Valley News: Motorcycle Fatality; Neighbor Killing; CSUN Lockdown; Drug Store Robbery Bust

Glendale

A 66-year-old Glendale man was killed when he rear-ended a car on the southbound San Gabriel River (605) Freeway in Long Beach, fell off his motorcycle and was struck by another vehicle, authorities said
Monday.

The man, a Glendale resident, was driving his 1991 Harley Davidson on the San Gabriel River Freeway at around 80 miles per hour when he struck a 1991 Honda Accord driven by Marlon Gloria, 58, of Panorama City south of Spring Street at 10:12 p.m. Sunday, said CHP Officer S. Farber.

San Fernando

A 51-year-old Canyon Country man was charged with murder today for allegedly gunning down a neighbor with whom he had an ongoing feud.

Lennie Paul Tracey is accused of killing Anthony Jay Davis, 51, around 3 a.m. Saturday in the 27900 block of Calypso Lane. In addition to murder, Tracey is charged with a single count of assault with a firearm.

Tracey was scheduled to be arraigned sometime today in San Fernando
Superior Court.

According to police and prosecutors, Tracey and Davis had been involved in a long-running dispute that escalated when Tracey installed some floodlights that were pointed in the direction of Davis' home. Prosecutors said Davis was upset that the lights were disrupting a video surveillance system at his home.

Upset about the disruption, Davis unplugged the lights on Tracey's property, and Tracey shot him twice with a shotgun, then pointed the weapon at Davis' wife, authorities said.

Prosecutors plan to ask that Tracey remain jailed on $1.1 million bail.

Encino

Authorities today held three suspects nabbed after a heist at a Rite Aid Pharmacy that was being watched by plainclothes LAPD officers because of a high number of drug store robberies in the area, police said. Go to for more.

Northridge

A young man who may have muttered something about a gun in Cal State Northridge's library, triggering a daylong law enforcement response, was being detained tonight.

A university spokeswoman said the person was being questioned tonight.

Go to for more details.

-- City News Service