Domestic Violence

Area 1 - Pacific Coast Highway: Domestic violence was reported in the 16400 block at 5:58 a.m. Sunday. The caller reported her husband hit her on the head and now she has a big bump. But the husband then reported she hit her own head and was just blaming him. Area 2 No significant crime reported. Area 3 16th Street: Vandalism was reported in the 100 block at 3:08 p.m. Sunday. The caller reported their gray 2006 Mustang had both of its side mirrors broken off overnight.

The defense attorney for a former Huntington Beach police officer accused of 20 felony counts including rape and sodomy pointed out inconsistencies in the testimony of the officer's ex-wife Friday in the second day of his preliminary hearing. The defense continued the cross-examination of former Officer James Roberts III's ex-wife in front of Superior Court Judge Richard J. Beacom at Central Justice Center in Santa Ana. A preliminary hearing is where prosecutors present evidence to a judge who rules if the case is strong enough to go to trial.

Six local women were honored Tuesday by Soroptimist International of Huntington Beach for changing the lives of women at their annual Women of Distinction awards luncheon at the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort. The Making a Difference for Women awards are presented to those who have made outstanding achievements in their professional, business or volunteer activities as they relate to the Soroptimist International programs of service, Event Chairwoman Nouha Hreish said. Founded in 1921 in Oakland, Soroptimist International is a women’s service organization with nearly 100,000 members in 127 countries.

Prosecutors attempted to poke holes in a therapist’s testimony Tuesday that Donna Prentice was a victim of abuse who used various coping mechanisms to deal with the loss of her daughter. Prentice is on trial for the murder of her then-3-year-old daughter, Michelle, in Huntington Beach in 1969. No one has seen the girl since Prentice, her son, her then-boyfriend James Michael “Mike” Kent and his son moved to Illinois. Prentice originally stood trial with Kent, who testified before he died in 2005 that he buried Michelle in a shallow grave in Williams Canyon.