Patch PM: Kidnapper On The Loose; Massive Makeup Heist; Polanski's Ready To Deal

LOS ANGELES, CA — Here are the Los Angeles County Patch stories people are talking about this week:

• Roman Polanski Offers To Return To LA Courtroom Under 1 Condition Roman Polanski offered to return to face justice in the 1977 statutory rape of a girl, 13, if a judge assures him he will not serve time.
• Police Chase Through The Valley Ends In Surreal Walk Of Fame Scene Tourists snapped pics while a suspected car thief, who led police through the Valley, was cornered by police at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• Girl Escapes Attempted Kidnapper Near Century City Police are warning families about the danger of a kidnapper in the area and asking for help identifying a man who tried to grab a girl, 14.
• $4.5 Million Worth Of Makeup Stolen From Chatsworth Warehouse The suspects cut through the roof of the warehouse and made off with more than 100,000 of Modern Renaissance eyeshadow palettes.
• Vegas Flight To Hawaii Diverted To LAX Over Disagreement About $15 Blanket: Authorities The plane landed safely at LAX at about 10:20 a.m. The passenger was interviewed by police and FBI agents and released.
• Very Pregnant Woman Gets The Better Of Robber [VIDEO] A robber made the mistake of trying to steal from an 8-months-pregnant woman who was having none of it.
• Newport-Inglewood and Rose Canyon Faults On Same Fault Line, Could Produce 7.4-Magnitude Quake The faults, which run from San Diego to Los Angeles, had previously been considered separate.
• Dodgers Star Yasiel Puig's Sherman Oaks Home Burglarized During Spring Training Thieves broke into the Sherman Oaks home of Dodgers star Yasiel Puig while and made off with $170,000 in valuables.
• Steve McQueen's 'Bullitt' Car, A Lost Legend, Turns Up In Mexican Scrapyard Called "the Holy Grail of the Mustangs" and potentially worth a million, the missing "Bullitt" car Steve McQueen sought for years is found.
• Redondo Beach's St. Patrick’s Day 5K To Honor Local Olympic Champ Steve Lewis will be honored with the inaugural Running Icon Award at the 14th annual Village Runner St. Patrick’s Day 5K Race this Sunday.
• Suspect Arrested In Online Threat To South Pasadena High: UPDATED A suspect has been arrested for allegedly threatening South Pasadena High School, and a lockdown has been lifted. (BREAKING)
• One Dead, Suspect In Custody Following Rooftop Standoff In Inglewood The suspect scampered onto a neighborhood rooftop following reports of an assault prompting a short standoff with police.
• Man Sentenced to 22-Year Prison Term for Attacking Boy in Long Beach Restroom Herbert Laurence Harris, 48, pleaded no contest to one felony count each of kidnapping and child abuse stemming from the attack last March.
• Driver Crashes Into Pole, Lands In Backyard Near Agoura Hills Neither the fire department, not the CHP, which is investigating the crash, disclosed the driver's age or gender.
• 10 People Mysteriously Sickened In Westwood Parking Structure A hazmat crew is investigating to find out what made 10 people in a parking structure feel a burning sensation and a metallic taste.
• Marine Corps Nude Photo Scandal Victims Speak Out: 'We Will Not Be Silenced' Two women featured on a secret Marines Facebook page with nude photos and threats aimed at female enlistees are demanding justice: BREAKING.
• Ex-College Football Player Gets 11-Year Prison Term for Killing Mother's Boyfriend in Santa Monica Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Bernie La Forteza imposed the maximum term on Janzen Jackson who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter.
• Southland Leaders Say New Order Is 'Trump's Muslim Ban 2.0 Los Angeles County's elected officials decried the president's new travel ban as another thinly disguised 'Muslim Ban.'
• Long Beach Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting Baby Ryan Michael Booth molested the girl until she was 2 years old, and made four videos of himself sexually assaulting the baby in her crib.
• Suspected Drunken Driver Crashes Into Downey Library The driver was the only occupant in the vehicle when he crashed into the unoccupied library, police said.
• County Backs Ban of Hydrofluoric Acid, In Use at Torrance Refinery Torrance Refinery is one of only two refineries in the region that still use modified hydrofluoric acid.
• LA Police Shoot Carjacking/Kidnapping Suspect As Victim Runs To Safety A man who allegedly stabbed, carjacked and kidnapped a woman led police on a wild chase before crashing and being shot by police.
• District Attorney Won't File Rape Charges Against USC Football Players Citing a lack of evidence, prosecutors won't charge former USC football players Osa Masina and Don Hill, whom a Utah teen accused of rape
• Lakers Name Player Agent Rob Pelinka General Manager Sports Agent Rob Pelinka, high-powered agent to players like Kobe Bryant, will take over as the struggling Lakers general manager.
• LA Athletes Targeted For Burglary: Lakers Star Nick Young Is Latest Victim Nick Young's Tarzana home was burglarized last month, making him the latest victim in a string of high-profile burglaries: BREAKING.
• Robert Osborne, Turner Classic Movies Host, Dead at 84 The 84-year-old film historian Robert Osborne died Monday.