News about Janice Hahn

Husband of LA bishop's housekeeper 'who gunned holy man down in bed' is charged with murder

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 22, 2023
A 65-year-old handyman has been charged with one count of murder in connection with the gruesome shooting death of a Catholic bishop discovered in his LA home with bullet wounds to the upper torso. Carlos Medina, 65, faces charges in the assassination of Auxiliary Bishop David O'Connell, who was discovered dead in the bed of his Hacienda Heights home on Saturday. Following a standoff, Medina was arrested on Monday morning after police cordoned his house in Torrance and begged him to surrender, according to LA County Sheriff Robert Luna. Medina is sentenced to 35 years in prison if convicted. He was seen telling O'Connell that he owes him money, but cops have denied this assertion.

In the murder of the LA Catholic bishop, a handyman, 65, has been arrested

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 20, 2023
According to Los Angeles Sheriff Robert Luna, Carlos Medina, 65, was arrested on Monday morning after police cordoned his house in Torrance and begged him to leave after a multi-hour standoff. He was charged with the murder of Auxiliary Bishop David O'Connell, who was discovered dead with a gunshot wound to his upper torso in the mattress of his Hacienda Heights home on Saturday, and was declared dead at the scene. Medina's wife was employed as a housekeeper for O'Connell for years, and Medina himself occasionally did odd jobs around the bishop's house, according to police.

Since he was shot dead in his house, a man was arrested by the LA sheriff for the murder of a Catholic bishop, 69, who was shot dead in his home

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 20, 2023
A man has been charged with the murder of Auxiliary Bishop David O'Connell, who was discovered shot to death inside his Los Angeles home over the weekend. The man was found early on in the investigation into Auxiliary Bishop David O'Connell's death by using "unidentified technical means" and was arrested without incident, according to authorities. The suspect's name hasn't been revealed as of yet.

At home, the Catholic Bishop of Los Angeles is shot and killed

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 19, 2023
In an event that police are calling'suspicious,' a Catholic bishop was shot and killed in his Los Angeles home over the weekend.' Authorities said they responded to David O'Connell's home in the Hacienda Heights neighborhood around 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, where he was discovered with a gunshot wound to his upper torso and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office is now looking at his disappearance. The auxiliary bishop's death was first reported by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, who branded O'Connell a "peacemaker" and a man of "deep prayer" who cared for everyone during his 45 years with the Church.

Relative says original black owners of LA beach club would NOT have sold the land back to the county

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 6, 2023
Many people have expressed their dissatisfaction with the decision following the announcement on Tuesday that the descendants of a black couple whose Los Angeles beach resort was confiscated by the city in the 1920s would sell the property back to the county. Patricia Bruce, a cousin of original club owners Charles and Willa Bruce, who said she was not involved in the decision to sell the property, expressed disappointment. 'I don't think that Charles would have sold it,' she told the Washington Post.

Heirs of a black couple who had beach property confiscated in 1924 are selling the land back to Los Angeles County for $20 million

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 4, 2023
Los Angeles County will purchase a prominent beachfront piece of property from the black couple's descendants, who claim the property was forcibly taken a century ago. Anthony Bruce was born deed to Bruce's Beach, about 20 miles south of Los Angeles, in a July wedding. Willa and Charles Bruce, his great-great grandparents, purchased the Manhattan Beach property in 1912 but the city took it illegally in 1924 after a black power drive.