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Man Who Allegedly Raped 16-Year-Old Stepdaughter Has Charges Dropped

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A Canyon Country man who was arrested for allegedly raping his 16-year-old stepdaughter had all charges dropped, according to officials. Last Wednesday, a Canyon Country man was arrested for allegedly raping his then-16-year-old stepdaughter two years ago, according to Sgt. Joseph Mesa, with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Special Victims Bureau. However, when the Sex Crimes Division was presented with ...

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Burglar Who Broke Into Home And Covered Sleeping Woman’s Mouth Pleads Not Guilty

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A Canyon Country burglar who allegedly awoke a sleeping woman by covering her mouth last week pled not guilty Tuesday. Leonard Grim III, 36, from Canyon Country appeared in court Tuesday and pled not guilty to assault to commit a felony during the commission of a first-degree burglary, said Venusse Dunn, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s ...

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Canyon Country Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison For Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material

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A Canyon Country man who is a former Navy SEAL was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) for surreptitiously filming nude minor victims with hidden cameras in a residential setting. Robert Quido Stella, 51, of Canyon Country, was sentenced by United States District Judge George H. Wu. At the conclusion of ...

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Judge In Ventura County Murder Case Had ‘Clear Bias’ Against Prosecution, Victim’s Family Claims

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Five years ago, a beloved young man was taken from his family in a violent attack inside his own home. Today, his family was betrayed once again by an astonishingly light sentence by a Ventura County Judge that they claim had a “clear bias” against the prosecution and the victim. In the years since Hart High School graduate Chad O’Melia’s ...

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Woman Who Stabbed Hart High Grad Over 100 Times Sentenced To Only 100 Hours Community Service

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A 32-year-old woman convicted of killing a Hart High School graduate was sentenced Tuesday to serve less than an hour of community service for every stab wound she inflicted. Bryn Spejcher was sentenced in Ventura County court Tuesday for the May 28, 2018 killing of 26-year-old Chad O’Melia, a graduate of William S. Hart High School. Spejcher claimed the death ...

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Valencia Man Sentenced To over 10 Years In Prison For Multi-Million Medi-Cal Fraud Scheme

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The former president and CEO of a Whittier medical clinic was sentenced Monday to 124 months in federal prison for submitting fraudulent billings to a Medi-Cal healthcare program that provides family planning services to low-income Californians who lack health insurance. Vincenzo Rubino, 59, of Valencia, was sentenced by United States District Judge Otis D. Wright II, who also ordered him ...

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Deputy Pleads Not Guilty To Alleged Attempted Cover-Up Of Stevenson Ranch DUI Crash

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A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) Deputy pleaded not guilty Friday to criminal charges stemming from an alleged attempted coverup of another deputy’s drunken crash in a patrol car in Stevenson Ranch. Gregory Davis, 55, faces one felony count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, one misdemeanor count of giving false information to a peace officer and three misdemeanor counts ...

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Attempted Murder Suspect To Be Arraigned Later This Month

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A Stevenson Ranch attempted murder suspect is scheduled to be arraigned later this month after she allegedly pinned a woman and her dog between two cars during a dispute in June of last year. Elisa Henderson, 49, from Stevenson Ranch, was charged with one felony count of attempted murder — willful, deliberate and premeditated and one count of criminal threats ...

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Second Sexual Assault Lawsuit Filed Against Former Santa Clarita Realtor

A second civil complaint was filed last week alleging that a former Santa Clarita realtor drugged and sexually assaulted several women during work events. The New York Times first reported the second lawsuit on Thursday, part of a months-long investigation into the allegations leveled against brokerage eXp Realty and several of its high-profile agents and executives, including former Santa Clarita ...

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Adult Film Star Ron Jeremy Released To ‘Private Residence’

Former adult film star Ron Jeremy, 70, was released to a “private residence” due to deteriorating health last week. Jeremy had been committed to a state mental health facility in February after he was found incompetent to stand trial in multiple sexual assault cases, including that of a 15-year-old girl at a house party in Santa Clarita, according to Greg ...

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