Police encounter suicidal woman NORTHWEST DISTRICT --...
Police encounter suicidal woman
NORTHWEST DISTRICT -- Police were called out to Foy Park early
Thursday when a woman threatened to kill herself.
An officer on park patrol noticed the 63-year-old Burbank woman in
the parking lot with her car running about 1:30 a.m., police said.
When he asked the woman what she was doing in the park after it was
closed, she told him she was going to shoot herself or crash the car
into a tree, police said.
The park officer called for two other officers and a negotiator to
assist in the situation, and the negotiator was eventually able to
get the woman to leave the car. No gun was found inside the car, and
the woman was taken to Olive View Medical Center in Sylmar for a
psychiatric evaluation, police said.
Ben Godar
MDA seeks
telethon volunteers
NORTHWEST DISTRICT -- Burbank-based Muscular Dystrophy Assn. is
seeking volunteers to answer phones and help out behind the scenes at
next month’s Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. The 23-hour telethon will
begin at 6 p.m. Aug. 31 and will be televised by KCAL 9.
Funds raised through the telethon support people affected by more
than 40 neuromuscular diseases.
For more information on becoming a volunteer, call 848-7000.
Molly Shore