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.”…