Thursday, October 3, 2024

Execution Style Murder Victim in Midtown Manhattan Had a Long Rap Sheet in Los Angeles

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A 31 year old man was killed, execution style on West 58th St. yesterday at Seventh Avenue. In the middle of the afternoon. The three New York newspapers, reporting on their websites, seem absolutely clueless about what went on. None of them know as much as the Daily Mail, a British newspaper, or New York 1, a local cable TV outlet. As of 2 am, the New York Times website still isn’t even featuring the story on its homepage. You have to click on the ‘New York’ link to find it in the directory.

According to a little research I did tonight, Brandon Lincoln Woodard had a long police record in the Los Angeles area including some kind of assault and battery charge in June 2012, as well as possession of a controlled substance, and a litany of other criminal cases in which he was a defendant. His rap sheet also includes an apparent guilty conviction for grand theft in 2008, and the dismissal of a burglary charge. He has several vehicle issues also, including parking in a handicapped spot. (Maybe while he committing grand theft.) He was acquitted in 2008 of resisting arrest, possibly in a case dealing with a car. It also looks like he was charged with urinating in public.

The Post and Daily News — neither of them reports what can easily be found on Google– that in 2009, the victim, Brandon Lincoln Woodard, was arrested for shoplifting bottles of wine in Hermosa Beach, California. http://www.topix.com/forum/city/redondo-beach-ca/TFLKKEV32TD6P5DS4. The Times write up is like something from the gardening section, with no urgency. There is one tidbit that the Post and News don’t have–Woodard’s father, whom they interviewed as if the guy knew him, actually hadn’t seen or spoken to his son in years.

If you don’t live in New York, you may think this sort of thing happens every day. It does not. But an execution style murder took place like something out of gangster movie in broad daylight in extremely quiet part of Manhattan, and the reporting on it is shameful to say the least.

I do love how the local reports have Woodard “visiting from Los Angeles” like he was here to see Broadway shows and maybe have high tea at the Plaza. People here for that purpose are not shot by assailants laying in wait (according to ABCNews.com) once in the back of the head from behind with no robbery involved. Brandon Woodard was into something bad.

Here’s a rudimentary print out:
Name:  WOODARD , BRANDON   LINCOLN

Case Number  LAX1WA01578-01
Filed At Airport Courthouse
Filing Date 06/03/2011
Limited Jurisdiction
Count     Charge
Section     Charge
Statute     Disposition     Disposition
Date
01     4461(C)     Vehicle Code     Dismissed or Not Prosecuted
07/27/2011
02     22507.8(A)     Vehicle Code     Guilty/Convicted
07/27/2011
If the Charge Statute link is available, click on it to search for the Charge description.

Name:  WOODARD , BRANDON

Case Number  LAA2CA05179-01
Filed At Central Arraignment Courts
Filing Date 06/01/2012
Limited Jurisdiction
Count     Charge
Section     Charge
Statute     Disposition     Disposition
Date
01     242-243(E)(1)     Penal Code     Online data not available.
Online data not available.
If the Charge Statute link is available, click on it to search for the Charge description.

Name:  WOODARD , BRANDON   LINCOLN

Case Number  LAH6HY02009-01
Filed At Hollywood Courthouse
Filing Date 07/12/2006
Limited Jurisdiction
Count     Charge
Section     Charge
Statute     Disposition     Disposition
Date
01     41.47.2     Los Angeles Municipal Code     Dismissed or Not Prosecuted
10/16/2006
02     41.47.2     Los Angeles Municipal Code     Guilty/Convicted
10/16/2006
If the Charge Statute link is available, click on it to search for the Charge description.

Name:  WOODARD , BRANDON   LINCOLN

Case Number  LAA8CA05698-01
Filed At Central Arraignment Courts
Filing Date 03/19/2008
Limited Jurisdiction
Count     Charge
Section     Charge
Statute     Disposition     Disposition
Date
01     484(A)     Penal Code     Guilty/Convicted
07/24/2008
If the Charge Statute link is available, click on it to search for the Charge description.

Name:  WOODARD , BRANDON   L

Case Number  LAM8MP12736-01
Filed At Metropolitan Courthouse
Filing Date 10/17/2008
Limited Jurisdiction
Count     Charge
Section     Charge
Statute     Disposition     Disposition
Date
01     23152(A)     Vehicle Code     Guilty/Convicted
07/07/2009
02     148(A)(1)     Penal Code     Acquitted
07/07/2009
03     2800.1(A)     Vehicle Code     Acquitted
07/07/2009
04     2800(A)     Vehicle Code     Dismissed or Not Prosecuted
07/06/2009
If the Charge Statute link is available, click on it to search for the Charge description.

Name:  WOODARD , BRANDON   LINCOLN

Case Number  BH9BV01676-01
Filed At Beverly Hills Courthouse
Filing Date 10/06/2009
Limited Jurisdiction
Count     Charge
Section     Charge
Statute     Disposition     Disposition
Date
01     14601.2(A)     Vehicle Code     Dismissed or Not Prosecuted
11/19/2009
If the Charge Statute link is available, click on it to search for the Charge description.

Name:  WOODARD , BRANDON   LINCOLN

Case Number  BHSA067520-01
Filed At Beverly Hills Courthouse
Filing Date 04/25/2008
Limited Jurisdiction
Count     Charge
Section     Charge
Statute     Disposition     Disposition
Date
01     459     Penal Code     Dismissed or Not Prosecuted
05/29/2008
02     487(A)     Penal Code     Guilty/Convicted
05/29/2008
03     459     Penal Code     Dismissed or Not Prosecuted
05/29/2008
04     487(A)     Penal Code     Guilty/Convicted
05/29/2008
If the Charge Statute link is available, click on it to search for the Charge description.

Name:  WOODARD , BRANDON   LINCOLN

Case Number  BHSA080966-01
Filed At Beverly Hills Courthouse
Filing Date 06/08/2012
Limited Jurisdiction
Count     Charge
Section     Charge
Statute     Disposition     Disposition
Date
01     11350(A)     Health & Safety Code     Online data not available.
Online data not available.
If the Charge Statute link is available, click on it to search for the Charge description.

Name:  WOODARD , BRANDON   LINCOLN

Case Number  SBAYA076279-01
Filed At Torrance Courthouse
Filing Date 10/13/2009
Limited Jurisdiction
Count     Charge
Section     Charge
Statute     Disposition     Disposition
Date
01     487     Penal Code     Guilty/Convicted
12/14/2009
02     666     Penal Code     Dismissed or Not Prosecuted
12/14/2009
03     20002(A)     Vehicle Code     Guilty/Convicted
12/14/2009
04     20002(A)     Vehicle Code     Dismissed or Not Prosecuted
12/14/2009
05     20002(A)     Vehicle Code     Dismissed or Not Prosecuted
12/14/2009
If the Charge Statute link is available, click on it to search for the Charge description.

 

 

Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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