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Man sentenced in drug, porn case

A Studio City man has been sentenced to 12 1/2 years in federal prison for distributing nearly two pounds of methamphetamine and possessing more than 1,000 images of child pornography, authorities said Friday.

Brett David Schenk, 42, had pleaded guilty in October to charges stemming from an investigation that began in 2003.

-- Daily News

Neighbor helps burglar escape

STUDIO CITY -- Two suspects who attempted to burglarize a Studio City Hills home were at large Friday night after a neighbor unknowingly helped one of them escape, but they left their vehicle at the scene, police said.

Two men in a pickup truck were burglarizing a home in the 11400 block of Laurelcrest Drive shortly before 12:30 p.m. when the resident came home and they fled, said Sgt. Kent Pollard of the Los Angeles Police Department North Hollywood Station.

One suspect ran down the side of the property and broke his leg after falling off a two-foot drop to the street, he said.

A neighbor spotted the injured man lying in the street, assumed he was an injured gardener and offered him a ride to the hospital, Pollard said.

The neighbor, Mike Cagle, told a news cameraman he became suspicious when the injured man told him not to drive to the hospital. The neighbor said he dropped off the man near Saticoy Street.

-- City News Service