BRIEFLY JUDGE TO WITHDRAW FROM RUNOFF ELECTION.A judge charged with child molestation Child molestation is a crime involving a range of indecent or sexual activities between an adult and a child, usually under the age of 14. In psychiatric terms, these acts are sometimes known as pedophilia. and possession of child pornography Child pornography is the visual representation of minors under the age of 18 engaged in sexual activity or the visual representation of minors engaging in lewd or erotic behavior designed to arouse the viewer's sexual interest. will withdraw from a runoff election, his lawyer said Wednesday. Orange County Superior Court Judge Ronald Kline, who failed to get more than 50 percent of the vote on March 5, faced a runoff against the challenger with the second-highest vote total. Attorney Paul S. Meyer sent notices to all 11 write-in candidates who ran against Kline, and a petition asking that Kline's name be withdrawn from the ballot will be reviewed by a judge at a hearing scheduled Thursday in Santa Ana. - Associated Press Actors plead guilty to sex with teen VAN NUYS - Two actors who appeared on television's ``America's Most Wanted'' pleaded guilty Wednesday to having sex with a 14-year-old girl living at the Children of the Night abused children's shelter in Van Nuys. Cristian Saliadarre, 28, and Anthony Alvarez, 27, pleaded guilty to an amended complaint amended complaint n. what results when the party suing (plaintiff or petitioner) changes the complaint he/she has filed. It must be in writing, and can be done before the complaint is served on any defendant, by agreement between the parties (usually their lawyers), of unlawful sexual intercourse sexual intercourse or coitus or copulation Act in which the male reproductive organ enters the female reproductive tract (see reproductive system). with a person under 16 and were were sentenced to five years probation, must undergo a year of sex offender sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. counseling and were fined $5,000 each. - Staff and Wire Services Man found guilty of three murders SAN FERNANDO - A Palmdale man was convicted Wednesday of murder for the shooting deaths of three Pacoima gang members at a birthday party last year, authorities said. The San Fernando Superior Court jury deliberated about a day before finding Juan Guillen, 26, guilty of the Jan. 14, 2001, killings of Joel Gonzalez, 27, of Arleta; Jesse Abel, 24, of Pacoima; and Jack Loutsias, 17, of Mission Hills, officials said. - City News Service Ex-L.A. police chief at Atlanta airport Former Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation). - City News Service Passenger traffic now recovering Passenger traffic at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX is down over last year, but has increased each month since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and should recover by September, an airport official said Wednesday. - City News Service |
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