The city of San Diego has reached a $50,000 settlement with a woman who claims former San Diego Police Officer Anthony Arevalos molested her as a teenager.

The alleged victim, the 14th to receive a settlement over Arevalos’ actions, says in 1996 or 1997, Arevalos stopped her at the San Ysidro border crossing and accused her of being a truant, according to the claim she filed against the city on Sept. 5.

She says Arevalos took her to a trailer, “where he made me pull my breast out and he also pulled my breast out.”

In the claim, the woman writes that the officer made her take off her pants and underwear as he squatted down and touched her vagina. He told her he was looking for tattoos or piercings, she says.

The woman now suffers from panic attacks and is afraid of police because of the event that she says took her childhood, according to the damages claim.

Just one week after the alleged victim filed a claim, the city’s risk management adjusters negotiated the $50,000 settlement on Sept. 12. The risk management department has settlement authority of up to $50,000 with the approval of the city’s chief financial officer, according to Chief Deputy City Attorney for Communications Mike Giorgino.

However, the settlement makes it clear that the city denies all of the woman’s accusations. By accepting the money, the woman releases the city of all liability.

These allegations are the earliest against Arevalos, who was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for preying on women in the Gaslamp Quarter from 2009 to 2011.

Arevalos was convicted in 2011 on multiple felony counts of sexual battery, assault and asking for bribes while in uniform.

In total, the 14 settlements have cost the city more than $8 million.

Two weeks after reaching a settlement with the 14th alleged victim, the city agreed to pay $5.9 million to the main plaintiff in the case: “Jane Doe.”

Most of that amount will be paid by insurance carriers, while $200,000 will come from the city’s coffers, according to City Attorney Jan Goldsmith.

Since prosecution against Arevalos began, the SDPD has implemented new policies to avoid similar corruption.

It now requires all officers to report police misconduct, and more than 150 patrol officers now wear body cameras to track each interaction. By the end of next year, the department hopes to have the cameras on all officers.

The SDPD also became the center of a Department of Justice audit after allegations arose against former SDPD Officer Christopher Hays, who was later sentenced for assault, battery and illegal detainment on the job.

The San Diego Chargers’ bearded safety Eric Weddle has a new project on deck: a Bolts-inspired jewelry line that helps support victims of domestic violence.

According to Fansided, Weddle has launched a “Game Day” jewelry collection for women with the San Diego-based company, London Bella. A portion of the proceeds from sales benefit battered women charities.

"I'm very happy to be supporting such a great cause," Weddle told Fansided. "It means everything to give back to the community and those in need."

Weddle’s jewelry line with a purpose includes more than a dozen items ranging in price from $14 to $60. This includes Chargers-themed lightning bolt earrings and necklaces, as well as stackable blue and gold bracelets. One of the pieces is even called the “I Heart Weddle Necklace” ($45).

To check out the full line, click here.

Weddle’s very public support for battered victims comes amid the NFL’s high-profile domestic violence scandal involving several players in the league, most notably Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson.

The NFL has said it is working to educate everyone in the league about the dangers of spousal abuse, child abuse, sexual assault and other domestic violence topics.
 

The frontman for a heavy metal band pleaded with the public Friday for any information that could lead authorities to find his mother-in-law, who has been missing for nearly one week.

Dave Mustaine – the lead singer of Megadeth – spoke about the disappearance and search for 75-year-old Sally Estabrook, who was last seen around 4 p.m. on Oct. 4 at the Pinezanita RV Park and Campgrounds on Highway 79 in Julian, about 60 miles east of downtown San Diego.

Mustaine said the search for Estabrook has intensified over the past few days, with search and rescue crews now looking in areas outside the Julian campground for any traces of the missing woman.

According to detectives, Estabrook’s husband took a shower on Oct. 4 and when he returned, Estabrook was gone. She’s considered at risk because she suffers from Alzheimer’s disease.

Loved ones said that because of her Alzheimer's, Estabrook is not very communicative, but may respond to her name.

“We’re just asking everybody that may have been up there to take a look in your sheds, in your garages, in the thick brush around your house," Mustaine said at the media briefing on Friday. "A lot of times people that wander who have Alzheimer’s are found very close to their homes. They just take shelter underneath bushes.”

He also asked anyone who works at hospitals, shelters and senior citizen homes to double-check their patients and make sure Estabrook didn't wind up in one of their facilities.

“We need your help,” he pleaded. “If you see Sally – we call her Nana – she’s probably not going to answer to you. Please call 911 and we’ll go from there.”

Mustaine's wife, Pamela Casselberry, also spoke about her missing mother. She said there have been some sightings of Estabrook in nearby communities and asked the public to keep an eye out for her mother near places like fast food restaurants, rest stops and freeway ramps.

Though Casselberry described her mother as a "humble, energetic, sweet old lady" in good physical health, she said Estabrook's mind isn't all there.

“She wouldn’t know how to put two words together. She may look like a homeless person at this point,” said Casselberry.

She said Estabrook loves the outdoors and loves camping.

Hundreds of searchers have scoured Julian this week for the missing woman, but have come up short.

Sgt. Don Park, search and rescue coordinator for the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, said multiple agencies have helped in the extensive search, including officials from San Bernardino, Orange and Riverside counties.

Volunteers have also stepped up to help, with more than 300 people searching for Estabrook over the past seven days. Park said the search will continue through the weekend, with crews searching from dawn until a few hours after dark.

“This is a human being that’s gone missing and we do want the community to help,” said Park. “We’re doing everything we can. We always hope for the best, but it's been seven days. There’s still hope, even though it’s slim.”

Park said searchers have honed in on the immediate area in and around the Julian campground, which spans about 26 acres. He said the terrain is mountainous and covered in thick brush, steep canyons and ravines. Park said the area is also home to wild predators, including mountain lions, which is challenging for search crews.

Because mountain lions often prey at night, Park said authorities must suspend the daily ground search once night falls. He said a helicopter is also aiding in the search, covering about 60 miles from above.

Park said the last known potential sighting of Estabrook was on Sunday afternoon about a mile south of the campground, but it was not reported until Tuesday. Since then, he said authorities have received no substantial leads and asked anyone with any information to come forward.

Estabrook lives in Bonsall and is described as 5-foot-4 and 145 pounds with shoulder-length blonde hair. Detectives said she was wearing a teal top and white capri pants at the time of her disappearance.

A former staff member for congressional candidate Carl DeMaio has released results of a polygraph test that he says support his claims that DeMaio sexually harassed him.

Todd Bosnich says he was subjected to unwelcome touching and repeated sexual harassment while working on the congressional campaign for the former San Diego city councilman and 2012 mayoral candidate.

DeMaio says Bosnich is "clearly troubled" and has "manufactured a story" to cover for a plagiarism incident.

His campaign spokesperson called the allegations "completely false."

The battle between DeMaio and Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott Peters for the 52nd Congressional District seat has been ugly at times, with allegations of plagiarism and gay slurs reposted on a campaign website.

The National Republican Congressional Committee, which has strongly backed DeMaio, reiterated its support Friday.

“We fully support Carl DeMaio, and we don’t make decisions based on unsubstantiated claims,” said Andrea Bozek, the NRCC's communications director.

In a CNN report that first aired Friday, Bosnich described an alleged incident in which he says DeMaio asked him to come to his office. Bosnich says that when he arrived, the office door was open, and he says that DeMaio had his penis in his hand and a smile on his face.

Bosnich also says that in a separate incident, after a night of drinks with campaign staff, DeMaio reached into Bosnich’s lap and grabbed his crotch.

The four-page polygraph report Bosnich has released, generated from polygraph examiner Darryl Bullens, said there was "no deception indicated" in six answers Bosnich gave about DeMaio's alleged unwelcome sexual advances.

One question included was, "Did you fabricate the story about Carl DeMaio masturbating in front of you?" to which Bosnich answered "no." Another was "Did you fabricate the story about Carl DeMaio touching your sexual parts?" Bosnich answered "no."

Bosnich told CNN that he warned DeMaio to stop the behavior or drop out of the race.

He says that after that meeting, he was offered a position with the San Diego County Republican Party, instructed to sign a non-disclosure agreement and offered a payment of $50,000.

Bosnich said he left the campaign without the money and without signing any papers.

DeMaio addressed Bosnich's allegations Wednesday prior to the airing of the CNN report. DeMaio said that Bosnich had been involved in vandalism at a campaign headquarters just six days before the June primary.

DeMaio said Bosnich fabricated the sexual allegations in order to divert attention away from what he says what his attack on the campaign office.

“It’s unfortunate, you know, that an individual who is the prime suspect to the break-in in our campaign office would manufacture such an outrageous lie — but again, all the evidence that was collected by the police department clearly indicated this individual was the prime suspect. And it’s unfortunate, but we will continue to allow the district attorney to proceed with her case, and weighing the case, to prosecute for the break-in of our office,” DeMaio said.

The DeMaio campaign office in Miramar was  broken into on May 28. Computer screens were smashed, cords and cables were cut, gas cards were stolen and water was poured over laptops, printers and copiers.

On Wednesday, DeMaio told reporters that San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman assured him he was cleared in the sexual allegations investigation.

A spokesperson for the San Diego Police Department would not confirm that information but issued a statement to NBC 7.

"Reports of any criminal activity received by the San Diego Police Department are taken seriously and investigated thoroughly," police said. "Once an investigation is complete, it is turned over to the District Attorney’s Office for review at which point we do not provide further comment about the names of potential victims, witnesses or alleged suspects."

When asked about any investigation into a claim of sexual harassment, Steve Walker with the San Diego County District Attorney's Office said his office "thoroughly reviews any investigation forwarded to our office by law enforcement."

Gomez Trial Attorneys, the law firm representing Bosnich, said their client recounted the story of harassment to local radio host Mike Slater and the San Diego Police Department before he was contacted regarding the break-in at DeMaio campaign headquarters.

DeMaio's campaign spokesman Dave McCulloch called Bonsich's allegations "completely false."

"The individual making the claims was fired from the campaign months ago for plagiarism. The individual only made these false allegations after the San Diego Police Department started investigating him as the suspect for the campaign office break-in,” McCulloch said.

Speaker John Boehner is slated to appear with DeMaio at a fundraising brunch in Pacific Beach on Saturday. There is no indication that Boehner will cancel that appearance.

When asked for comment on the allegations, Republican Party of San Diego County Chairman Tony Krvaric told NBC 7, “It’s clear the silly season is upon us.”

This is not the first time DeMaio has faced allegations of committing lewd acts at the office.

In August 2013, the candidate opened up to NBC 7 about what he called “disgusting, humiliating” accusations made in a published report.

A piece published on the website Voice of Orange County claimed that city officials and members of the press knew that DeMaio would regularly excuse himself from Council Chambers to masturbate in the bathroom.

DeMaio blamed Democratic State Sen. Ben Hueso and organized labor for spreading the accusations, the same groups he said worked to get former mayor Bob Filner into office.

Hueso is embroiled in his own legal run-ins, after his DUI arrest on August 22 in Sacramento.

A San Diego County Navy veteran proves it’s never too late to make amends when he recently repaid a Florida newspaper for a teenage caper committed 55 years ago.

Bernard Schermerhorn, 74, told NBC 7 he was a pretty good kid in high school, except for one time with a friend.

“We were in my grandma's 54 Kaiser and were stealing the newspapers,” Schermerhorn recounted. “He threw the newspapers out on the side of the road and later took the wire newstands and the change holders and threw them into phosphate pits."

The deep pits made the stands impossible to recover, should the teens have felt a twinge of guilt.

The property belonged to the Lakeland Ledger in Florida, about 35 miles east of Tampa.

Schermerhorn, who now lives in La Mesa, had quite forgotten about the incident until he sat down to write his 47th novel. The words prompted a memory and a crazy idea.

“I decided the thing to do is by golly, you’ve got the money. Send the money,” he said.

So 55 years after the escapade, the veteran took out his checkbook and wrote a $200 payment to the Ledger, along with a note of apology. He even accounted for inflation, paying what he estimated was about four times the amount of what he and his friend destroyed.

Workers at the Ledger were pleasantly shocked.

"Well, I was obviously a bit surprised,” said the paper’s publisher Kevin Drake. “In my career, I've never received a letter from someone like that where they wanted to make restitution for something they did 55 years ago."

Drake wasn’t even born when the prank occurred.

Schermerhorn said didn’t necessarily feel guilty about the incident, nor did he lose sleep over it.

“Wrong is wrong. If you can do something to rectify that, you should,” he counseled.

The woman who police say took a joy ride in a stolen police cruiser and led officers on a chase through the county is not mentally competent to stand trial, a judge ruled Friday.

Felicitas Flores, 22, will instead be taken to a state hospital for treatment. She is accused of taking a San Diego Police officer’s parked vehicle in the East Village on Aug. 15, hopping on the northbound Interstate 5 and refusing to stop for pursuing police.

The chase left a trail of damage in its wake, for police say Flores rammed into two California Highway Patrol vehicles and collided head-on with another police car as officers tried to arrest her.

The suspect finally pulled into an Oceanside rest stop after her tires were spiked in Carlsbad and the stolen car stalled out. The CHP handled negotiations to coax her out of the car and into police custody.

Flores pleaded not guilty at her arraignment to six felony charges, including police vehicle theft, evading arrest, being a felon in possession of a firearm and assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer.

At a later hearing, her defense attorney questioned Flores’ ability to understand the charges and assist in her own defense.

The judge ordered mental competency evaluations, and after considering the findings of three doctors, he found Flores mentally incompetent to stand trial.

While taking court-mandated anti-psychotic medication, Flores will stay at Patton State Hospital for a maximum of three years or until her competency is restored, according to the judge’s decision.

If she does stand trial and is convicted on all counts, Flores faces roughly 15 years in prison.

San Diego homicide investigators have identified the young man killed in a violent street fight earlier this week.

Anthony Inzerilli Jr., 23, died of multiple stab wounds after a fight between men and women late Wednesday on Ridgeview Drive in Mount Hope, police said.

Neighbor Mitchell Vassilou described the victim as a "happy-go-lucky" guy who helped him with yard work and other chores. 

"He was just, just a nice kid,” Vassilou told NBC 7 the day after the attack. 

Someone called 911 from the neighborhood located just north of State Route 94 and east of Interstate 805 around 11 p.m. Wednesday.

However, when officers arrived, they found only Inzerilli bleeding in the road. He was rushed to Mercy Hospital where he was pronounced dead hours later.

San Diego Police arrested three San Diego men Thursday: 26-year-old Monty Dashon Jackson, 35-year-old Marlin Wayne Jackson and 36-year-old Anthony Erten Hayes. 

All suspects were booked into jail on murder charges.

Anyone with information can call the San Diego Police Department’s Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.

Friends and family members gathered in Carlsbad Saturday for a special paddle out ceremony to honor a man killed days earlier in a diving accident.

Jeffery Logandro, 38, drowned in the Mission Bay Channel Wednesday as he prepared to go lobster fishing.

Witnesses said Logandro jumped in the bay but immediately started struggling with his gear.

By the time lifeguards fought against his heavy equipment and pulled him out, Logandro had been underwater at least four minutes without access to his compressed air. He was pronounced dead an hour later at the hospital.

On Saturday, surfers paddled out just off the coast near Carlsbad State Beach while family members of Logandro watched from the sand.

Logandro’s mother talked with NBC 7 and wanted to thank everyone for all the love and support for her son’s wife and young children.

She said she believes Jeff is smiling and saying “Thank you. I loved you and thank you for returning that love in such a beautiful way.”

Anne Nuttall, cousin and godmother to Logandro’s widow, Michelle, said the diver was loved by many.

“He was great father, husband, friend, son, very loved by everyone,” Nuttall said.

Logandro and his family moved to Carlsbad to be closer to the ocean, where he would dive or surf almost every day with his own equipment.

Friends have set up a  GoFundMe account to raise money to help set up a college fund for his two daughters and the baby on the way.

Two days after the family of 'Bucket List Baby' Shane experienced the emotional birth — and soon thereafter loss of the newborn — a hacker broke into the parents' Facebook page and began posting explicit images.

"I just need it fixed," Jenna Gassew, Shane's mom, said through tears. "It means everything to us. These are our memories."

Gassew and her husband, Dan Haley, started the Facebook page, Prayers for Shane, earlier this year to track the memories they created for their unborn child, who was diagnosed with anencephaly — a rare, terminal condition — in utero.

Nearly 1 million people are following the page, which included photos of the expectant Delaware County couple's trips to Linvilla Orchard's petting zoo, the Jersey Shore, and, most recently, the day Gassew gave birth to Shane.

Around 1:30 p.m. Saturday, the couple received a message, which appeared to come from Facebook, asking them to verify the Prayers for Shane account, Gassew explained.

"The email looked very, very similar to one we got before," she said.

But the message was not from the social media site's administrators like the last time.

"It looked legit, so I typed in Dan's name and password," Gassew said. "And then they took control of Shane's page and took me out of being able to control it."

Gassew immediately contacted Facebook to rectify the problem. NBC10 staff also reached out to Facebook in an effort to expedite the process.

Many of the page's followers — upset by the posts, which included sexual imagery — began blasting the hacker in comments.

After several hours, Facebook staff members were able to resolve the issue. Facebook removed the inappropriate posts and returned control of the page to Shane's parents.

Contact Alison Burdo at 610.668.5635, alison.burdo@nbcuni.com or follow @NewsBurd on Twitter.

A hayride flipped over at a Halloween attraction in Mechanic Falls, Maine, on Saturday, killing one teen and injuring 22 others.

The Maine Sate Fire Marshal's office confirms one person, a 17-year-old girl, died as a result of her injuries.

They say that two others, including the driver and a teenage boy, remain in critical condition.

In addition, 15 people were taken to Central Maine Medical Center, seven were taken to St. Mary's in Lewiston, and one person was taken to Maine Medical Center, according to the State Fire Marshal.

Scott Lansley, a Harvest Hill spokesperson, says the two most serious injuries were sustained by employees. 

Authorities say a small jeep pulling a flatbed trailer missed a turn on a steep dirt road and jack-knifed. The jeep went off the road and the trailer hit a tree, sending riders tumbling to the ground. 

Investigators say a mechanical problem with the jeep may have caused the driver to lose control. State Police will inspect the vehicle.

Lansley said Sunday morning that the operator is an experienced truck driver.

Harvest Hill Farms/Pumpkin Land posted the following message on its Facebook page around 10 p.m. Saturday night:

"Emergency crews are on-site now at our Gauntlet Night Ride as there was an accident with one of the wagons. We will keep you posted."

Around 11 p.m., the farm posted the following update:

"Emergency crews are on site and Life Flight was called in to transport those needing urgent care. The accident occurred at the Gauntlet Haunted Night ride, a separate venue from Pumpkin Land, our daytime Family Fall venue. However Pumpkin Land will be closed Sunday while authorities investigate the accident. Our thoughts and prayers are with the injured."

Several people who were at the Halloween attraction or had loved ones there on Saturday night posted messages as well. 

"My bestie and our lil girls were a few rides before this tractor. So sad," said Alexis Caron.

"My family was minutes away from this...a couple tractors ahead," said Patty Ann Keene. Thinking of everyone involved."

"My son and his pregnant girlfriend and a bunch of their friends were on that ride," said Penny Peare. "Thank God they are okay."

The Portland Fire Department posted the following message on Twitter on Saturday night:

"Thoughts and prayers with the victims, their families, and the emergency crews operating at a MCI in Mechanic Falls, ME"

Mechanic Falls is about 30 miles north of Portland. 

Check back for updates.

Five people, including two children, died following a crash Friday night in Oxon Hill, Maryland, said Prince George's County Police.

A roadside memorial sprang up over the weekend, set up by strangers saddened by the accident's deadly toll.

The accident was reported around 9:40 p.m. Friday at Livingston Road and Livingston Terrace. Preliminarily, police believe the driver of a Mercedes rear-ended an Acura that had stopped at a traffic light.

Of the five people inside the Acura, only the driver survived. There were three people in the Mercedes; a female passenger was killed.

The driver of the Acura remains in guarded condition. The driver of the Mercedes is listed in critical condition. The ther passenger from the Mercedes is hosptialized with non-life-threatening injuries.

• "Bucket List Baby" Shane Facebook Page Hacked

Update: There are now 5 confirmed fatalities from last night's veh ax in #OxonHill. 2 children & 3 adults.

— PGPDNEWS (@PGPDNews) October 11, 2014

According to Prince George's County Assistant Fire Chief Paul Gomez, crews had initially responded to the scene for a car fire.

The names of the victims are being withheld until all family notification have been made.

Police said speed and the weather may have been factors in the deadly crash.

A 15-month-old baby girl was shot and killed by a stray bullet while she was with her parents in their Irvington apartment Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

Police said it appears the bullet that struck the girl entered from outside the second floor apartment where she lived at 84 Ellis Avenue.

Her parents rushed her to Newark Beth Israel Hospital where she was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.

The Essex County Homicide Task Force is investigating the incident. There is no motive or suspects at this time.

The Essex County Sheriff's Crime Stoppers is offering $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible.

Investigators in Northern California believe they have put the man responsible for the destructive Boles Fire behind bars.

Police in Weed, California Saturday morning arrested a 24-year-old man, who has been a person of interest throughout the entire investigation. His name is Ronald Beau Marshall, and he is being held on several felony charges, including arson of an inhabited structure and arson of a forest.

The arrest was part of a joint effort between Weed police, the county sheriff’s department, and Cal Fire investigators.

In September, the fire destroyed about 150 homes and forced more than a thousand people to flee the town.

Users of Snapchat who posted images via a third-party app have had their images hacked and posted online, according to reports.

The company itself says its security was never compromised, and released a statement saying that users who used third-party apps to send their snaps violated Snapchat's terms of use, according to the BBC.

After they were posted to a message board on Thursday evening, the hacked images were taken offline, the news agency reported, but hackers "threatened" to post more images.

Hackers claimed to have on hand "13 gigabytes' worth" of Snaps acquired over years, the BBC reported.

Teens doing naughty things like sending nude selfies tend to like to use Snapchat.

This is not the first security headache for Snapchat.

Earlier this year, several million usernames and phone numbers were leaked, the news agency reported.

Thieves targeted a San Diego dental office and took off with a rare Canadian mammoth tusk and now the owner is offering a reward for its return. 

The tusk is around 50,000 years old and worth $25,000, the owner Dr. Theresa Pham told NBC 7.

"It’s a rare find. Probably can’t find anything like that now, unless it's in a museum," said Pham.

The tusk was noticed missing on the afternoon of September 25th at her East Village office Progressive Dental Arts.

Pham received it as a gift from her parents who purchased the tusk in 1995 in Canada. It has been in her office since she first opened her doors in 2007.

While San Diego police say they are investigating the incident, Pham thinks she knows who may have stolen the artifact.

"There are some sketchy guys peering through the windows all throughout that morning," said Pham.

The thieves didn't take the computers or television that were also in the lobby and front office, she added.

She put up flyers around the complex offering a $5,000 reward for information.

The tusk is not insured, Pham said, so she hopes someone will return it.

A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas who provided care for Thomas Eric Duncan, the Ebola patient who died there earlier this week, is in isolation after testing positive for Ebola in a preliminary test at the state public health laboratory in Austin.

"While this is bad news, this is not news that should bring about panic," Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said Sunday.

Another test to confirm the diagnosis will be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. The worker is in stable condition.

The state health department said the health care worker reported a low grade fever Friday night and was isolated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and the preliminary test result was received late Saturday.

"The entire process from patient's self-monitoring to the admission into isolation took less than 90 minutes," Dr. Daniel Varga with Texas Health Presbyterian Dalls said at a news conference Sunday morning.

Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas said a close contact of the health care worker has already proactively been put into isolation at the hospital. The 24-bed Intensive Care Unit at the hospital is being used as an isolation unit.

Mayor Mike Rawlings said the health care worker lives in an apartment complex in the 3700 block of Marquita Avenue in Dallas.

Rawlings said Dallas-Fire Rescue crews have cleaned and decontaminated open areas of the complex.

A reverse 911 call went out at 7:15 a.m. Sunday to alert neighbors. Rawlings also said materials about the virus were placed on peoples' doors in the area.

Rawlings said there is a pet inside the apartment and that they "have a plan to take care of the pet."

The car the health care worker drove the hospital has been decontaminated and secured. Rawlings said everything the new patient touched has been decontaminated to ensure everyone's safety.

Texas Department of State Health Services said "contact tracing" has begun. Health officials interviewed the health care worker and are identifying any other contacts or potential exposures.

Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas said the health care worker was involved in Duncan's care on his second visit to the hospital. Duncan, from Liberia, was the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. He died from the virus on Oct. 8.

The hospital said the worker followed all Centers for Disease Control protocols in caring for Duncan, including wearing gloves, gown, mask and shied.

Health care workers, among the 48 already being monitored, will be monitored twice daily, Jenkins said. Nineteen people are in charge of the monitoring, Jenkins said he asked for additional CDC help at midnight and workers had arrived in Dallas. None of the rest of the monitored people have shown symptoms of Ebola.

Ebola is spread through direct contact with bodily fluids of a sick person or exposure to contaminated objects such as needles. People are not contagious before symptoms such as fever develop.  

"We knew a second case could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility," said Texas health commissioner Dr. David Lakey. "We are broadening our team in Dallas and working with extreme diligence to prevent further spread."

Varga said the emergency department at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas is on diversion, meaning ambulances will not bring new patients to the ER, but the hospital will continue to care for the patients at the hospital.

A California Congressman is backtracking on claims he made on national cable television earlier in the week that as many as ten ISIS fighters crossed the border into Texas from Mexico.

NBC 7 asked U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter R-50th District about his statements Friday at an event in El Cjaon.

When he talked about the presence of ISIS fighters on the Texas border Hunter said he should have chosen his wording more carefully. Hunter said he shouldn't have said ISIS.

“I should have said terrorist affiliated military aged males coming across the border,” Hunter said.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said there is no credible evidence to support Hunter's claims that ISIS fighters were apprehended or attempted to enter the U.S. along its border with Mexico. 

Hunter said four people from Turkey had ties to the terrorist organization PKK, providing a letter he sent to the Ambassador of Mexico.

The letter shows DHS numbers that more than 250,000 people from countries other than South America were caught at the southwest border. Included in that group were 13 people from Syria and 30 people from Pakistan, the letter stated.

Given what is happening at the border when it comes to people who enter without being caught, Hunter said he doesn't trust or have confidence in DHS.

“This comes from guys on the ground that actually see what is happening on the border itself. That is different than what the administration tells us is the truth and frankly I don't believe them because I know otherwise,” Hunter said.

Hunter's opponent for the 50th District seat Democrat James Kimble is retired from the Navy and said he takes national security seriously.

He accused Hunter of trying to drum up fear.

“Certainly if there were ten members of ISIS crossing over the border into Texas from Mexico there would have been an alert message that would have gone out to all the border cities,” Kimber said. “They would have known about it here. But Mr. Hunter would have everybody believe that, in his words or his staff's words, the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing."

Johnson assured Americans the border is not “porous.” He said four people detained for unlawful entry were members of a Kurdish Workers Party fighting against ISIS.  He said the detainees will be deported.

The City of San Diego will pay $225,000 to settle a civil suit filed by a teen mom who lost parental rights to her daughter just days after the child’s birth.

Johnneisha Kemper says San Diego Police officers took her baby away in 2008, just days after she gave birth at the age of 16, claiming she was unfit to raise the newborn.

Now, the city of San Diego has approved a settlement in the civil rights lawsuit filed alleging the SDPD took the child without threat or warrant.

“The system did fail her in every way that she could have been failed,” her attorney Shawn McMillan told NBC 7.

Kemper sat down and spoke exclusively to NBC 7 about the case, saying the money can’t replace what she’s lost.

“I want my daughter. It's like somebody I never knew,” Kemper said.

Kemper had her daughter, Nyhanna,with her while visiting her mother in San Diego in 2008. She had just been released from the hospital, when Kemper said she had a dispute with her mother.

Her mother locked her out of the house, with her baby still inside.

Kemper said she called San Diego Police hoping they would help intervene but instead they took her child.

And from there the legal battle began.

Attorney Shawn McMillian helped Kemper file a civil rights lawsuit against San Diego County, the social workers involved, City of San Diego and the Police officers who initially took the baby.

The lawsuit said police officers took the baby even though there was no immediate threat to the child.

"The first thing they have to ask themselves is before they act at all, is, is this child in immediate danger of suffering severe bodily injury or death at the hands of the parent,” McMillan said.

A foster child herself, Kemper was living in the Los Angeles area at the time.

At 16, she had no driver’s license but said she tried her best to get to San Diego to do what the court required.

"Within that six months I had to go to counseling, go to parenting classes, and take drug tests. I had regulatory visits every Tuesday,” she recalled.

Eventually, the court terminated her parental rights and Nyhanna was adopted.

“After they did that, that was the end. I lost everything,” Kemper said.

"I can't do anything to get her back. I just have to sit and accept the fact that oh, I have a daughter but she's just somewhere out there,” she said.

McMillan said they pushed for a policy change and training for officers in how they remove children but the City refused and even offered more money instead agreeing to change.

As for Kemper’s hope to get her daughter back, McMillan said there’s little chance.

"It's just a really sad situation. There's nothing we can really do for a parent in her situation to get her child back. It's over,” he said.

Kemper said she hope her case will keep this from happening again to another mother.

NBC 7 reached out to the City Attorney's Office about the case but they had no comment.

Officials announced Sunday that a Texas health care worker who provided hospital care for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for the virus, marking the first known case of the disease being contracted or transmitted in the United States. 

Here's what we know so far about the health worker. 

How Did the Worker Contract Ebola?

The worker came in contact with Thomas Eric Duncan during his second visit to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on Sept. 28, Dr. Daniel Varga, of the Texas Health Resources, said. The hospital said the worker followed all Centers for Disease Control protocols in caring for Duncan, including wearing gloves, gown, mask and shield. But the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Sunday that there was a breach in protocol that led to the worker contracting Ebola.

"At some point there was breach in protocol and that breach in protocol has resulted in this infection," Dr. Thomas Frieden said, adding that officials at the agency are "deeply concerned" about the new case.

The worker has not been able to identify a specific breach of protocol that might have led to her being infected, he said.

The female caregiver was infected after Duncan was admitted to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on Sept. 28, when all workers were taking full precautions against Ebola transmission. She was not among the original 48 people identified as having had contact with Duncan before he was admitted.

When Did the Worker Test Positive for Ebola?

The state health department said the worker had been on a self-monitoring regimen prescribed by the CDC, which required taking their temperature twice daily. The worker reported a low grade fever Friday night, Oct. 10, and was isolated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.

Varga said “the entire process from patient's self-monitoring to the admission into isolation took less than 90 minutes.”

The worker was in stable condition Sunday, Oct. 12, after testing positive for Ebola in a preliminary test at the state public health laboratory in Austin late on Saturday, Oct 11. The CDC confirmed the test results Sunday afternoon, Oct. 12.

"The level of her symptoms, and indications from the test itself suggest the level of the virus that she had is low," Frieden said.

Who May Have Been Exposed?

Health officials have talked to the worker and are identifying any contacts or potential exposures. A close contact of the health care worker has already been put into isolation at the hospital and 18 other people who had lesser degree of contact were being monitored.

All those who treated Duncan are now considered to be potentially exposed, Frieden said, and that's now being investigated.

The car the health care worker drove the hospital has been decontaminated and secured, said Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings. Rawlings said everything the new patient touched has been decontaminated to ensure everyone's safety.

He said the health care worker lives in an apartment complex in the 3700 block of Marquita Avenue in Dallas and that crews have cleaned and decontaminated open areas of the complex. He said there are plans to send a hazmat unit to clean up the interior of the apartment on Sunday, Oct 12.

Rawlings also said there is a pet inside the apartment and that they "have a plan to take care of the pet." He said they not believe the pet has signs of having contracted Ebola.