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How I Got That Story: Ryan Vaillancourt of Los Angeles Downtown News on suspected counterfeiter, drug dealer and weapons maker Brian Alexik

Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 7:00 PM (PT)

Los Angeles, CA

How I Got That Story: Ryan Vaillancourt of Los Angeles...

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On April 19, 2010 suspected counterfeiter, drug dealer and weapons maker Brian Alexik evaded police at the door of his ritzy Downtown penthouse — which overlooked the L.A. branch of the Federal Reserve bank — by sneaking down a fire escape. On June 3, he was arrested in a rundown apartment barely a mile from his home. In the following months, he opened up to Los Angeles Downtown News reporter Ryan Vaillancourt, who had been the first to cover the story. The two spoke repeatedly on the phone and, Alexik sent letters, and Vaillancourt visited him in prison.

On Feb. 10, Vaillancourt will discuss the jailhouse mind of a person the LAPD warned should be considered armed and dangerous. But that’s just the beginning of the story for a man who lived the high life, partied with Bono and is representing himself in court.

Moderator: Anna Scott, Los Angeles Daily Journal.
Scott previously worked for the Downtown News and the Wave and has contributed to the Los Angeles Times and other publications.



Drinks, snacks and networking at 7 pm.

Program at 7:30

Free Parking

Metro: Red line, Vermont/Sunset

When & Where



Los Angeles Press Club @ Steve Allen Theater
4773 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 7:00 PM (PT)


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