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Police asked Friday for the public’s help tracking down a young man who tried to kidnap and sexually assault a 15-year-old girl last month in Santa Ana. The suspect made lewd comments while offering to pay for sex acts with the victim on July 30 in the 800 block of North Ross Street, according to Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony…

Felony charges may be filed Thursday against a 56-year-old Banning man and his female housemate, who are suspected of drugging and holding a woman whom he possibly intended to kill. Scott James Lapresle and Kody Ganzer, 26, were arrested Monday night following an investigation by Banning police detectives. He was booked into the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning on suspicion…

A 34-year-old Riverside man was arrested in connection with trying to kidnap a 5-year-old child in the unincorporated area of Montclair on Wednesday afternoon, sheriff’s officials said. Abel Ojeda-Vazquez allegedly said he was there for a Bible study and tried to take the child, but was interrupted by the victim’s teenage sibling, officials said in a news release. Ojeda-Vazquez was...

A small gray kitten was thrown out of a car window and into oncoming traffic, where it was hit by another car Monday. At around 9:25 a.m., the small gray kitten was thrown out of a car on Continental Boulevard and Grand Avenue. No arrests have been reported. The kitten was treated in El Segundo Animal Hospital, but later died,...

A U.S. Forest Service firefighter was behind bars Thursday on charges of possession of child pornography and groping a 12-year-old girl in Newport Beach. Authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying additional potential victims. Jacob Daniel Carothers, 38, of San Jacinto, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant by Newport Beach police and was being held on $100,000 bail….

A woman was arrested after a fire Monday at a house in Pacoima where firefighters discovered the body of a man. After extinguishing the fire, which did not spread into the home’s walls or framing, the responding firefighters checked inside the residence, where they discovered the remains of a man with a severe injury to his throat. Details about...

After ten months of investigation, authorities arrested and charged a 21-year-old mother in the death of her child from blunt force neck trauma.

Law enforcement agencies are warning social media users that sharing child pornography is a crime — even if you’re trying to help catch the predator. Those good intentions can be considered criminal and lead to serious penalties under state and federal law.

New York State’s attorney general has accused the Federal Communications Commission of refusing to assist in his efforts to investigate an attack on the agency’s public comment system that used the identities of New Yorkers. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman revealed the investigation in an open letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Tuesday, stating that the agency’s system was “corrupted” by...

President Donald Trump basked in Saudi Arabia’s lavish royal welcome Saturday as he left behind, at least temporarily, the snowballing controversies dogging him in Washington. Trump rewarded his hosts with a $110 billion arms package aimed at bolstering Saudi security and a slew of business agreements. “That was a tremendous day, tremendous investments in the United States,” Trump said during...

Ignoring President Donald Trump’s past admonition, U.S. first lady Melania Trump did not cover her head Saturday when they arrived in Saudi Arabia on the opening leg of his first international tour since taking office. Two years ago, then-citizen Trump criticized then-first lady Michelle Obama’s decision to go bare-headed on a January 2015 visit with her husband. “Many people are...

The parents of a special needs student who drowned during a class field trip in East Los Angeles in June announced a lawsuit Thursday that claims the school district was negligent.

A grieving mother has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District and a teacher’s aide, two months after her 16-year-old son with special needs drowned while on a class trip. John Cádiz Klemack reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. from East Los Angeles Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014.