GIRL LIED ABOUT HER BEING LEFT.Byline: - Jason Kandel PANORAMA CITY - A 12-year-old girl who told authorities she had been abandoned by a man hired to take her and her mother across the border and then raped in Panorama City, lied and is in fact a runaway, police said Thursday. The girl admitted she had fabricated fab·ri·cate tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates 1. To make; create. 2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: the story of crossing the Mexican Mexican named after or originating in Mexico. Mexican axolotl see ambystomamexicanum. Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum border three weeks ago and being dropped off by a smuggler at a local fast food restaurant, authorities said. She also gave police a false name, said Detective Jesse Alvarado of the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . .
Alvarado said the girl came from Guatemala three years ago and has been living with a guardian in the Rampart area of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. for the last two years. She ran away on March 2 and has been living on the streets in Panorama City. The girl is in the custody of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services. Investigators will also try to determine whether her guardian was properly caring for her. Police said they expect to pursue misdemeanor misdemeanor, in law, a minor crime, in contrast to a felony. At common law a misdemeanor was a crime other than treason or a felony. Although it might be a grave offense, it did not affect the feudal bond or take away the offender's property. By the 19th cent. charges against the girl for lying. |
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