SANTA CRUZ >> The Tucson, Arizona, nurse accused of molesting children with a Santa Cruz brain surgeon and Watsonville nurse in Santa Cruz County was booked at Santa Cruz County Jail 12:30 a.m.

Emily Joy Stephens made her first appearance in a Santa Cruz courtroom Friday as she pleaded not guilty to eight counts of child sex abuse. The 30-year-old nurse was extradited by Watsonville police ...

A Santa Cruz neurosurgeon, James Kohut, a Dominican Hospital nurse, Rashel Melina Brandon, and a second nurse, Emily Joy Stephens, are accused of raping children who are younger than 10 years old. A ...

SANTA CRUZ – A Santa Cruz brain surgeon courted a Tucson, Arizona, nurse on an online dating site and the relationship — now part of a child-rape case involving three medical professionals — spanned ...