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ByGillianFlaccus TheAssociatedPress SANTA ANA A California woman who says she was kidnapped a decade ago by her mother's boyfriend lived a seemingly ordinary life with her alleged captor year after year, but was too scared to go to authorities until she recently reunited with her mother, police said Thursday. The woman, who disap- peared when she was 15, eventually married the man and started a family with him. Neighbors said she worked for a nearby jani- torial service, took Zumba classes and went on trips to the beach and Disneyland. Orange County prosecu- tors on Thursday filed five felony charges against the alleged abductor, Isidro Gar- cia, including rape and kid- napping to commit a sex- ual offense. He did not enter a plea, and his arraignment was continued until June 9. He was jailed on $1 million bail. Garcia's attorney said the woman's claims of physical and sexual abuse are lies made up because the cou- ple is separating. Neighbors in a working-class city south of Los Angeles described an outwardly happy family, while authorities and psy- chologists cautioned that both could be true — Gar- cia could have been a doting husband who controlled his wife without physically re- straining her through years of abuse. The case began to emerge Monday, when the woman went two blocks from her apartment complex to the police department in work- ing-class Bell Gardens and accused Garcia of domestic violence. During that conver- sation, officers learned of her connection to a 2004 miss- ing-persons case in Santa Ana, about 20 miles away. Santa Ana police inter- viewed both Garcia and the woman and concluded that the husband had been sex- ually abusing her a decade ago and kidnapped her af- ter a fight with her mother, who was his girlfriend at the time. After holding her captive, Garcia moved at least four times and gave her multiple fake identities to hide her from family and authorities, Santa Ana Police Cpl. An- thony Bertagna said. The woman, who police did not identify, told inves- tigators she often thought about escaping but fear par- alyzed her. She came to the United States illegally in 2004 and said Garcia used that to isolate her, telling her that her mother had given up searching and that if she contacted authorities, she would be deported. Police said Garcia forced the woman to marry in 2007 and fathered a daughter with her who is now 3. In April, the woman got in touch with her mother after finding her sister on Face- book to wish her a happy birthday, according to Ber- tagna. The mother showed the daughter old news articles to prove that she had gone to the police and filed a miss- ing-persons report, Ber- tagna said. "The mother was able to show her that she was, in fact, looking for her," Ber- tagna said. About three weeks ago, neighbor Ernesto Rios had a conversation with Garcia, who told him that his wife's mother had come from Mex- ico and was causing prob- lems. Rios said Garcia told him that his wife "just wants to be with her mom, and she got married with me, not with her mom.'" When reached by phone, the woman's mother told The Associated Press that police told her not to speak with any media. Garcia's attorney, Charles Frisco, said outside Thurs- day's brief court hearing that his client denies all the allegations, never hit his wife and would never have pre- vented her from leaving. "Like all married people and like all couples, people have problems, people break up and sometimes get very belligerent during the di- vorce process, the separa- tion process, and say things that aren't true," Frisco said. In Bell Gardens, several neighbors who knew the suspect as Tomas Medrano for the four years the couple lived there found the wom- an's portrait of him hard to reconcile with the friendly man they knew. "He treats her like a queen. He does his best to do whatever she wants," next- door neighbor Maria San- chez said in Spanish after police announced Garcia's arrest Wednesday. Other neighbors said they sensed not all was well. "He was always watching, you know, when she was out- side, he was looking through the window," said neighbor Maribel Garcia, who used to babysit the woman's baby. "She would just look at him up and then she would go right back in." The woman told KABC- TV that her neighbors might believe Garcia was a good man because he provided for her. "He worked hard for me and my daughter, and he bought everything I want. But I didn't want that," she said. "I need love from my family, not things." Garcia's jobs included making eggrolls at a Chi- nese food company and be- ing a janitor at a Los Angeles County Department of Chil- dren and Family Services building. Garcia's attorney sought to cast doubt on his accus- er's motivations. "From a perspective of common sense, 10 years have gone by, and she never ever told one person that some- thing was afoul?" he said. "Why is it she never said anything to indicate he did anything wrong?" Psychology experts said it's not unusual for kid- napped victims to stay in an abusive relationship while appearing to have a normal life. Their basic needs, such as food and shelter, are met. CRIME Mother convinced kidnapped woman to go to police JAEC.HONG—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Frank Tamayo, a manager at an apartment building where suspect Isidro Garcia lived, leans on the fence as he talks with a man from the neighborhood on Thursday in Bell Gardens. A woman who disappeared a decade ago as a 15-year-old reunited recently with her mother. By Anthony Mccartney The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Prosecu- tors charged actor Michael Jace, who played a police officer in the hit TV series "The Shield," with murder on Thursday in the shooting death of his wife in their Los Angeles home. Jace, 51, could face 50 years to life in state prison if convicted. April Jace, 40, was shot multiple times and was found dead in a hallway of the family home in the quiet, modest Hyde Park neighborhood of Los An- geles. Police recovered a hand- gun believed to belong to her husband. Jace is being held in lieu of $2 million bail and was scheduled to appear in court on Thursday for the first time. Prosecutors did not know whether he had an attorney or if one would be appointed to represent him. No motive for the killing has been disclosed. Detectives were investi- gating whether the couple's financial problems or other marital difficulties played a role in the killing that police said occurred during an ar- gument Monday night while the couple's two sons, both under 10, were in the house. They were placed with rel- atives. Jace called the emer- gency dispatcher, said he'd shot his wife and was at the home when officers arrived, police Detective Dean Vin- luan has said. Vinluan said there had been no reports of domestic violence at the home. How- ever, the actor had been under financial pressure in recent years. He declared for bankruptcy in 2011 and had been delinquent on pay- ments as recently as De- cember. Jace is best known for his role as LAPD Officer Ju- lien Lowe in "The Shield." He also appeared on the show "Southland" and had small roles in the movies "Planet of the Apes," "Boo- gie Nights" and "Forrest Gump." CRIME Prosecutors charge 'Shield' actor with murder By Paul Elias The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Two Cal- ifornia counties have filed a lawsuit accusing five drug companies of waging a cam- paign of deception to boost the sales of painkillers be- hind the nation's prescrip- tion drug addiction problem. Orange and Santa Clara counties filed the suit Wednesday in Orange County Superior Court, al- leging false advertising, un- fair competition and creat- ing a public nuisance. Much like the legal attack on tobacco companies two decades ago by many states, the current lawsuit accuses the drug manufacturers of making misleading and false claims about the safety of products consumed annu- allybymillionsofAmericans. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the entire state of California and seeks to stop the marketing campaigns in- volving opioid-based pain- killers and demands un- specified compensation for alleged damage to public health and patients. Thefivecompaniesnamed in the case are Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharma- ceuticals, Purdue Pharma, Actavis, Endo Health Solu- tions Inc., and Teva Phar- maceutical Industries' Ceph- alon Inc. In a previous case, Pur- due, the maker of OxyCon- tin,andthreeofitsformerex- ecutives agreed to pay $634 million to settle criminal and civil charges filed by the U.S. Department of Justice claim- ing the company misled reg- ulators, doctors and patients about the potential for addic- tion and abuse. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention re- ported that opioid painkill- ers contributed to 16,651 deaths in 2010 — more than twice the number attrib- uted to cocaine and heroin use combined. The lawsuit filed by the California counties says in- creasing drug overdoses burden busy hospital emer- gency rooms and add to ris- ing medical costs. Purdue, based in Stam- ford, Conn., said at the time it settled the previous case that it accepted responsibil- ity for the actions of its em- ployees and has put in place training and monitoring pro- grams to prevent overpro- motion of OxyContin. OrangeCountyDistrictAt- torneyTonyRackauckassaid inaninterviewThursdaythat Purdue continues to mislead despite the settlement. "That didn't change any- thing and that's why this lawsuit can't just be about money," Rackauckas said. "We aren't just looking to tax them on their profits. We are looking for them to change their behavior and to start telling the truth." PRESCRIPTION DRUGS Ca lif or ni a c ou nt ie s su e ov er p ai nk il le r ma rk et in g The Associated Press SALINAS A police officer wasinjuredwhendemonstra- tors protesting recent police shootings in Salinas attacked officers as they tried to assist a victim who had been shot in an unrelated incident, au- thorities said. The officer was struck in theheadwithabottleWednes- day night while performing CPR on the victim when pro- testers swarmed responding officers,somethrowingrocks, bricks and bottles, Salinas Deputy Chief of Police Terry Gerhardstein said. As the crowd swelled to as many as a thousand people, officers from other agencies were called to assist. Ger- hardstein said the officers, some in riot gear, were able to push the protesters back from the crime scene. Police shut down side streets, and the demonstra- tion broke up several hours later, Gerhardstein said. The injured officer did not suffer life-threatening injuries. Police said Diego Garcia, 26, was arrested on suspi- cion of inciting a riot, resist- ing arrest and violating pro- bation. Garcia taunted po- lice, encouraged others to join him and took a fighting stance while challenging a group of officers, according to police. The shooting victim, Con- stantino Garcia, 23, was pro- nounced dead at a hospital, police said. He was shot while standing on the side- walk in front of his home. No one has been arrested in connection with his death. Protesters were rallying against the three fatal of- ficer-involved shootings in Salinas this year and had gathered earlier in the day outside a bakery at an in- tersection where police shot and killed a man Tuesday. 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