence incident.

12:27 a.m. 6600 block of Troost Avenue, North Hollywood
LAPD receives a 911 call from the location about a “group fight” at the location, a continuation of the earlier domestic violence call. They are advised LAFD is on the scene treating a battery victim. Several patrol units are now responding to the call.

12:33 a.m. 6600 block of Troost Avenue, North Hollywood
Patrol unit on the scene radios LAPD dispatch that they have the alleged battery suspect in custody.

12:37 a.m. 5200 block of Laurel Canyon Boulevard, North Hollywood
Report of a “code 30 ringer” (burglar alarm with police response) at the business address.

12:49 a.m. Winnetka Avenue and Ventura Boulevard, Tarzana
LAPD is responding to an emergency call requiring a rescue ambulance.

12:50 a.m. The patrol unit has arrived near the intersection, on Winnetka Avenue, where a traffic collision has occurred. The officer finds an injured woman, and radio to dispatch that she is “conscious and breathing.”

12:52 a.m. Winnetka Avenue and Ventura Boulevard, Tarzana
LAFD’s Lightforce 93 is called to the scene of the traffic accident on Winnetka Avenue.

12:55 a.m. 10900 block of Whipple Street, North Hollywood
LAFD’s Rescue 86 is dispatched to attend to a sick person.

12:57 a.m. Roscoe Boulevard, between Variel Avenue and De Soto Avenue, Canoga Park
Report of a “415 Juvenile Group” (juveniles causing a disturbance) in the area. The teens are all wearing “gray shirts and gray pants” and may possibly be intoxicated.

12:58 a.m. 18700 block of Parthenia Street, Northridge
Report of a “found child.” She is described as an Asian female, 14 years old.

1:00 a.m. Victory Boulevard and Woodley Avenue, Van Nuys
LAFD is called to the scene of a traffic accident at the intersection.

1:00 a.m. Winnetka Avenue and Ventura Boulevard, Tarzana
Lightforce 93 arrives on the scene and requests an “800 ambulance” (an ambulance with basic life support apparatus) as the injuries sustained by the female driver are not critical.

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