Monterey Park Father Charged With Hiding Missing Teen

The father of a 15-year-old girl who went missing for a week in Monterey Park has been charged with a felony after being arrested by police last Friday.

Jeffery Chao, 40, was charged by prosecutors on Tuesday with one count of felony child stealing/concealment and one misdemeanor count of false report of an emergency after his daughter, Alison Chao disappeared while traveling from her father’s home to her aunt’s house.