CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
August 31, 2009 | Maria L. La Ganga, Maura Dolan and Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Dawn Cordy always knew her neighborhood was an easy place to hide -- a semirural San Francisco suburb where housing is cheap, sheriff's cruisers rarely appear, residents don't snoop and registered sex offenders have found a refuge. It's a small, scruffy, unincorporated island largely surrounded by the hard-knock city of Antioch, a region synonymous with the foreclosure crisis in the Bay Area but now linked to yet another outrage. This is where Phillip Garrido, who was charged last week with rape and kidnapping, allegedly held Jaycee Lee Dugard for 18 years and fathered her two children in a warren of tents and soundproofed outbuildings behind his gray cinder-block house on Walnut Avenue.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
February 1, 2010 | By Maura Dolan
The California Supreme Court upheld residency restrictions for sex offenders Monday, ruling that thousands may be barred from living near schools and parks even if their sex crimes were committed years before the restrictions became law. The state high court's 5-2 decision permits California to continue enforcing residency restrictions on thousands of sex offenders who were paroled after Proposition 83, known as "Jessica's Law," took effect in...
NEWS
March 22, 1992 | CATHERINE GEWERTZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
As investigators confront California's biggest sexual misconduct case against a doctor, new details are emerging that indicate they believe that their target--Tustin gynecologist Ivan C. Namihas--might harbor a hatred of women. Interviews and court documents indicate that Namihas allegedly impregnated at least two of his patients, and that he reportedly told one woman, whom he treated for more than 10 years, that he became a gynecologist so he could vent his anger toward women.
WORLD
April 30, 2009 | John M. Glionna
Kang Il-chul rides in the back of a van packed with gossiping old women. The 82-year-old girlishly covers her mouth to whisper a secret. "We argue a lot about the food," she says, wrinkling her nose. "To tell you the truth, some of these old ladies are grouchy." There are eight of them, sharing a hillside home on the outskirts of Seoul, sparring over everything from territory to room temperature. Some wear makeup and stylish hats; others are happy in robes and slippers.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
January 29, 2010 | By Maura Dolan
The California Supreme Court ruled 5 to 2 Thursday that a 2006 ballot initiative that permitted the state to lock up sexually violent predators indefinitely may violate constitutional guarantees of equal protection. The ruling, written by Justice Carlos R. Moreno, did not strike down the measure, Proposition 83, also known as "Jessica's Law." Instead, the court said a fact-finding hearing must be held to determine whether valid reasons exist for treating sex predators differently from others subject to civil confinement, such as mentally disordered offenders.
WORLD
February 12, 2005 | Maggie Farley, Times Staff Writer
A scandal about the sexual abuse of Congolese women and children by U.N. officials and peacekeepers intensified Friday with the broadcast of explicit pictures of a French U.N. worker and Congolese girls and his claim that there was a network of pedophiles at the U.N. mission in Congo. ABC News' "20/20" program showed pictures taken from the computer of a French U.N. transport worker. The hard drive reportedly contained thousands of photos of him with hundreds of girls.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
April 15, 2009 | Alexandra Zavis
Pale and struggling to hold back tears, a 28-year-old Sunday school teacher appeared in court for the first time Tuesday to face accusations of kidnapping, raping and killing an 8-year-old Central Valley girl. Melissa Huckaby, who was wearing a red prison jumpsuit with her hands and feet cuffed, appeared disoriented when she was ushered into the packed courtroom and faced a wall of TV camera crews, photographers and reporters.
NEWS
February 16, 1998 | MAX VANZI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
When children rape, molest or act lewdly with other children, the experts say, they do it mostly in secret, in the privacy of homes, among playmates and family members who seldom tell. When detected, juvenile sex offenders are likewise dealt with quietly, in juvenile or dependency courts closed to the public, at state detention centers or private clinics that keep a low profile in residential neighborhoods. But the details of this hidden world are about to get a thorough airing in California.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
October 15, 2004 | Claire Luna, Times Staff Writer
Two law enforcement officers working in Los Angeles County face charges of illegal conduct with underage girls in unrelated cases, Orange County prosecutors said Thursday. Frank Ricci, a 30-year-old Los Angeles Police Department officer who lives in Mission Viejo, pleaded not guilty to committing a lewd act on a child and attempting another such act, both felonies. The alleged acts occurred with a 15-year-old girl he knew and involved sexual touching, said Deputy Dist. Atty.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
June 28, 2001 | From Times Staff Reports
Two California men have been arrested and charged with having sex with a 14-year-old Victorville boy they met over the Internet, officials said Wednesday. The boy contacted authorities on June 4. He said Troy Brandon Gaede, 32, of San Jose and Daniel Mizuho Llamas, 25, of Van Nuys came to Victorville in March and May, renting hotel rooms where they engaged in sexual conduct with him and photographed the acts, San Bernardino County sheriff's officials said.