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March 25, 2013 | By Richard Winton
A 19-year-old man convicted of raping and assaulting a woman during a burglary at her Stevenson Ranch home was sentenced Monday to 43 years to life in state prison. Jerry Moon was sentenced in San Fernando by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lloyd Nash as part of a plea deal agreed upon in December, said Deputy Dist. Atty Julie Kramer. The woman was assaulted after Moon, who lived in Stevenson Ranch, broke into her home on Jan. 8, 2012. Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives arrested Moon about a month afterward and he has remained in custody.
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August 5, 2011 | By Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department watchdog released a report Thursday cataloging several serious examples of deputy misconduct, including one case in which a deputy shot at a motorist who bumped his car at a fast-food restaurant and another in which a deputy covered up a shooting that occurred during a foot pursuit. The Office of Independent Review compiles the list each year. Officials said that they have not detected an increase in misconduct cases but that it was important to publicize the wrongdoing of officers in hopes of reducing such incidents.
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November 28, 2010 | By Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times
Army Sgt. Ian T.D. Gelig was so popular in his Stevenson Ranch neighborhood that whenever the paratrooper returned home on leave, his two sisters would keep his visits secret for a while. "We wouldn't tell people he was here because we wanted to hang out with him," said his younger sister, Vanessa, 21, who was sitting in the family living room, photographs of her brother adorning the walls and tabletops. "Otherwise, everybody would be coming over. He had this way with people.
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July 4, 2010 | By Sam Allen, Los Angeles Times
Michelle Suter-Unthank had never heard her son sound so poised, so mature. On a Friday evening in May, Marine Pfc. Jake Suter,18, called his mother and stepfather at their Stevenson Ranch home. For about six months, Suter had been stationed at the Marine Corps base at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Two days later, he would be deployed to Afghanistan. That night, he spoke to his parents for 2 1/2 hours. "We had a work-up on the Afghani people, and they're really nice people, they're very respectful people," his mother quoted him as saying.
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July 13, 2009 | David Zahniser
A Canyon Country man was arrested on suspicion of murder, hit-and-run and driving under the influence after his pickup truck allegedly struck three bicyclists in the Angeles National Forest, killing one of them, authorities said. Joseph Novotny, 43, of Stevenson Ranch was struck on Bouquet Canyon Road while riding with the Santa Clarita Velo club, California Highway Patrol Officer Jose Nunez said. The two other cyclists were taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital.
ENTERTAINMENT
February 7, 2009
I've been a big fan of Christian Bale since I saw him in "American Psycho," in which he delivered a very deep and intense performance. Then I heard his inexcusable and demeaning tirade a couple of days ago ["Tinseltown's a Tirade Town," by Patrick Goldstein, Feb. 5]. I'd really like to know if he apologized to the director of photography and to everyone who witnessed this outburst. I feel for the person at whom his tirade was aimed, as well as those who witnessed it. There are definitely better ways to get a point across to people who make mistakes in a more respectful way than with a vulgar, expletive-laced and really long tirade.