Crime & Safety
Filmmaker's Family Flees LA-area Home
Nakoula family leaves Cerritos residence, the scene of a media frenzy since last week. It is home of the man who contributed to a YouTube trailer that mocks the Prophet Muhammad, touching off violent Mideast protests.
Editor's Note: Though Patch witnessed the Nakoula family's Monday morning departure from their Cerritos home, it was the editor's decision not take any photographs or video of the family at the scene.
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