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Canyon Country Woman Accused Of Fatally Stabbing Girlfriend Returns To Court

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A Canyon Country woman accused of fatally stabbing her girlfriend over 70 times returned to court Tuesday, more than two years after the original crime reportedly took place. Pamela Michelle Walker, 36, is accused of fatally stabbing her 46-year-old girlfriend, Christine Diane McQueen, also known as Christine Himmle, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The incident in ...

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Santa Clarita Girl Scouts Treasurer Back In Court For Allegedly Embezzling $90K

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A Santa Clarita Girl Scouts treasurer returned to court Tuesday for a continuation of a preliminary hearing setting after she allegedly embezzling over $90,000, officials said. Patricia Cascione, 52, of Santa Clarita, pled not guilty in October 2018 to two felony counts of embezzlement by a public or private officer, according to Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County ...

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Former Master’s University Employee Pleads To Upskirt Photos, Sentenced To 47 Days In Jail, Phone Destroyed

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A former student employee from The Master’s University was sentenced to jail on Tuesday after pleading no contest to allegations of taking upskirt images of multiple women without their knowledge, officials said. Sebastian Raymundo, 21, pled no contest Tuesday after being arrested on June 12 for reportedly “secretly videotaping or photographing the body or undergarments of another,” according to a ...

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Third Trial Dismissed For Former Disney Executive Charged With Lewd Acts On A Child

Jonathan Blake Heely

The third trial for a Saugus Disney executive charged with sexually assaulting two children over the course of six years was dismissed Tuesday, officials said. The retrial was set for Jonathan Blake Heely, 58, because the first and second juries were unable to reach a verdict unanimously, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. On Tuesday, the court ...

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Case Of Valencia Man Accused Of Murdering Boyfriend Sees More Delays

A Valencia man accused of strangling his boyfriend to death appeared in court Wednesday for the continuation of his pretrial hearings over two years after the original crime, according to officials. Christian Ortiz, 23, is suspected of strangling Brayan “Brian” Rodriguez, 20, and hiding his body at his Valencia home in September 2017. The couple had been arguing the last ...

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Blueface Returns To Court After Alleged Involvement In Newhall Shooting

Rapper “Blueface” returned to court Friday for a pretrial hearing after his alleged involvement in a gunfight between vehicles in Newhall, officials said. Jonathan Porter, also known by his rap pseudonym Blueface, was arrested in November 2018 after the incident, which ended with the vehicle carrying Porter crashing into the center divider on the 14 Freeway, according to Shirley Miller, ...

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Canyons Aquatic Club Lawsuit Alleges Organization Ignored Sexual Abuse Reports 

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A lawsuit filed Wednesday against the Canyons Aquatic Club by the former head coach alleges the organization ignored reports of sexual abuse, officials said.  David Kuck filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles County Superior Court alleging Canyons Aquatic Club did not act on allegations of sexual abuse by Swim Coach Jeremy Anderson, calling it a “shameless campaign to silence,” ...

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Santa Clarita Wrong-Way Driver Returns To Court For Murder, Assault Charges

A Santa Clarita woman who allegedly stole a car and caused a fatal wrong-way five-vehicle collision on the 210 Freeway returned to court Wednesday. Prosecutors said that on Jan. 22, 2018, Nicole Danielle Thibault stole a parked truck in San Bernardino. She then allegedly drove through several red lights at unsafe speeds before entering the 210 Freeway, prosecutors added. In ...

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Woman Accused Of Abusing Three-Month-Old Puppy Returns To Court

A woman accused of abusing a three-month-old puppy to the point where it had to be euthanized returned to court Friday, officials said. Kathryn Wilde, 27, of Canyon Country, is accused of abusing a three-month-old puppy that deputies found “barely breathing,” according to officials with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. On Sept. 27, deputies responded to the 23000 block ...

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‘Sexy Vegan’ Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Dog Returns To Court

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A Newhall man with the legal name Sexy Vegan returned to court Thursday after being arrested on charges of sexually assaulting his dog and posting the video on social media. Sexy Vegan, born Hansel DeBartolo III, 37, is charged with one misdemeanor count each of sexual assault on an animal and posting obscene matter, according to Paul Eakins with the ...

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