BRIEFLY MAN, 38, CHARGED IN MOLESTATIONS.SAN FERNANDO - A 38-year-old Tujunga man accused of molesting two boys at the Sunland Kmart store and a third in a public library was charged Monday with kidnapping and 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. . John Saghanejad, 38, is being held in lieu of $1 million bail on charges of kidnapping for sexual purposes and forcible lewd acts on a child. His arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted was postponed Monday until Nov. 20. - Daily News Rape count filed in girl's abduction Abduction Balfour, David expecting inheritance, kidnapped by uncle. [Br. Lit.: Kidnapped] Bertram, Henry kidnapped at age five; taken from Scotland. [Br. Lit. VAN NUYS - A Van Nuys painter pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he forced a 13-year-old girl into his van while she was on her way to school last month, then raped her. Ulrich Mejia, 32, is charged with one count each of kidnapping, rape, forcible oral copulation copulation /cop·u·la·tion/ (kop?u-la´shun) sexual union; the transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals. cop·u·la·tion n. 1. , sexual penetration sexual penetration Sexology Sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anal intercourse, or any other intrusion, however slight, of any part of a person's body or of any object into the genital or anal openings of the victim's, defendant's, or any other person's by a foreign object and making criminal threats. He's also accused of three counts of aggravated assault of a child. - City News Service Human skull find leads to search SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. - Investigators plan today to continue combing the hillside where a human skull was found over the weekend. The skull and jawbone jaw·bone n. The maxilla or, especially, the mandible. , which included a full set of teeth with no fillings, was found Sunday afternoon by a hiker on top of the Bobcat Trail near Piuma and Saddle Peak roads. Officials said there was no evidence that the area where the skull was found was ever part of a burial area. - Daily News Gallegly takes out election papers Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-Thousand Oaks, was one of several Ventura County elected officials to take out nomination papers Monday for the March 2004 primary elections. Gallegly represents the 23rd Congressional District, which covers Moorpark, Simi Valley, Ojai, Santa Paula, Ventura, Camarillo and Fillmore. The deadline to file nomination papers to run is Dec. 5. Seven state legislative seats representing portions of Ventura County are also open. - Daily News Cash for College program slated Los Angeles will host its second annual Free Cash for College program Wednesday and Thursday, with a goal of repeating its first-year success in finding scholarships for 10,000 students. The event will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center The Los Angeles Convention Center (abbreviated LACC) is a convention center in downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, and was best known to video games fans as host to E3 until its cessation in 2006. , and the city will provide bus service to the event, which features representatives from colleges across the nation. For information or to arrange transportation, call (213) 482-9847 or go online at www.lafreecashforcollege.org. - Daily News |
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