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Michael Smith, a star of the TV series "Trailer Park Boys," was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery following an incident in Hollywood early Friday morning, police said.

Authorities responded to the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel around 1:15 a.m. Friday after receiving a call about domestic battery, Officer Mike Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department said.

Police on Thursday arrested a 33-year-old registered sex offender accused of having sex with a Burbank teenager he met online.

The investigation began in March after a Burbank mother found text messages between her 16-year-old daughter and the man, who police identified as Hanford probationer Arnold McGovern, Burbank Police Sgt.

Friends and neighbors of a man who has been charged with killing his son because he was gay said Saturday that the young man had a troubled history and was involved in several incidents that resulted in the police being called to the house.

The cab driver who was kidnapped by three Orange County jail escapees said Friday that he planned to sue the county for discrimination.

Even though he had persuaded one of the three fugitives to surrender, Long Ma said, and had worked with law enforcement — sharing information that helped capture the others — county supervisors voted not to give him any reward money.

Paul Tanaka, who once wielded great power within the ranks of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, took the witness stand Friday to defend himself against charges he interfered with an FBI investigation into jail abuses.

The former undersheriff, who served as the second in command to former L.A.