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Doctor arrested at Arcadia home for sexually assaulting patients LASD investigators seeking additional victims
Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau arrested a 58year old male Arcadia resident who is a doctor at the Claude Hudson Medical Center, 2829 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles. He was arrested for sexually assaulting four separate female adults at the medical center between the dates of December 2010 to February 2013. The women, who are Spanish speaking, reported that the doctor took them into an examination room and forcefully kissed and grabbed them. The victims reported the incidents to medical officials, who in turn, reported the incidents to the Los Angeles County
Sheriff’s Department. The doctor has been identified as Dr. Steve Leong. Detectives arrested Leong at his residence in Arcadia on Friday, May 31, 2013. He was booked at the Temple Sheriff’s Station. The case was presented to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office who reviewed the case and filed 6 misdemeanor counts of false imprisonment, 4 misdemeanor counts of sexual battery and 5 misdemeanor counts of battery. The suspect has a $ 150,000.00 bail. The Sheriff’s Department is seeking the public’s help in locating and identifying other possible
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Dr. Steve Leong -Courtesy Photo LASD
victims who might also have been victimized. Anyone with additional information is asked to call the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau at (877)710LASD(5273) or via the Department’s website at www.lasd.org.
Temple deputies arrest a convicted child molester parolee at large for removing GPS ankle monitor Temple deputies were advised of a parolee that removed his GPS ankle monitor. The male was previously convicted of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor and sentenced to 40 years in state prison. He was released on parole after
serving 20 years. Within a couple of weeks of being released, he removed his GPS ankle monitor to elude law enforcement. Deputy Orejel, who handles sex offender registrations at Temple station, was alerted about the GPS
removal. He immediately recognized the suspect's name as someone he contacted previously. Through his investigation, the deputy was able to locate the suspect and arrested him for the parole violation without incident.
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Azusa city council Continued from page 1
tion of Interstate 710 in the west San Gabriel Valley, instead waiting for more information to be available before making a decision. In regards to Waste Management, Susan Paragas, director of finance for the city of Azusa, said it’s rather routine for municipalities to help companies obtain financing for large projects. But at the end the day the city is not on the hook for to repay the money. “It’s common,” Paragas said. “We’re not involved.” Paragas said the company is looking to improve the collection processes at its landfills and that eight other cities in the area – in addition to Azusa – are
helping the company get the financing it needs as Waste Management does a good deal of business with Azusa and surrounding cities. “This is one way for companies to get capital to finance their projects,” she said. In regards to I-710, as it has been a decades-long battle raging to finish the stretch of highway between Valley Boulevard, just north of Interstate 10, in Alhambra and the intersection of Interstate 210 and the 134 Freeway in Pasadena, the city decided not to go on record supporting the road’s completion. Council Member Edward Alvarez said he thought the city should wait
to make a decision as the project’s impact on Azusa was unknown. “Do we even know how the extension of this freeway would affect our city directly?” Alvarez said. “Have there been any studies at all how we, Azusa, would be affected?” However, Council Member Angel Carrillo said it is time to have I-710 finished as it affects the entire San Gabriel Valley, not just western communities like Alhambra and South Pasadena. “This tunnel should have been completed a long time ago,” Carrillo said. “Having a connection just seems to make sense to me.”
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