BOY, 13, ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ON GIRL, 7, TO SKIP EARLY HEARING.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - A 13-year-old Palmdale boy charged in the sexual assault of a 7-year-old girl remained in custody Friday after his attorney asked that the court not hold a hearing to determine whether the boy should continue to be detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: . Lancaster Juvenile Court juvenile court Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial Judge Chesley McKay set a hearing date of Aug. 6, at which time the court will receive a report from the Los Angeles County Probation Department The Los Angeles County Probation Department provides services for those placed on probation within Los Angeles County, California, USA. Robert Taylor is the current Chief Probation Officer. The department is the largest probation department in the world[1]. on a recommended disposition of the case, officials said. ``At the request of the defense attorney, they decided they didn't want to do the detention The act of keeping back, restraining, or withholding, either accidentally or by design, a person or thing. Detention occurs whenever a police officer accosts an individual and restrains his or her freedom to walk away, or approaches and questions an individual, or stops an hearing, so they took it off calendar, meaning they decided not to have it at all,'' said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman with the District Attorney's CERTIFICATE, ATTORNEY'S, Practice, English law. By statute 37 Geo. III., c. 90, s. 26, 28, attorneys are required to deliver to the commissioners of stamp duties, a paper or note in writing, containing the name and usual place of residence of such person, and thereupon, on paying certain Office. The boy, whose name has not been released because of his age, has pleaded not guilty to charges he sexually assaulted the girl, who had to undergo surgery for her injuries. A trial date was set for Aug. 10. The girl was attacked between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. July 17 as she played near her Palmdale home in the 1100 block of East Avenue R-3. Following the assault, sheriff's deputies questioned two boys who live in the neighborhood. One youth was determined not to be involved, while DNA evidence Among the many new tools that science has provided for the analysis of forensic evidence is the powerful and controversial analysis of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, the material that makes up the genetic code of most organisms. was collected from the second. The defendant was arrested the next day. Deputies said the boy followed the girl into a small alcove, attacked her and threatened to kill her. Sgt. Mike Becker of the Sheriff's Department's Family Crimes Bureau said the victim is out of the hospital. ``She was walking down the street with her dog going to a next-door neighbor's house. The dog ran up into a little alcove area, and she went to retrieve the dog,'' Becker said. |
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