Weekly Crime Report: Echo Park-Silver Lake & Nearby Police Log

A look at a few of this week's police, fire and courtroom incidents near Echo Park-Silver Lake.

Posted Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 3:42 pm PT

ECHO PARK, CA – The following is a collection of weekly police, court and fire stories from around the Echo Park-Silver Lake area this week.

The latest school terrorized in a rash of LA County school threats is the Santa Clarita Valley International Charter School.

A wild police chase across Los Angeles ended after a driver plowed into a taxi and turned into a Metro Gold Line tunnel.

Supervisor Janice Hahn championed the issue in response to a woman who wandered away from her family at the LA County Museum of Art in 2016.

Afternoon commuters are advised to avoid the 105/110 transition which was blocked by a big rig.

Uber and Lyft driver Joshua Thiede went missing more than a week ago after picking up a fare and dialing 911.

A man arrested in connection to a random beating of a grandmother in Koreatown will be released from custody without charges filed.

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