SANTA ANA (KTLA) — A man convicted of ejaculating twice into a co-worker’s drinking water has been sentenced to 180 days in jail and three years probation.
Michael Kevin Lallana was convicted Feb. 24 of two misdemeanor counts of battery. He will also be required to register as a sex offender.
Lallana worked with the victim, identified only as Tiffany G., at Northwestern Mutual Financial Network in Newport Beach. … Continue Reading
A Mesa View Middle School teacher charged with having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old boy has been placed on administrative leave, the district’s superintendent said Friday.
William V. Loose of the Ocean View School District said in a prepared statement that Gay Davidson-Shepard, who was arrested Wednesday in Huntington Beach, will not return to class when school resumes Monday after spring break.
“The district has cooperated fully with the police agency involved in the criminal investigation and will continue to do so,” the statement read. “In light of the criminal proceeding, however, we are not at liberty to comment further other than to advise that Ms. Davidson-Shepard has been placed on administrative leave effective immediately pending the outcome of this matter.
“You may be assured that the Ocean View School District has the safety and well-being of all of its students and staff as its first priority.”
Davidson-Shepard and her husband, Daniel Alma Shepard, are both charged with multiple felony counts, including oral copulation of a minor, sodomy of a person under 18 and contributing to the delinquency of the minor, according to the Orange County district attorney and Westminster Police Department.
A man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl while dressed as a clown pleaded not guilty to four related counts at the Men’s Central Jail in Santa Ana on Friday.
Jose Jimenez was arrested in Newport Beach in March, more than nine years after he allegedly committed the crimes. Detectives said DNA evidence linked him to the Jan. 19, 2002 incident.
Jimenez allegedly grabbed the girl from a corner in Fullerton, drove her to a nearby school parking lot and raped her, Fullerton Police Sgt. Andrew Goodrich told KTLA.
He is charged with one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child, one count of a forcible lewd act upon a child and two counts of lewd or lascvious acts with a minor.
Jimenez’s pretrial is scheduled for May 2.
By Samuel Rubenfeld (Wall Street Journal)
One individual and his company in New York and two others and their company in California were separately indicted in Washington, D.C., for allegedly exporting millions of dollars worth of computer-related equipment to Iran illegally via the United Arab Emirates. … Continue Reading
SANTA ANA (KTLA) — A man accused of ejaculating twice into a co-worker’s drinking water is scheduled to appear in court Friday to face sentencing for assault and battery.
Michael Kevin Lallana “felt that was as close as he could get” to the 29-year-old executive assistant, said Deputy District Attorney Brock Zimmon.
“He did it for the purpose of sexual gratification.”
The 32-year old from Fullerton admitted that he ejaculated into an “attractive” co-worker’s water bottle because “her lips had touched it,” but told detectives he never thought she would drink it.
He faces a maximum sentence of one year in jail and sex offender registration.
He was charged in February with six misdemeanor counts of releasing an offensive material in a public place and assault, with sentencing allegations for committing a crime for sexual gratification.
Newport Harbor High has posted its boys’ water polo and boys’ swimming job opening on the Newport Mesa Unified School District website.
Only current NMUSD certified employees are able to apply in the current application period, which ends May 4. Applicants are asked to send their letter of intent and resume to Newport Harbor Principal Michael Vossen.
Former coach Jason Lynch was let go after 11 years as head coach of both teams on April 8. Vossen said at the time that a change was needed in the program. Lynch still teaches at Newport Harbor, as well as coaching in the Newport Water Polo Foundation club program.
Interim boys’ swimming coach Clay Jorth said Thursday he wasn’t sure if he would apply for the permanent position.
The Wall Street Journal linked an Associated Press story that reported a federal grand jury has indicted two companies, including one based in Costa Mesa, on charges alleging they illegally sent computer equipment to Iran.
Named in the indictment from the Justice Department was Massoud Habibion and Mohsen Motamedian, of Online Micro LLC, based in Costa Mesa.
The equipment was valued in the millions of dollars, according to the AP.
The Cal State Fullerton students who protested budget cuts across the Cal State system with a four-day sit-in on the Fullerton campus said Thursday they can sleep in their own beds again, content with their effort.
After hammering out the language with administrators through the morning, the students agreed to a letter that ends the protest in the campus administration building.
By Thursday afternoon, the students’ sleeping bags were rolled up, and their eyes were bleary from days with little or no sleep. Yet they still had the energy to cheer as CSUF President Milton A. Gordon signed the letter, which was called a Statement in Defense of Public Education.
The one-page document offers a shared desire “to recommit to and reinvest in public education,” but does not outline any policy initiatives or make any promises regarding the university budget.
– Rick Rojas, Los Angeles Times
Orange County sheriff’s deputies are searching for a man who approached a 10-year-old boy walking to school.
About 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, a fourth-grader was walking to Del Obispo Elementary School in San Juan Capistrano when he was approached by a man in a late-model gray or silver Chevy pickup and told to get in the vehicle.
The boy did not report the incident until about 11 a.m. He described the man as a 50- to 60-year-old white male with short gray hair, a gray jacket and Levis, and a “big red nose.” He said the man pulled up next to him near Del Obispo and Avenida Pedregal and rolled down the window.
– Nicole Santa-Cruz, Los Angeles Times
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The NHL suspended Ducks forward Jarkko Ruutu for one game for delivering a late hit to Nashville Predators forward Martin Erat in Game 4 of the first-round playoff series.
The incident occurred four minutes into the second period and Ruutu was assessed a minor penalty for interference on the play. The Ducks won Wednesday’s game 6-3 to tie the best-of-seven series at two games apiece.
Ducks Coach Randy Carlyle told reporters, “To me it’s absurd that there’s even mention of a hearing when a guy has a shoulder-on-shoulder bodycheck and the player passes the puck and they’re saying it’s so many tenths of a second that they allow.
– Debbie Goffa, The Fabulous Forum, Los Angeles Times
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