| (June 11, 2021, 10:07 p.m., updated June 12, 4:00 p.m.) -- LBPD has identified, located and arrested a suspect in a June 10 alleged hit/run on LB Blvd/67th St. that injured a male infant.
In a release, LBPD says it located the suspect on the night of June 10 in LB's Lindbergh neighborhood. He's identified as Burnett Livingston, 62, of Compton, and was arrested on June 11 and booked on suspicion of felony hit/run. LBPD's release says his bail was set at $50,000...BUT LASD's inmate locator says he was released with no bail on his own recognizance on the same date as his arrest. LASD's online inmate locator indicates he was arrested at 9:40 a.m. June 11, booked with permanent housing asigned at 10:16 a.m. June 11 and released at 7:26 p.m. on June 11 with no bail on his own recognizance. UPDATE: LBPD Public Information Officer Allison Gallagher says the decision to release the arrestee with zero bail was made by LBPD and involved a medical issue. [end UPDATE] LBREPORT.com is separately aware of a March 25, 2021 opinion by the CA Supreme Court that effectively struck down CA's cash bail system (after CA voters' approved the cash bail system in a Nov. 2020 ballot measure.) The high court held that "a court must consider the arrestee’s ability to pay the stated amount of bail and may not effectively detain the arrestee 'solely because' the arrestee 'lacked the resources to post bail'..." There's no indication the Court opiniom played a role in this arrestee's no bail release. Meanwhile: .
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