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**Update** Death Investigation, Littlerock Victim Identified

The victim who was found being mauled by dogs at 116th Street East and Avenue S, Littlerock, on May 9, 2013, has been identified as 63-year-old Littlerock resident Pamela Marie Devitt. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office will determine the cause of her death.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau, with the assistance of the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control, will determine whether the dogs taken into custody on May 9, 2013 were involved in the death of Mrs. Devitt.

The suspect who was arrested at his Littlerock residence for possession of marijuana for sale on Thursday, May 9, 2013, is 29-year-old Suspect Alex Donald Jackson. His bail is set at $20,000.00.


Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.

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*** Update *** Sent May 8, 2013 - 10:38PM
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide detectives are continuing their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 63 year-old female Littlerock resident on 116th Street East and Avenue S, Littlerock, an unincorporated community in the Antelope Valley.

On Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 9:29AM, Palmdale Sheriff’s Station deputies received a phone call stating that a female was being attacked by dogs. When the first deputy arrived, he saw a female being attacked by a Pit Bull dog. The deputy fired rounds from his firearm towards the Pit Bull dog causing the attacking dog to flee Northbound toward the desert. A search for the dogs ensued.

Later in the day, detectives received information from the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) and local residents that led to the service of a residential search warrant on the 37300 block of 115th Street, Littlerock. The search warrant resulted in Animal Control taking possession of eight dogs from the property (6 Pit Bulls and 2 mix breeds).

LASD Homicide Bureau with the assistance of DACC will determine whether the dogs taken into custody were involved in the death of the 63 year-old woman.

The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office will determine the cause of death of the 63 year-old female resident of Littlerock.

During the search of the residence, detectives also discovered a “marijuana grow” on the property. A 29 year-old male adult was arrested at the property for Cultivation of Marijuana.

Upon learning of the incident, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department utilized Alert LA County emergency phone system to notify residents of the danger posed by the vicious dogs.

In order to update community members of the active search for the vicious dogs, several messaging systems were used, including:

(1) ALERT LA COUNTY http://www.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/alertla emergency telephone call system. Be sure to register your cell phones and voice over IP phones.

(2) Also, register for LASD http://www.Nixle.com/ Text/Email notifications. Here is LASD Palmdale's: http://nixle.com/lasd---palmdale-station-los-angeles-county-sheriff/ LASD HQ http://nixle.com/lasd----hq-newsroom-shb-los-angeles-county-sheriff/

(3) Also Twitter @PalmdaleSheriff https://twitter.com/PalmdaleSheriff and @LASD_News https://twitter.com/LASD_News

(4) this Facebook page. (5) Website of the LASD Palmdale Facebook page is: http://www.Palmdale.lasd.org/


Sheriff’s Department personnel conducted ground and air searches, as well as worked closely with the DACC officers, going door to door, to search the area for the vicious dogs.

Littlerock residents were very cooperative in allowing deputies to search their properties to search for the vicious dogs and dogs resembling the attacking dogs. Several dogs, which were pointed out by residents to deputies and to the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control officers, that matched the description of the attacking dogs were ruled out.

We thank the Littlerock community for their cooperation with the search.

There is no additional information at this time.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org/.



Prepared by:
Peter Gomez, Deputy
Kim Manatt, Deputy
Mike Parker, Captain
Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau - Newsroom
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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Leroy D. Baca, Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

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*** First Press Release Below ***

Classification: Death Investigation
Date: Thursday, May 09, 2013
Time of Occurrence: 9:29 AM
Homicide Investigators: Lt. Corina

Sheriff's Homicide Detectives are en route to 115th Street East and Avenue S, Littlerock, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman.

There is no more information available at this time.

Written by:
Deputy Lillian Peck
Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau - Newsroom
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
323-267-4800
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Partner to prevent or report crime by contacting your local Sheriff’s station. Or if you wish to remain Anonymous, call “LA Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org/

Leroy D. Baca, Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

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