BRIEFLY CONVICT FACES TRIAL ON MURDER CHARGE.VENTURA - A 30-year-old Oxnard man has been ordered to stand trial in the fatal stabbing of a 41-year-old woman - a potential ``third strike'' that could send him to prison for life if he is convicted. Cruz Alcantar is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 27 in the April 24 slaying of Anna Maria Mendez, whose partially clothed clothe tr.v. clothed or clad , cloth·ing, clothes 1. To put clothes on; dress. 2. To provide clothes for. 3. To cover as if with clothing. body was found on an Oxnard sidewalk. ``If he's convicted of the crime of murder, he is someone who deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison,'' said prosecutor Patricia Murphy. ``He's a very dangerous individual.'' Alcantar was twice convicted during the 1990s of ``strike'' offenses for molesting children, Murphy said. Although he remains jailed in lieu of $500,000 bail, he has ``holds'' on him by the Immigration and Naturalization Service Noun 1. Immigration and Naturalization Service - an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States INS and the Ventura County parole agency that prevent him from being released, officials said. - Daily News < Fingernail fin·ger·nail n. The nail on a finger. sample, rapist DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. match VENTURA - DNA samples taken from a convicted rapist who claimed he was innocent matched those taken from the victim's fingernails, the District Attorney's Office said Thursday. The review of the evidence was conducted at the request of the family of defendant Andre McGhee, who pleaded guilty in August 1999 to sexually assaulting a 38-year-old woman in Ventura, authorities said. McGhee was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Earlier this year, District Attorney Michael Bradbury said he would participate in testing or retesting of DNA evidence Among the many new tools that science has provided for the analysis of forensic evidence is the powerful and controversial analysis of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, the material that makes up the genetic code of most organisms. in cases where there is a credible claim of innocence. - Daily News < Taxpayer group backs Measure O VENTURA - The head of the statewide Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association helped sponsor Proposition 13, the property tax-cutting initiative in California in 1978 which slashed property taxes by fifty-seven percent and initiated a national tax revolt. It was founded by California republican Howard Jarvis. announced Thursday the group is endorsing Measure O, the tobacco settlement initiative. The group, one of the leading taxpayer advocacy groups in the state, also announced it is joining the the Coalition to Safeguard the Tobacco Settlement for Health Care, a pro-Measure O organization. - Daily News < Officials identify dead sunbather VENTURA - A 55-year-old Saugus man was identified Thursday as the sunbather who was found dead Wednesday at Pierpont Beach. Robert John This article is about the American musician. For the American photographer, see Robert John (photographer). Robert John (born Robert John Pedrick, Jr., 1946, Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer-songwriter. Gottas died of a heart attack and had probably been dead for two hours before beachgoers realized he was not just sunbathing, officials said. - Daily News < Hillcrest names athletic director THOUSAND OAKS - Hillcrest Christian School Hillcrest Christian School is a private school that was founded in 1971,was formally MCLEUR ACADEMY of the White Citizens Council of Jackson, and was opened in 1968, title was transferred to Hillcreat Baptist Church just after integration laws came into effect, and is situated on has hired a new athletic director to oversee its boys and girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. sports teams, while a parent group has been assembled to consider adding a football team, school officials said. Dudley Rooney, who most recently coached girls softball and directed athletics at Alemany High School in Mission Hills, has more than 27 years experience in education, with 18 in athletic administration. Hillcrest currently fields California Interscholastic Federation The California Interscholastic Federation (abbreviated CIF) is the governing body for high school sports in the state of California. It mirrors similar governing bodies in other states; however, it differs from others in that it covers most high schools in the state of teams in soccer, basketball, volleyball, golf and softball. - Daily News < Sheriff's station will open to public THOUSAND OAKS - The Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. will host an open house Saturday, inviting residents of Simi Valley, Moorpark and Thousand Oaks to learn about its programs. The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the East Valley sheriff's station, 2101 E. Olsen Road. It will feature representatives from SWAT, K-9, gang detail, mounted patrol, bomb squad and the aviation unit, and tours of the facility. - Daily News < Region's pot farms may be connected SAN BERNARDINO - A 15,000-plant marijuana crop raided in the Lytle Creek area of the San Bernardino National Forest San Bernardino National Forest has two main divisions which are the San Bernardino Mountains on the easternmost of the Transverse Range, and the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains on the northernmost of the Peninsular Range. may be linked to pot farms in Ventura, Riverside and Los Angeles counties, authorities said. Equipment similar to that at the Lytle Creek marijuana farm uprooted Tuesday was being used at operations uncovered in the other counties, said Chip Patterson, spokesman for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. Patterson said officers believe a Mexican cartel is behind the operations. Plants up to 12 feet tall were pulled from a forest hillside Tuesday. The value of the crop was believed to be about $45 million. Earlier this month, 4,055 marijuana plants were found hidden in a remote area of Ventura County in northern Matilija Canyon. - Associated Press |
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