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Marine charged with sexual assault of missing 14-year-old girl found in Camp Pendleton barracks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:54:40 GMT

A Marine at California’s Camp Pendleton has been charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl who was found in a base barracks, the military announced.Military prosecutors charged the Marine with sexual assault of a minor and with violating liberty restriction from an earlier, unrelated case. After a preliminary hearing scheduled for Aug. 17, authorities will decide whether he will face a court-martial, said a statement from Capt. Charles Palmer with the 1st Marine Logistics Group.The Marine’s identity and other details of the case, such as when and how he met the teenager and how she got onto the base, weren’t immediately released.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | GOP donor Anton “Tony” Lazzaro gets 21 years for sex trafficking minors Crime and Public Safety | ‘Disturbing uptick’ of sexual assaults on aircraft, officials say Crime and Public Safety | Man who impersonated search-and-rescue official sex...

1 dead, 2 injured when car going 100 mph slams into Southern California garage, police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:54:40 GMT

One person was killed and two others were critically injured when their car slammed into a garage and became wedged underneath a parked vehicle inside in South Pasadena Saturday morning, Aug. 12, authorities said.South Pasadena officers believe the driver of an Infiniti sedan, identified as 21-year-old David Silva of Sun Valley, was speeding southbound at about 100 mph on Orange Grove Avenue and lost control as he approached Oliver Street, sending the car careening into the garage in the 300 block of Orange Grove Avenue, officials said.“The impact was significant enough to push a vehicle parked in the garage through the back wall,” Sgt. Craig Phillips said.Silva and his front seat passenger were taken to a hospital with moderate to severe injuries, Phillips said. The back seat passenger suffered major trauma and died at the scene.He was identified as Oscar Bejarano Jr., a 21-year-old resident of North Hills, the medical examiner’s office said.No one inside the home was injured, Phil...

California teacher on leave after ‘Angels in America’ controversy hopes to return to class

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:54:40 GMT

If there’s going to be drama, Greg Bailey prefers it happen inside his classroom.Instead, the 46-year-old Temecula Valley High School drama teacher is unwillingly at the center of a culture-war drama, vilified as a groomer and unable to teach his life’s passion while in investigatory limbo.In May, Temecula resident Tracy Nolasco complained that her 15-year-old daughter became distressed after being forced to read the play “Angels in America” in Bailey’s class.Bailey, a Menifee resident and Temecula Valley Unified School District employee since 2018, has been on paid leave ever since.Greg Bailey, a Temecula Valley High School drama teacher, directs a rehearsal of “Hamlet” at Baily Winery & Vineyard in Temecula Valley Wine Country on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. He has been on paid leave since May after a parent complained about her daughter reading the play “Angels in America” in Bailey’s class. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Greg Bailey works w...

California man arrested after attacking and injuring 2 women with a shovel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:54:40 GMT

Two women were injured in Long Beach on Saturday night after a man hit them with a shovel, police said.The attacks occurred shortly before 9 p.m. when the suspect, a 28-year-old Claremont man, began swinging a shovel at bystanders while walking northbound on Atlantic Avenue near First Street, police said. According to a preliminary investigation, he chased multiple people with the shovel before striking two women on the upper body. One was transported to a hospital.Another woman and two men were chased but were not injured, according to police.The 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault, and police said they found the shovel at the scene. No motive for the man’s behavior was known.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Death toll rises to 96 in Maui with estimated loss of $5.6 billion. Follow live updates Crime and Public Safety | Marine charged with sexual assault of missing 14-year-old girl found in Camp Pendleton barracks Crime and ...

Dozens of thieves ransack Nordstrom at California mall

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:54:40 GMT

Shoppers at the Westfield Topanga mall in Canoga Park were in for quite a shock when dozens of thieves ransacked the Nordstrom inside the mall on Saturday, Aug. 12, smashing displays and stealing an estimated $60,000- $100,000 worth of merchandise, authorities said.The Los Angeles Police Department responded to the mall at around 4 p.m. after hearing reports that between 20 and 50 people ran through the Nordstrom grabbing merchandise, leaving some on the ground and taking armfuls with them.Police said that no arrests were immediately made. The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the scene for a report of an assault, but no one was transported to a hospital.Videos from the scene show thieves clad in black, most wearing face coverings, grabbing clothes and running out of the store.Another video of the Topanga Mall smash and grab pic.twitter.com/mzULJBtpMy— Downtown LA Scanner (@DowntownLAScan) August 13, 2023The investigation is ongoing. The LAPD found that an estimated $60...

Harriette Cole: She walked through a closed screen door. Is it our problem?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:54:40 GMT

DEAR HARRIETTE: My family is renting a home from friends for the summer. We had guests arrive this week, and as soon as one of them showed up, she walked through the screen door, destroying the frame. She did not get hurt, but the door is busted.Related ArticlesAdvice | Harriette Cole: I’m ashamed to tell people I forgave my childhood friend Advice | Harriette Cole: I’ve worked hard, and my poor siblings resent my success Advice | Harriette Cole: I want to move to a big city but I’m scared of driving Advice | Harriette Cole: My husband won’t help with the baby, and I’m considering divorce Advice | Harriette Cole: My boyfriend’s teenage secret has made me really nervous We don’t have a contract with our friends, but I’m wondering who is liable. Do we need to pay for the door replacement, given that this happened on our watch?We would like to stay here again,...

Fox Executives Are Pouring Cash Into Joe Manchin’s Campaign

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:54:40 GMT

Since the 2020 presidential election, when Democrats emerged with a razor-thin majority in the Senate, Joe Manchin has been no stranger to his Republican colleagues: schmoozing with them on his houseboat, meeting to discuss concerns about President Joe Biden’s massive spending packages, and proving a consistent ally in derailing the aspirations of both Blue Dog Democrats and left-wing progressives. As the Democrats’ critical 51st vote, the West Virginia senator has repeatedly taken to Fox News to warn his Democratic colleagues about the federal deficit and to air his grievances to the network’s conservative viewership. Manchin’s most recent financial disclosures suggest that those appearances are falling on receptive ears. The senator received tens of thousands of dollars from Fox executives and lawyers from April to June, according to his campaign’s July filing with the Federal Election Commission. Prior to that, Manchin had not received a donation from a Fox employee sin...

Stock market today: Global markets mixed after stronger US inflation revives fears of rate hike

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:54:40 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets were mixed Monday after stronger U.S. inflation revived worries the Federal Reserve might hike interest rates again.Shanghai, London and Tokyo declined. Paris, Frankfurt and Wall Street futures rose. Oil prices fell.Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index slipped Friday after government data showed producer price inflation accelerated in July. Earlier data showed consumer prices also rose faster in July.“Setbacks to optimistic expectations are hard to ignore,” said Tan Boon Heng of Mizuho Bank in a report. “The data need to provide reasons (for the Federal Reserve) not to hike.”In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London lost less than 0.1% to 7,517.92. The CAC 40 in Paris advanced 0.4% to 7,366.42 and the DAX in Frankfurt gained 0.5% to 15,911.02.On Wall Street, the future for the S&P 500 index was up 0.3%. That for the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.2%.On Friday, the S&P 500 lost 0.1% after the Labor Department’s producer pric...

Prince George’s Co. dance studio owner helps students ‘grow physically and mentally’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:54:40 GMT

This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage.Linda Chaney, the owner of Evolution Dance Studio. (Courtesy Evolution Dance Studio)When Linda Chaney opened her dance business in 2019, she had a goal in mind: “What we’re trying to do for the community is take kids off the street and put them into art.”Chaney is the owner of Evolution Dance Studio, at the Beltway Plaza Mall in Greenbelt, Maryland. Chaney said she started the business in 2019 online, then relocated to Beltway Plaza Mall in 2023 after the pandemic.Chaney, who said she claims both North Carolina and D.C. as her homes, spent most of her youth dancing in the basement of her D.C. home. She called it her studio, where they taught the neighborhood boys how to dance and she says, in turn, the boys taught them how to play football.When dancing, Chaney said she always felt like she was “in the zone...

Ex-Miami mayor’s aide set to be prosecuted in child pornography case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:54:40 GMT

A former aide to Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is set to be prosecuted on Monday after he pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography. Rene Pedrosa, 51, admitted to receiving pornographic materials from a 16-year-old boy in 2019. He entered a guilty plea on May 24, 2023, for his actions. Court documents stated that Pedrosa connected with a male teenager in November 2019 on social media for a potential web design position for Mayor Suarez. The document also stated that on Nov. 25, 2019, Pedrosa admittedly kissed and sexually touched the 16-year-old at Miami City Hall when the victim’s mother dropped him off for a follow-up meeting.Pedrosa confessed he continued communication with the victim through an internet-based messaging app when he received sexually explicit images of the minor, which solidified his charges of receiving child pornography. The 52-year-old is set to face charges at the Miami Federal Courthouse; he faces a potential prison term ranging from five to 20 years.