Sexual Assault

Authorities arrested a man considered a "secondary suspect" in last week's kidnapping and sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl in Northridge, law enforcement sources told The Times on Monday. Details about the arrest Sunday of the man, whom the sources identified as Daniel Martinez, were unavailable and his connection to the case was not immediately known. Another suspect, identified by police Saturday as 30-year-old Tobias Dustin Summers , remains at large. Police said Summers had a criminal history dating back to 2002 that includes charges of kidnapping, robbery, explosives possession and petty theft.

A 79-year-old Costa Mesa man who shot his ailing wife five times while she slept has been sentenced to six years in state prison, according to court records. Kenneth Leake pleaded guilty Friday to one felony count of voluntary manslaughter. A felony count of murder and a sentencing enhancement for personal use of a firearm were dismissed, court records show. About noon Sept. 17, 2009, Leake shot his 72-year-old wife, Doris, four times in the head and once in the wrist, according to prosecutors.

SAN DIEGO -- A civilian supervisor on construction projects at Camp Pendleton has been charged with bribery after being caught in an FBI sting, federal officials said Monday. Natividad Lara Cervantes, 64, a civilian employee of the Department of Defense, was arrested after accepting $10,000 cash as a down payment on a $40,000 bribe in exchange for helping a contractor receive a $4-million flooring contract at the base, officials said. Cervantes, a supervisor for construction and service contracts in the  inspection branch, used his position to "extort bribes from businesses seeking to do business" at the base and referred to himself as the "Godfather at Camp Pendleton," the FBI said.

The two suspects in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl have extensive criminal records. The prime suspect in last week's kidnapping and sexual assault of a 10-year-old Northridge girl may be in the San Diego area, authorities said Monday. A statement from the Los Angeles Police Department did not detail why authorities believe Tobias Dustin Summers , 30, could be in San Diego, saying only that investigators "have reason to believe" he might be. Summers "may also have changed his appearance by shaving his head," the statement said.

The suspect in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a young Northridge girl last week is a transient with an extensive criminal history, police said. Tobias Dustin Summers is the primary focus of the police investigation, LAPD Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese said at a news conference Saturday afternoon at police headquarters downtown. Police said Summers frequented North Hollywood and other areas of the San Fernando Valley. It isn't known why the 10-year-old victim was targeted.

A 45-year-old Orange County boxing coach was convicted Friday and sentenced to two years in state prison for sexually assaulting two 14-year-old boys that he met at a Santa Ana boxing club, prosecutors said. Anthony Serrano of Santa Ana pleaded guilty to four felony counts of lewd acts on a child, according to a statement from the Orange County district attorney's office. In addition to his prison sentence, Serrano will have to register as a lifetime sex offender. Prosecutors said that Serrano sexually assaulted two boys while working as a coach at the Santa Ana Boxing Club.

A 10-year-old girl kidnapped from her Northridge home in the middle of the night was sexually assaulted, and detectives are still struggling to determine why she was targeted, according to law enforcement sources. The girl has told investigators that two men were involved and that she was taken to multiple locations in different vehicles. She was found bruised and scratched Wednesday near a Starbucks about six miles from her home. "This 10-year-old child was traumatized after a very traumatic experience," Los Angeles Police Cmdr.

Jurors are deadlocked for the second time in the case of a 45-year-old hockey mom accused of sexually assaulting her son's 13-year-old friend. Kathia Maria Davis was convicted last year of four felonies in the sexual assault of another boy who was 16 at the time. Davis could get five years in prison for the previous convictions. During the trial, prosecutors said Davis gave the two teenagers alcohol and then engaged them in sexual acts, in some cases with her children still in the house.

A 37-year-old La Crescenta man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting women has been charged with four felony counts, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said Tuesday. Jason Maynard Kies allegedly grabbed a woman exiting her car March 22 in North Hollywood and attempted to force her into his gray GMC sport utility vehicle, Los Angeles police said. Later that day, police said, Kies fought a security guard after attempting to steal something from a department store and tried to pull a female jogger into his vehicle near Tujunga Avenue and Sarah Street in Studio City.