once again, cecelia vega. >> we begin with breaking news.dly kidnapped, has now apparently turned up. she's indeed here in huntington beach. found safe in huntington beach. >> reporter: just hours after the news breaks that denise huskins has been found safe and sound near her mother's house, 400 miles down the california coast in huntington beach, the case takes another stunning turn. lieutenant kenny park of the vallejo police department goes before the cameras to publicly denounce her and her boyfriend aaron quinn, a highly aggressive move. >> we were not able to substantiate any of the things that he was saying. we've had over 40 police detectives working around the clock. that is a tremendous amount of resources that, in my opinion, was wasted. >> that was pretty amazing in a bad way. i was so shocked. >> reporter: the police even suggest the young couple might face criminal charges themselves. >> if we feel that there is sufficient evidence to move forward, we will be requesting criminal charges. >> can you imagine being rescued from a

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i'm cecelia vega, in for david muir. we begin tonight with america on high alert this fourth of july. police ratcheting up security across the country. officers out in full force. authorities in l.a. saying this is the highest terror alert since 9/11. at tourist attractions, heavily armed guards metal detectors, dogs out on patrol. checkpoints set up. and in boston, the commissioner saying a lone wolf attack is the city's worst nightmare. abc's gio benitez telling us no one is taking any chances. >> reporter: tonight, a nation on alert. major cities ramping up security. here in new york and across the country. in washington, d.c., u.s. park police are on horseback at the national mall. >> we're aware of what's the discussion and chatter is around the fourth of july events and all those threats. and we take those into account. >> reporter: authorities worried about lone wolves. fueled by an isis social media campaign. officers everywhere are preparing for the worst. in cities like boston, police are deploying special team

cecelia vega, abc news, new york. >> thank you. she'll be here this weekend. >>> when we come back, remembering an acting great. >>> and the iphone theft. one major tip when this happens. >>> and tom selleck, accused of stealing water in the middle of a drought. striking a deal tonight. i called for help as soon as i saw her. i found her wandering miles from home. when the phone rang at 5am i knew it was about mom. i see how hard it's been on her at work and i want to help. for the 5 million americans living with alzheimer's and millions more who feel its effects. let's walk together to make an even bigger impact and end alzheimer's for good. find your walk near you at alz.org/walk. my opioid pain medication is slowing my insides to a crawl. millions of people are estimated to suffer from opioid-induced constipation, oic, caused by the opioids they use to manage chronic pain. oic is a different type of constipation. opioids block pain signals but they can also block activity in the bowel. i'm really struggling to find relief... rea

cecelia vega with the mother of one of the victims. >> reporter: denise huskins didn't think she would make it out alive. >> she had come to accept she was going to be killed. >> reporter: tonight, her lawyers giving new details into the stranger than fiction kidnapping involving denise and her boyfriend aaron quinn. his mother speaking out, outraged at police. >> it was made very clear to us that he was their prime suspect. >> reporter: the couple not just the victims of that bizarre abduction. vallejo police accused them of staging it. >> once they said it was a hoax, it had to be a hoax. they dug themselves a hole and they were going to stay in it. >> reporter: the story so incredible, many said it sounded like a scene from the movie "gone girl." >> i feel like i could disappear. >> reporter: and even though the fbi arrested the alleged mastermind, 38-year-old matthew muller, vallejo police still not apologizing. does the vallejo police department owe this couple an apology? >> we're going to evaluate that when the investigation is complete and go from there. >> reporter: did you dr

abc's cecelia vega has more. >> reporter: new details of the accused mastermind accused of plotting thetrange kidnapping. 38-year-old matthew muller spent four years in the marines, serving in the middle east and japan and his lawyer says he suffered from bipolar disorder for years. >> it sounds like you're setting yourself and your client up for an insanity defense. >> it's certainly something we're going to think about. >> reporter: police investigating whether muller could be behind as many as four northern california home invasions. last month, muller arrested accused of breaking into a house in the middle of the night, and police in two other nearby cities say muller may have terrorized families there, too. >> he restrained her, blindfolded her and threatened to rob her and sexually assault her. >> reporter: the stories all eerily similar to what happened inside that vallejo home. as for huskins and quinn their lawyers are telling me they're happy the public finally realizes they were victims, that this was no hoax. they say they just want to get back to their lives. cecelia vega a

cecelia vega has the very latest on all of this. >> reporter: the close call coming just minutes before landing. delta flight 407 from orlando, 159 passengers onboard. the jet, just 1,700 feet above ground. a drone in its path, only 100 feet away. near an old, abandoned airfield. >> there was a drone flying. >> what altitude would you say it was? >> probably 100 feet below us. >> reporter: the pilot landing without incident. but air traffic control warning other planes of potential danger. these risky encounters on the rise. the faa now reporting 25 drone incidents each month. >> the reason we don't want a drone close to airliners, the possibility of being ingested into an engine. >> reporter: sales of drones are skyrocketing. and you can see why they're such a growing concern. >> thank you. >>> and next to the mysterious airplane part found on a beach in australia. there's growing certainty it's from mh 370, at this hour, it's packed up and on its way to france. u.s. investigators and boeing investigators are going there as well. but the haunting question, was someone trying to make it