DA declines to file assault allegation

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office cited insufficient evidence in its refusal to file formal charges this week regarding an alleged sexual assault that occurred Tuesday evening, according to a Sheriff’s Department official.

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies were patrolling near the intersection of 12th and Pine streets in Newhall, and heard a person in distress, according to an email Wednesday from Sgt. Joseph Mesa of the Special Victims Unit.

“Santa Clarita deputies, who were in the area, heard a woman yelling from under a bridge,” Mesa wrote. “Deputies observed the suspect engaged in a physical altercation with the woman and promptly arrested him for attempted rape.”…

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