818 Roundup: Former UCLA water polo player indicted on rape charges

File Photo: Former Hoover High School water polo player Hakop Kaplanyan photographed in 2009. He was charged in Los Angeles on Monday, March 3, 2014, with one felony count each of forcible rape; false imprisonment by violence; possession of matter depicting a minor engaging in sexual conduct; and a misdemeanor count of sexual battery by restraint, according to Deputy District Attorney Liliana Gonzalez. He also faces two felony counts each of sexual penetration by a foreign object and assault with intent to to commit rape.

March 4, 2014 12 AM PT

Good morning, 818 readers. Today is Tuesday, March 4, 2014. The Glendale area will have a high of 71 and low of 53, according to the National Weather Service.

A former UCLA freshman water polo player from Glendale was indicted with forcible rape and other charges on Monday, according to officials from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
A man and his 7-year-old daughter were carjacked at gunpoint outside a Pacoima library on Monday, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Veterans interested in job opportunities can head to McCambridge Recreation Center in Burbank on Thursday for the Veterans Job Fair.
The national commissioner for the Boy Scouts of America said the decision by Burbank-based Walt Disney Co. to cut funding for the organization over its ban on adult leaders who are gay was disappointing, but not a surprise.

-- Nicole Charky, nicole.charky@latimes.com

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