BRIEFLY MURDER TRIAL SET FOR GANG MEMBER.VENTURA - A judge refused Friday to dismiss charges against a 28-year- old white supremacist white supremacist n. One who believes that white people are racially superior to others and should therefore dominate society. white supremacy n. Noun 1. gang member in the 1992 murder and rape of a 20-year-old Santa Monica College Santa Monica College was first opened in 1929 as Santa Monica Junior College. Current enrollment is 32,000 students in more than 90 fields of study. The college also has one of the largest international student populations of any community college in the US, with approximately student. Justin Merriman of Ventura will stand trial Nov. 29 in the slaying of Katrina Montgomery, as well as for the rapes of two other women in 1994 and 1995 and for trying to stab a Ventura police officer in 1998. He is also charged with attempting to conspire con·spire v. con·spired, con·spir·ing, con·spires v.intr. 1. To plan together secretly to commit an illegal or wrongful act or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action. 2. with other members of the gang to intimidate and kill witnesses in the case after his 1999 indictment. But Judge Vincent O'Neill threw out charges of being under the influence of drugs in unrelated incidents Unrelated Incidents is a series of poems by Tom Leonard. One of the more well-known of this series is "The Six o'clock news" where the poem takes the form of a Glaswegian reading the news autocue like a BBC newsreader. , prosecutors said. Merriman, who remains in custody without bail, faces the death penalty if convicted of the Montgomery murder and rape. - Daily News Not guilty plea entered in murder VENTURA - A 21-year-old member of a white supremacist street gang pleaded not guilty Friday to perjury perjury (pûr`jərē), in criminal law, the act of willfully and knowingly stating a falsehood under oath or under affirmation in judicial or administrative proceedings. and being an accessory after the fact in the 1998 stabbing death of a 17-year-old runaway. James Bowman For the Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons see James Langstaff Bowman James Thomas Bowman (b. November 6, 1941) is a famous countertenor born in Oxford, England. His career spans Opera, Oratorio, Contemporary music and solo recitals. of Ventura, who remains in custody in lieu of $250,000 bail, also pleaded not guilty to committing the crimes for the benefit of a criminal street gang. Bowman and five other gang members and associates were indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. last month on charges including murder, kidnapping and robbery in the slaying of Nicole Hendrix. - Daily News Arts Commission has open seats THOUSAND OAKS - Three seats are open on the city's Arts Commission for the term that ends in October 2002. The deadline to apply is Oct. 20. Applicants must be residents, with interest and expertise in arts. A conflict-onterest statement must be filed. For information, contact the city clerk, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks; (805) 449-2151. - Daily News Two men arrested with stolen tires THOUSAND OAKS - Two men are in custody after authorities said they tried to sell 400 stolen tires to a local store. Juan Carlos Banda, 30, of Los Angeles and Juan Ramirez-Echevaria, 24, were taken into custody on suspicion of possession of stolen property after trying to sell the goods to The Tire Man on Thousand Oaks Boulevard, police said. The tires were taken during a large commercial theft in San Jose, police said. About 400 tires and $600 were recovered at the scene, police said. - Daily News |
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