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San Diego-area couple sentenced for abuse of girl
A San Diego County couple who prosecutors say kept a 12-year-old relative as a sex slave and forced laborer have been sentenced to 20 or more years in prison. Marcial Garcia Hernandez was sentenced Monday to 23 years to life in prison; his wife, Inez Martinez Garcia, 44, was sentenced ...
Screams in video of man dead after deputy beating
Loud wailing can be heard on cellphone video of a Bakersfield man who died after a beating from Kern County Sheriff's deputies, but little is visible. The nearly-three-minute video shot from a distance by witness Francisco Arrieta and released Monday by attorney Daniel Rodriguez shows deputies between patrol cars hunched ...
LA officer arrested for alleged lewd acts on girls
A Los Angeles police officer has been arrested for allegedly committing lewd acts on two girls under 10 years old while off duty. Los Angeles County Sheriff's officials say the two girls told detectives that on Saturday morning 28-year-old Miguel Schiappapietra lured them into his home in Castaic and committed ...
US women's hoops team chosen for WUG
National champions Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Bria Hartley headline the U.S. women's basketball team that will compete in July at the World University Games. The two UConn stars were among the 12 chosen to play in Kazan, Russia, from July 8-15. Shoni Schimmel, who helped Louisville make a surprising run to ...
Mattingly doesn't feel he's about to be fired
Beleaguered manager Don Mattingly insisted Monday he doesn't feel he's about to be fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers, and he has no idea whether he needs to win a three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers to keep his job. Mattingly's comments came an hour after GM Ned Colletti said ...
3 charged in LA-area bank robbery
A man was charged Monday with a $565,000 bank robbery in which his girlfriend — an assistant bank manager — was forced to strap on a fake bomb so she would seem to be a hostage and could take the money. The woman said she was abducted in September from ...
Customs seizes elephant meat, dead primate in LA
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Los Angeles have made some unusual seizures, including elephant meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made from the skin of snakes, lizards and crocodiles. The agency says in a press release Monday that the illegal items were seized between May 6 ...
2 San Diego contractors sentenced in Navy scheme
A federal judge has given three-year prison sentences to two San Diego defense contractors convicted of fraud in a scheme to bribe Navy officials with more than $1 million in cash and gifts. The judge on Monday also ordered Joanne Loehr to pay $300,000 and Robert Ehnow to pay nearly ...
Former drug agent sentenced to 14 years in prison
A disgraced former head of an elite Northern California drug task force was sentenced Monday to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing drugs from evidence lockers and trying to sell them. Norman Wielsch received the term after apologizing for his actions and seeking mercy in a ...
Yahoo looks to regain its cool with Tumblr deal
After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in a risky acquisition that revolves around the vision and instincts of ...
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