A Swedish teen with Asperger's was found safe early Sunday and reuinted with his father nearly a day after he went missing in New York City, police said.

Marcus Kerttu, 15, was scheduled to depart the city Saturday, but instead his family was waiting for word of his whereabouts.

He was last seen Friday evening shortly before 8 p.m. at a McDonald's on Canal Street, police said. He was described as 5 feet 8 inches tall and 120 pounds, wearing blue jeans, black sneakers, black coat and a black hat.

Community members came together Saturday to support a young Lakeside man that was killed while riding his skateboard.

The proceeds from the benefit are going to a scholarship to help underprivileged skaters who may not be able to afford equipment.

Daniel Donals, 21, was riding his skateboard out of a private driveway on Valle Vista Road on Feb. 11 when he skated into the pathway of an oncoming truck, according to California Highway Patrol. He died later in a local hospital.

A group of Daniel's friends came together Saturday to host a spaghetti luncheon in honor of their late friend at the Lakeside VFW at 12650 Lindo Lane.

Jacob Cohen, a friend of Donals’, said at the fundraiser that Donals was loved by many in the community.

“He was just a part of our family, you know? Part of our skating community; not just our skating community, but the Lakeside community. He knew a lot of people always had a smile on his face; we’re doing it for him.”

Donals competed in wrestling and at swim meets in high school, but his friends in Lakeside remembered him best for skateboarding. The money from Saturday’s fundraiser will go toward a memorial brick at the local skate park and will start a scholarship fund to help young skaters in need.

The Local Skate Shop has joined in their efforts.

"He was a really good kid that just sort of stood out in the community," said Local Skate Shop owner Mark Johnson. "He was really kind to everyone. He didn't have a bad bone in his body."

Johnson, who said he plans to close the shop briefly to attend the spaghetti luncheon, just wants to see Daniel's memory live on in the skating community.

"This is our first loss for our brand new skateboard community," Johnson said. "The skate park is barely a year old, and this has really had an effect on our skateboard family."

According to the Donate Life Foundation, Daniel's organs were used to save the lives of four people in need and his tissue donations will be used to heal more than 50 others - something his father said makes him a hero, even in death.

Cohen said at the fundraiser that he wanted his friend to be remembered as an “awesome person” full of love.

“It is hard to put into words for me,” Cohen said. “He was a friend.”

A New York man, stopped for ignoring a "Do Not Enter" sign at the Lincoln Tunnel, was arrested Saturday when records revealed he was wanted in Florida for violating parole as a registered sex offender, Port Authority police said.

Ricardo Hernandez, 40, from Queens, New York, was charged as a fugitive from justice, driving while intoxicated and possessing a false driver's license, police said.

Police stopped Hernandez at about 2:30 a.m. after he allegedly ignored the traffic sign at a toll booth. Hernandez had alcohol on his breath and failed a sobriety test, police said. A bottle of whiskey was found behind the driver's seat of his car.

A records check showed that he was using a false license and that he was a registered sex offender accused of a parole violation by a Broward County warrant, investigators said. Details about the parole violation warrant were unavailable.

Hernandez was being held on $50,000 bail. It was unclear whether he had secured a lawyer. 

A New Jersey man faces a slate of charges accusing him of ramming three police squad cars with a stolen Jeep Wrangler after being confronted by officers in farmers market parking lot.

Middlesex Borough police apprehended Kristof McCoy, 19, of Millington, at the Route 28 Farmers Market after being alerted to the vicinity by a motorist who said McCoy had earlier sideswiped his vehicle. The motorist had followed McCoy, but lost him.

As officers approached the Jeep Wrangler, it sideswiped one squad car, rammed another head-on, then backed into a third patrol car. One officer, who had exited his car, had to leap aside to avoid being struck by McCoy, police said.

After striking the squad cars, Jeep Wrangler sideswiped a nearby car and crashed into a fence at the north end of the parking lot. McCoy then fled on foot but was caught by two officers.

Investigators determined that the Jeep Wrangler had been stolen from a residence in Long Hill Township.

McCoy was charged with four counts of aggravated assault, resisting arrest, possession of stolen property and criminal mischief. He was ordered held at the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Center in lieu of $150,000 bail.

It was unclear whether he had obtained a lawyer. 

The father of Trayvon Martin took the stage at a local university Saturday — just days after the three-year anniversary of his son's death.

Tracy Martin had a conversation with Philadelphia Daily News columnist Solomon Jones in front of an audience as part of an evening of events that began at 5 p.m. Saturday at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa.

“I think the next step for all of us is becoming more educated on how the law applies to us,” Martin said. “How the police work.”

Dubbed "Letters to Trayvon: A Celebration of Black Men and Boys," the night also featured the three winners of a citywide letter writing contest for high school students. The teens wrote letters "expressing how they felt when they heard about the death of Trayvon Martin," according to LettersToTrayvon.com. One letter was written by Michael DeShield, a student at Abington High School.

“We can make a difference, Trayvon,” DeShield wrote. “I thought I’d just let you know that your death was not in vain. Thank you.”

The unarmed 17-year-old Florida boy was shot to death Feb. 26, 2012 by a neighborhood watch volunteer, George Zimmerman. Zimmerman said the fatal shooting was in self-defense and he was acquitted by a jury in July 2013 on all state charges.

During the event, Tracy Martin emphasized the importance of family values and parenting.

“We’ve kind of lost the love and respect for other man,” he said. “If our young people don’t respect themselves, they’re not going to respect you. We have to get back to basic parenting 101.”

As the live interview began at 7:30 p.m., a 48-hour social media campaign came to an end. The online push was meant to "flood the internet with positive images of black men and boys, articles, quotes, poetry, and music that speaks to the challenges and triumphs of black men and boys," the website continued.

“We hope we can get other people to come on board and understand that this is about humanity,” said Dr. Doreen Loury of Arcadia University. “Not a black and white thing. This is about humanity.”

Using the hashtag #LTT2015, users began sharing images of Trayvon in a hoodie, as well as shots of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders Thursday at 7:30 p.m. — the time the Florida teen was pronounced dead three years ago that day.

“People need to get real about the fact a person’s race really impacts the way that they’re treated in America in every aspect of their life,” said Lawanda Horton, an organizer for the event.

A VIP reception, which cost $50 to attend, was hosted by The Black Male Development Symposium, Mission Inc. and Arcadia's Pan African Studies Program. Proceeds from the event benefit students attending the Black Male Development Symposium and the Trayvon Martin Foundation.
 

A woman is suffering from life-threatening injuries after she was hit while crossing the street.

Police said the 45-year-old woman was running on Lytton Street across Rosecrans Street around 9:30 p.m. Friday when a car slammed into her.

The woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Police said the woman broke one of her arms, her pelvis and both legs and suffered a brain bleed.

The San Diego Police Traffic Division is investigating.

A modified bullet made by a company in Poway could save officers and citizens in dangerous situations.

Alternative Ballistics is lethal force option for police officers, without the deadly result.

The device is designed to stop you but not to kill you.

"Obviously you rather be hit with this than a bullet," says Alternative Ballistics CEO Chris Ellis.

The "Alternative" can be placed onto an officers gun. Once the weapon is fired the bullet embeds into a circular, alloy projectile.

"Which will then make contact with the person knocking them down without doing the internal damage that a bullet will do," says Ellis.

Ellis says he comes from a family of law enforcement and created this device to give officers more tools when they may be forced to use their weapons.

"That's what we designed this product for to give them another option and save as many lives as we possibly can," says Ellis.

During a press conference about officer involved shootings, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman stressed the importance of having less lethal options more readily available.

But will the San Diego Police Department start adopting the new technology?

The department released as statement saying: "While we do have subject matter experts constantly testing and evaluating different products and technology as it becomes available, we don't endorse or discredit vendors that are trying to market their product."

"We need this product, we've been waiting many years for something like this," says Ellis. "There's a big gap between bullets and less lethal devices. We want to help bridge that gap with something that kind of falls in between."

A fire broke out at Disneyland in Anaheim on Saturday night, but was quickly extinguished, a spokeswoman for the theme park said.

The flames were reported about 9:20 p.m. in a back stage area near the It’s a Small World attraction, said the spokeswoman, Suzi Brown. The fire was not inside the building.

The small blaze was possibly sparked by a fireworks show that usually takes place at 9:25 p.m., she said. The show may have started earlier due to the possibility of rain.

No one was hurt, Brown said.

Anaheim and Disneyland fire personnel responded to the fire.

Posts on social media, including Instagram and Twitter, showed flames near the attraction.

The theme parked hoped to reopen It's a Small World late Saturday night. Disneyland was scheduled to remain open until midnight.

The Metropolitan Transit System is investigating an incident last Monday where several of its security officers were seen standing at a trolley stop in Downtown San Diego apparently refusing to help a bleeding man across the street.

San Diego police confirmed that shortly before 11 p.m. on February 23rd, two men were playing around when one accidently pushed another into a window near the intersection of 6th Avenue and C Street. The injured man was bleeding at the time.

Joseph Hernandez witnessed the accident and started filming with his cellphone. The injured man was on ground near a building and the five or six security officers were standing on the trolley station platform across the street.

In the video, Hernandez asked the MTS security officers, “Do you guys have radio, like on channel two or three or anything like that? You got walkie-talkies here. [Can you call] dispatch or something?”

One woman can be heard screaming, “Why aren’t you guys doing anything?”

One of the security officers told Hernandez, “We’re strictly transit. We’re not…that’s off our property.”

MTS provided NBC 7 with this statement:

“The role of Transit Security Officers is to help ensure a safe and secure environment for MTS passengers on board the Trolley and at Trolley Stations. While they have no enforcement authority outside of MTS property, security officers are trained to provide assistance to people when warranted. MTS is investigating this incident to determine whether protocol was properly followed.”

An MTS spokesman says the agency is currently speaking with the security officers involved to determine what exactly happened.

Hernandez says he does not know the current condition of the injured man.

A four-year-old boy is recovering after he was thrown from an SUV during a crash, police said.

The incident happened just before 8 p.m. Friday at Del Sur Boulevard and Agosto Street in Otay Mesa.

Police said the driver lost control and swerved onto the other side of the road, where the car crashed into a pickup truck, a trailer and an SUV, all parked on the street.

The impact of the accident spun the car 180 degrees and crushed the car.

A woman inside her home heard the crash as it happened and ran outside to find the boy crying, she said. She ran across the street to help.

San Diego Police arrested the driver after a field sobriety test, they said.

The boy has minor injuries.

A witness said she also saw a young girl in the car but she did not appear to be hurt, the witness said.

Padres manager Bud Black is a busy man.

Aside from team meetings, scouting reports, in-game management, meeting with players individually when necessary, filling out lineup cards, meeting with team doctors to get injury updates, and throwing batting practice, Buddy meets with the media. He meets with the media a lot.

Amazingly, in each one (with only very few exceptions) he shows patience and humor, which is crazy when you see the full breakdown:

• About 50 scheduled times during Spring Training.
• Add around 10 or so more for national or 1-on-1 interviews.
• In-season he holds a media session before and after every game for a total of 324.
• Plus about 10 for random workouts, player acquisition press conferences, and awards banquets.
• About 30 radio interviews.

That gives us a grand total of…424 media meetings every year (give or take a dozen). Buddy did not know that number specifically, but he did explain how he does what he does...

A man that allegedly crashed into a Sheriff's Deputy's patrol car has been booked into jail and identified, officials said.

Police arrested Eddie Martin, 41, of Santee after he led police on a chase and collided head-on with a responding deputy’s patrol car at the intersection of Mast Boulevard and Hartland Circle.

The first incident happened at 10:40 a.m. when San Diego Sheriff's Deputies responded to a domestic violence call.

Martin was reportedly in a domestic violence dispute with his wife and told her he was willing to engage in a gun battle with law enforcement if he was contacted by them, deputies said. He fled before deputies arrived.

Officers were called back to Martin’s house that evening around 7 p.m. for reports of him banging on the front door. Martin left before deputies arrived, officials said.

After a brief search, he was later seen driving his Tahoe on Mast Boulevard in Santee.

Officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop when Martin failed to yield, driving westbound into the eastbound lanes of Mast Boulevard. He then collided head-on with a responding deputies patrol car, leaving major front-end damage.

Both the officer and Martin were taken to a local hospital and treated for minor injuries. Martin was later released and booked into San Diego Central Jail for felony domestic violence, felony evading, possession of a stolen handgun, causing injury while driving under the influence, and other related charges.

One San Diego veteran survived the dangers of deployment, only to come home and nearly lose his life protecting a friend.

28-year-old Marine Corps veteran Tim Caudill was stabbed by another man during a fight at The Eagle Bar in North Park on Wednesday.

Caudill, now recovering back at home, said he was stabbed multiple times and came close to losing his life. 29-year-old Homer Rubio was arrested for the crime.

When Caudill jumped in front of his friend Michael Romano, he said Rubio lunged toward him with a knife in hand.

“I think he’s a really good person,” Romano said. “I don’t look at it as heroic, more as someone who is morally a strong person that saw a situation for what it was and reacted to it.”

The attack happened on the same day San Diego Police released data showing violent crime in entertainment districts like North Park, Pacific Beach and East Village rose.

Overall crime in the city is down 13.5 percent.

Caudill said he hopes what happened to him is a call to action.

“As a society, we need to address mental illness and substance abuse. There are a lot of things we let go untalked about that we shouldn’t, because it doesn’t immediately affect you until the guy at the bar is stabbing you at the bar for no reason,” Caudill said.

The man accused of stabbing Caudill is scheduled to be arraigned Monday.

A suspect is in police custody after leading authorities on a foot pursuit, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The pursuit started at 9:42 p.m. in La Mesa near Jackson and Baltimore Drive, the CHP said.

The chase ended in the 6100 block of Baltimore Drive, where officers placed the suspect in custody.

The Navy is turning over hundreds of human remains to a California Indian tribe after determining that the band has a historical connection to one of the Channel Islands.

A report this week in the Federal Register said Navy officials have recognized that the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians has a connection to the history of the island.

The designation means that the remains of 469 people and 436 burial objects that were removed from San Nicolas Island over the last century will be repatriated to the tribe in Temecula, a suburb 75 miles southeast of Los Angeles, according to the report.

The Ventura County Star reports the decision came after more than two years of talks between Navy officials and tribal officials over the Navy-owned island, which is 65 miles off the coast.

"What (this) decision means is that nearly 500 human remains, and hundreds of burial and sacred items will finally be afforded the respect and dignity they have long deserved under federal law," said Pechanga Tribal Chairman Mark Macarro, in a statement released Friday.

The artifacts have been moving around museums throughout the state.

Dozens of officers hit the streets Saturday in Escondido to ensure hundreds of registered sex offenders are complying with the terms of their release.

NBC 7’s Matt Rascon rode along with an officer from the Escondido Police Department for a look at what police are doing.

The law states that sex offenders must update police on where they live, what they do for work, and the cars they own.

Keeping track of the registered sex offenders that live in Escondido is part of the job description for some officers with the department.

Sergeant Chris Lick is one of the police officers that works with the U.S. Marshals and Probation officers to contact all sex offenders all at once.

During the Saturday sweep, officers checked in on about 160 out of 200 registered sex offenders in the city. That number can fluctuate daily with moves or deaths, police said.

Not feeling up for a visit to the doctor? A new phone application may be able to help you out.

Doctor on Demand can help diagnose common health problems without the patient ever having to step foot inside a hospital.

Users can download the application and talk with board-certified and licensed doctors in their area through a web cam.

Some doctors say this is another way of dealing with day-to-day care, but should not be used for chronic health issues.

The application works on a pay-per-visit basis with no other feeds and has medical and pediatric doctors available as well as psychologists and lactation consultants.

Los Angeles police officers shot and killed a man on Skid Row on Sunday while he allegedly struggled with them for control of one of the officers' guns, officials said.

Dramatic cellphone video captured the violent confrontation that took place about noon on a sidewalk in the 500 block of South San Pedro Street in downtown LA.

Police were responding to a report of a robbery when they confronted the man, who was not identified.

Cellphone video taken by a witness shows several officers attempting to take him into custody as bystanders look on.

The man can be seen swinging his arms as officers approach him. The man then falls to the ground and officers apparently attempt to take him into custody.

"While on the ground, the suspect and officers struggled over one of the officer's handguns and then an officer-involved shooting occurred," the LAPD said in a statement.

The officers first used a stun gun on him, police said. At least five gunshots were fired shortly after.

Multiple officers could be seen with their guns drawn after shots rang out.

"There was no reason for them to do that," said witness Jerome Guillory.

No officers were struck by gunfire, officials said. Two of them suffered minor injuries.

Several witness videos showing graphic portions of the altercation were posted online. One taken from another angle shows a person nearby picking up a police baton from the floor. That person was knocked to the ground by officers and taken into custody.

LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith said at least one of the officers was wearing a body camera.

Police did not release the man's name, and Smith said he did not know whether the man was homeless, according to The Associated Press.

Officials said "video from various sources" will be reviewed during the investigation.

Demonstrators gathered at Pershing Square on Sunday night to protest the fatal shooting.

"People here, they have mental health issues, you know what I'm saying? They're homeless. Be trained to deal with those type of people," said local resident Tonia Gibson.

Residents of #SkidRow sharing a video of #LAPD officers shooting a man during a fight earlier today. #OIS #LA https://t.co/MlLQM8Q7OJ

— Gadi Schwartz (@GadiNBCLA) March 2, 2015

NBC4's Asher Klein and Kevin LaBeach contributed to this report.

An inmate who escaped into a Southern California neighborhood was found hiding in a hot tub and taken into custody, officials said.

The inmate, identified as Arturo Valenzuela, was working in a rear parking lot at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lomita Station when he jumped a fence and took off, Deputy Mike Barraza said. He was reported missing about 2:40 p.m.

Deputies, backed by units from the Sheriff’s Carson Station, a helicopter and K-9, set up a perimeter in search of Valenzuela, who was wearing a yellow jumpsuit.

Officials confirmed that he was found about 5 p.m. hiding out in a covered hot tub in a nearby backyard in the 25900 block of Cypress Street. The hot tub had a little bit of water in the bottom, deputies said.

Valenzuela was taken to the hospital to be treated for an ankle injury that he suffered during the incident, officials said.

He was booked for escape and being held on $100,000 bail. He had originally been jailed for burglary.

Valenzuela was working at the station under minimum security as part of a program that employs inmates who meet certain criteria, deputies said.

City News Service contributed to this report.