denise huskins and aaron quinn filed a claim against the vallejo pd who they say waged a malicious campaign against them instead of pursuing the kidnappers. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez joins us this evening in vallejo. this has been a strange case and continues to unfold here. >> reporter: it does, raj. this 26-page claim says the city of vallejo launched a vicious and shocking attack against those two kidnapping victims pouring salt on the wounds of innocent victimses >> we have filed a government claim today on behalf of denise huskins and aaron quinn against the city of vallejo. >> reporter: calling the treatment of their clients by vallejo police outrageous, attorneys for kidnapping victims denise huskins and aaron quinn have filed a claim against the city of vallejo. >> they were innocent of their alleged crimes, yet they were painted to the world as having been involved in a terrible hoax. >> reporter: investigators say huskins and quinn were blindfolded and bound by an intruder as they slept in their mare island home back in march. the intruder kidnapped huskins for two days during

aaron was seized. saying he suffered emotional and physical distress, humiliation, and mental anguish. so huskins and quinn basically "niece and aaron victims of horrific crimes have the right not to be victimized fall at by vallejos the police" >> j.r.: want compensation for what they had to go through. the chief of police did write them an apology letter back in july of this year. but in it he says "we believe our officers took with the information that was available at the time." lawyers say that's not a full apology and their clients are suffering to move on in life on after basically being called liers. what is the city of vallejo saying about this claim? they haven't been served with a lawsuit and they can't comment on pending litigation. but a six months if nothing comes from money >> j.r.: has been the motive that comes up over and over again also been reports out there smaller guy in jail right now may even known of has lover for quinn but lawyers they say that's completely false. >> pam:a woman carjacked in an east bay community. and now police are searching for the two men they say are responsib

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back in march, denise and her boyfriend aaron quinn say kidnappers broke into their home, abducted her and demanded money. two days later, she turned up safe in huntington beach hours before the ransom was due. months after police questioned their story, matthew mueller was arrested for committing the crime. the suit claims the city made unfair and false accusations against the couple. they really believe that they had not been, in fact, kidnap d kidnapped. >>> 6:08. so glad, kari, that we got some rain in middletown. that made a difference. >> that's near the valley fire and 0.4, a pretty good amount, especially in the north bay. we see the amounts of rain of at least a quarter of an inch and then as you head over towards san francisco and much less. and as it continued to cross the south bay, just a few raindrops. it was very spotty and light. but that has helped, hopefully, with the containment. we'll get another update this morning and the high today will be 75 degrees. temperatures climbbing over the next couple of days into the 90s. the weather will be unfavorable for the crews t

. >> pam :denise huskins and aaron quinn are back in the news again. this time taking aim at the city of vallejo. the couple first reported a home invasion. robbery. and kidnapping earlier this year. at the time. vallejo officers dismissed the alleged crimes. calling it all a "hoax" but now a man is behind bars. and the couple is filing suit. the claim that was filed tuesday says, there was never any evidence of a hoax. and that police refused to hear them out. treating them as criminals instead of victims. it also claims emotional and physical distress, humiliation, and mental anguish. vallejo officials did not comment on the suit today. six weeks after the murder of 8 year old maddy middleton of santa cruz. her father michael is still coming to terms with the devastating loss. today he talked exclusively with kron four. maddy's alleged killer. adrian gonzales. is due back in court on monday, to enter a plea to charges of murder. kidnapping and sexual assault. middleton says, while hate will not bring back his little girl. he does want justice. >>:as

. >> reporter: in the legal claim hand today the city of vallejo leaders today, when aaron quinn called police for help, they believed he was lying and they didn't want to hear about any claimed intruders and they knew aaron had really killed denise. even taking the incredible step of putting her phone on airplane mode after he told investigators the kidnapper would be calling for ransom. >> he was kept behind the locked door that was to be remained closed at all times and this continued for 18 hours. >> reporter: meanwhile, his fiance was being raped repeatedly. he was eventually released. her alleged captor matthew muller arrested not too long ago. now victims attorneys say he is not the only perpetrator in this case. so are the police. >> denise and aaron were victims of horrific crimes and they had the right not to be victimized by the vallejo police. >> reporter: maria medina, kpix5. >> the city leaders have six months to respond to the legal claim before it could become a lawsuit. >>> tonight, the driver of this truck is recovering after he crashed into a home. it happened this mo

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. >> reporter: in the legal claim handed to the city of vallejo leaders today, it says, when aaron quinn called police for help, they believed he was lying. they did not want to hear any more about any claimed intruders and that they knew aaron had really killed denise. even taking the incredible step of putting aaron's phone on airplane mode after he told investigators the kidnapper would be calling for ransom. >> he was kept behind a locked door that was to be remained closed at all times. and this continued for 18 hours. >> reporter: meanwhile, his fiancee, they say, was being raped repeatedly. she was eventually released, her alleged captor matthew muller arrested not too long ago. now the victim's attorney says he is not the only perpetrator in this case. so are the police. >> denise and aaron were victims of horrific crimes. they had the right not to be victimized by the vallejo police. >> reporter: police say the rape kit was mishandled. they say the couple left vallejo because of this. city leaders have six months to respond to the legal claim before it becomes a lawsuit. as for

her boyfriend, aaron quinn, said he was bound and drugged. a family friend says the accusations are completely out of character. >> he was intense kid. a success. high achiever. always worked hard at whatever he did. you know, in the family, just outstanding. >> muller's parents, brother and friends attended the court hearing. a family friend said they are shocked and devastated by the allegations. muller will be back in federal court here on october 5th. reporting live in sacramento, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >> neighbors in palo alto stunned after a man attacked a woman walking with her infant. police say it happened last night before 7:00 on middlefield road. the woman said she stopped not far from phil's coffee to fix her baby's stroller when a man punched her and took her purse. witnesses last saw the man running up an avenue. the mother had minor injuries. >> we mentioned about the alcohol issue at levi's stadium, but there's also an airport issue. the faa has been contacted. the new stadium is right in the fl

. >> reporter: in the legal claim handed to the city of vallejo leaders it says, when aaron quinn called police for help, they believed he was lying. they didn't want to hear any more about any claimed intruders and that they knew aaron had really killed denise even take the incredible step of putting aaron's phone on airplane phone after told investigators the kidnapper would be calling for ransom. >> he was kept behind a closed locked door for 18 hours. >> reporter: meanwhile, his fiancee they say was being raped repeatedly. she was eventually released her alleged captor matthew muller arrested not too long ago and now victims attorneys say he is not the only perpetrator in this case; so are the police. >> denise and aaron were victims of horrific crimes. and they had the right not to be victimized by the vallejo city police. >> reporter: maria medina, kpix 5. >> the suspect in the case matthew muller is due in court today for a preliminary hearing. >>> three correctional deputies are due back in court today in the case of an inmate who died in santa clara county's main jail. a bail he

back in march aaron quinn reported that his girlfriend denise huskins was abducted. she turned up safe two days later. here's what police said at that time. >> mr. quinn and miss huskins have plundered valuable resources away from our community and have taken the focus away from the true victims of our community while instilling fear amongst our community members. so if anything, it is mr. quinn and miss huskins that owes this community an apology. >> in july, matthew muller was charged in the abduction. so far, vallejo officials are not commenting on the impending claim. >>> today president obama will meet with the three heroes who took down a gunman on a paris- bound train last month. the white house says the president wants to thank them for their bravery. france's president has already honored them for their quick actions. >>> it was a spirited debate as republican presidential candidates gathered for the second time in the 2016 campaign. cbs reporter craig boswell has the highlights from simi valley. [ applause ] >>> reporter: the 11 candidates with the highest

.: and physical distress, humiliations, and mental denise huskins and aaron quinn are back in the news again. this time taking aim at the city of vallejo. their lawyers saying they were treated like criminals after reporting a home invasion/robbery/and kidnapping sot the police jumped to a rather unbelievable gone girl conspiracy getting caught up in some hollywood notion the people who were victims of crimes supposedly perpetrated it. >> j.r.: case a hoax. attorney's for the two say that after quinn reported the kidnapping he was sot gave him essentially prison pants that said solano prison on the side. he sat there with no underwear in a dirty white t shirt that was given to him. no socks. he was given only two bottles of water a slice of pizza a travel bag with chips and was interrogated non stop. their claim filed tuesday says there was never any evidence of a hoax and that police refused to hear them out. even claiming that quinn's phone was turned on airplane mode at a time when the kidnappers were supposed to contact him and at a time when huskin's claims to have been sexually a

>> reporter: we have learned today that denise huskins finished her internship at kaiser, aaron quinn is still with kaiser. doing the best they can. trying to piece their lives together. >> henry lee, thank you. >>> san francisco firefighters going above and good b yond to -- and beyond to help victims of the valley fire. what they are doing for the kids. >> i froze. >> from breaking up a plot on a french train to the white house, the big day for three northern california heroes. a man hoping to open a gun shop denied. why she claiming he and -- he is claiming he and his business are being singled out. >> showers yesterday. fog returning. and 93 we warm up. fire -- and now we are warming up. fire danger and the second couple days. ♪ it's the final countdown! ♪ ♪ the final countdown! if you're the band europe, you love a final countdown. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. female announcer: get sleep at the guaranteed lowest price. plus, pay no interest for three years on the best brand name mattress set

lawyers for denise husband kins and her boyfriend aaron quinn accused the police in california of botchingtion after quinn told police that husband kins was abducted back in march. police call the kidnapping a lie after muss kshe turned up safe . a man was arrested in the case. the city is not commenting on the lawsuit. >> in the case of army sergeant bowe bergdahl the accused deserter appearing in a texas military court. they paint a completely new picture of his new disappearance from the base. patricia stark is here with new information. good morning patricia. >> good morning. >> prosecutors trying to put bow berg tadahl away for desertion. the army sergeant appearing at a hearing to determine whether he will be court-martialed on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. bergdahl was held captive for five years before being released in a prisoner swap planned to abandon his post for weeks. he mailed home items including his kindle and lap top before disappearing and tried to have his pay diverted to his god mother. he was in court talking about the gruelling conditions und

the suit claim that is police wasted time by interrogating boyfriend aaron quinn instead of followinghat might have freed huskins earlier. >> the police jumped to a rather unbelievable gone girl conspiracy, getting caught up in some hollywood notion that people who are victims of crimes have supposedly perp trated it. >> the claim says their reputations were destroyed by police investigators and that's affected their careers. >> new at 4:00, plan to imploed a support pier was approved less than an hour ago. sky 7h.d. flew over to watch it blow up. environmentalists say it will have less impact on wildlife in a few seconds than in the months it would take to manually remove the pier piece by piece. >> the first kip charter school held its opening ceremonies today. abc 7 news was there in redwood city for the school's ribbon cutting. >> what happens when you go to school is that your lives change. you're at the start of the most important journey you will ever have, which is a journey of learning to read and learning to write and learning to count and learning to make friends. >> 95% of

. >> reporter: attorneys for kidnapping victims denise huskins and aaron quinn say that the vallejo police intentionally destroyed their lives and reputations. six months after their terrifying ordeal, attorneys filed a claim against the city of vallejo. >> they were innocent of their alleged crimes yet they were painted to the world as having been involved in a terrible hoax. >> reporter: investigators say that huskins and quinn were blindfolded and bound by an intruder as they slept in their home in march. the intruder kidnapped huskins for two days during which she says she was raped. but the vallejo police characterized the whole thing as a hoax. >> the statement that mr. quinn provided was such an incredible story we initially had a hard time believing it. >> reporter: but in july, the fbi arrested a suspect. the attorneys say that the vallejo police are traumatized the couple even more by this vicious attack. >> denise and aaron were victims of horrific crimes and they had the right not to be victim mooz bid the vallejo city police. >> we think if the police had taken their statement

aaron quinn says a masked man broke into the home of he and his girlfriend denise huskins. they tide up an drove off with huskins. the police called it a hoax after huskins showed up unharmed in huntington beach. but then matthew muller was identified as the suspect after he was arrested for a home invasion in dublin and evidence tied him to the kidnapping. those are some of the morning headlines from the news room. mike, we will send it back to you. >> thank you very much dave. henry lee joins us now. what is going on with that story? >> reporter: lawyers are expected to file a claim against the city of vallejo. this is a precursor to a lawsuit. this takes place before a lawsuit is file. a couple is going to say you caused this emotional distress for branding us hoaxers when we had a kidnapper happen. >> this is the case where the woman said she was kidnapped from her home. she shows up a couple of days laterment goes to police. while she hires a lawyer. and police say you know what? didn't happen. this is a hoax. after that came out, it turns out this was real. the police

aaron quinn told police on march 23rd a masked man broke into the home he shared with girlfriend, denise. he said the man tied them up, drugged them and drove off with denise. police called it a hoax after she turned up two days later unharmed in huntington beach. but in july, matthew muller was identified as the suspect after he was arrested for hole invasion in dublin and evidence was found tying him to the kidnapping. >>> school employee arrested for skwaulting assaulting an eight-year-old students. janine de la vega joins us. >>reporter: it is unsettling for parents, pam. parents were excited about having their kids attend this new school, spark charter school and now they don't know what to think and hoping there aren't any more victims. officers from the sunny vail department of public safety arrested 18-year-old for sexual assaulting an 18-year-old girl on campus. served as lunch aid and teacher's assistant during the extended care period. period are releasing few details, but did say they found out about it because the victim reported it to an adult. spark charter school sits on

attorneys for denise huskins and aaron quinn filed a lawsuit yesterday. they say they ruined the couple's reputation. >> they were painted to the world as having been involved in a terrible hoax. >> in march quinn reported to police that huskins was abducted from the couple's home. huskins turned up safe and a suspect was later arrested. the attorneys say huskins was raped during the ordeal. >>> today the house is voting on a spending bill that would cut federal funding to planned parenthood. the down-to-the-wire budgeted battle could lead to another government shutdown. gop lawmakers are outraged over the release of secretly recorded videos appearing to show planned parenthood executives negotiating prices for fetal tissue. videos were a hot tomorrowic at wednesday's gop presidential debate. >> we shouldn't be sending $500 million of taxpayer money to funding an ongoing criminal enterprise. >> instead of dealing with the economy of our country, republicans are up to some more of their, um, um, i don't know how to describe it -- insults, lack of respect f

aaron quinn told police denise huskins was abducted from her home in march.d up safe two date later. matthew muller was arrested for her abduction. >>> i'm anne makovec live in calistoga where evacuees of the "valley fire" spent a wet night camping out. today a lot of them hoping to get a chance to check on their properties. they of course have been camping here at the napa county fairgrounds for almost a week now. they did their best to waterproof their tents overnight. and it did make for a rough evening. it brings hope that the "valley fire" will be under control. and it did. >> the rain has helped us immensely. the rain has slowed the progression of the fire. it's given me the improved ability to make headway. >> reporter: this morning the fire is 35% contained. fire crews keep working on the containment lines mopping up hot spots. it's burned more than 73,000 acres and hundreds of homes. the real concern, downed power lines in neighborhoods that have been burned. sheriff's officers are going to do more escorts of people to their properties today. live in

huskins claims she was raped during hire two-day ordeal and her friend aaron quinn says he was bound and drugged. >> when you're in the marines for four years, you're a successful attorney and then while you're doing that things start to hatch that are out of your knave and things like that, it's possibly that there's something mentally going on there. >> muller pleaded no contest to battery, robbery and assault last week in a similar home invasion in dublin. lifelong family friend steve reese says thing aizations are shocking. muller's parent, brothers and friends packed the courtroom today clearly shaken. >> he was intense kid, a success, high achiever. always worked hard at whatever he did. you know, and the family is just an outstanding family. >> again, more charges are expected in the next couple of weeks. matthew muller will be back here in court two weeks from today on october 5th. reporting live in sacramento, i'm joade hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> only on nbc police are looking for some kids who stole several turtles when a local petco and violently killed one of those

back in march aaron quinn reported that his girlfriend denise huskins was abducted.he turned up safe two days later. here's what police said at that time. >> mr. quinn and miss huskins have plundered valuable resources away from our community and have taken the focus away from the true victims of our community while instilling fear amongst our community members. so if anything, it is mr. quinn and miss huskins that owes this community an apology. >> in july, matthew muller was charged in the abduction. so far, vallejo officials are not commenting on the impending claim. >>> a san jose police sergeant is on leave after alleged inappropriate sexual behavior. james mason facing charges of indecent exposure. according to the san mateo district attorney's office, mason is accused of exposing himself. the incident reportedly happened on a busy street in redwood city earlier this month. >>> today president obama will meet with the three heroes who took down a gunman on a paris- bound train last month. the white house says the president wants to thank them for their bravery.

. >> reporter: in the legal claim hand to the city of vallejo leaders it says, when aaron quinn calledice for help, they believeddest lying. that they did not want to hear any more about any claimed intruders and that they knew aaron had really killed denise. even taking the incredible step of putting aaron's phone on airplane mode after he told investigators the kidnapper would be calling for ransom. >> he was kept behind a locked door that was to remain closed at all times and this continued for 18 hours. >> reporter: meanwhile, his fiancee they say was being raped repeatedly. she was eventually released. her alleged cap to your matthew muller arrested not too long ago, her alleged captor. and now the victim's attorneys say he is not the only perpetrator in this case, so are the police. >> denise and aaron were victims of horrific crimes. and they had the right not to be victimized by the vallejo city police. >> reporter: maria medina, kpix 5. >> and the suspect in the case matthew muller is due in court today for a preliminary hearing. >>> a police takedown of a teen in stockton is

denise huskins and her boyfriend aaron quinn claim they were both victims of muller.and that he broke into their home, held them at gunpoint.and forcibly drugged them. huskins was taken from the home and released two days later in huntington beach. their story was taken seriously >> pam: that's where police say a 17 year-old boy confesses to kron 4's dan kerman is live at police headquarters. dan.the delayed response by police to the attack is now being called into question? >> reporter: in the states and the initial call commander 911 to the chp. transferred richmond and so sending officers out immediately waited nine mets and then transfer the call to another agency. 14 year- old patty high school girl sexually assaulted by seven to yield a classic and a passerby call about the alleged attack which simply said that they completely missed handle the call. but ito 40 p.m. they call the chp crowded torch and police richmond dispatch was told the crowd was in progress. instead of immediately about dispatching police officers is the close to 10 minutes of the caller to understand and cla