EX-CONVICT HELD FOR TRIAL ON MURDER CHARGE.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer CALIFORNIA CITY - A California City ex-convict accused of killing another ex-convict was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on a charge of murder. Lee Wayne Simpson Wayne Kirby Simpson (December 2, 1948 in Los Angeles, California), is a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1970-1977. He would play for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, and California Angels]. , 34, is charged with fatally shooting 35-year-old Daryth Fairbank in February in the desert northeast of the city's airport. Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. County Deputy District Attorney Scott Spielman declined to comment on a motive for the shooting. At the conclusion of a preliminary court hearing in Bakersfield, Simpson was bound over for trial on charges of murder and being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. . He is in jail in lieu of Instead of; in place of; in substitution of. It does not mean in addition to. $1 million bail. Simpson was convicted of residential burglary and arson in 1997 and of being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm in 2000, Spielman said. Fairbank, who completed parole six weeks before he was killed, had an adult record of drug and firearm offenses dating back to 1994 in Ventura County, as well as a juvenile record, state records show. Simpson was arrested by Mendocino County sheriff's deputies outside the city of Ukiah on March 4, four days after Fairbank was killed. California City police said the men were together in Simpson's vehicle when Simpson shot Fairbank in the back of the head. Simpson dragged the body about 20 feet into the desert and then left, police said. The victim and Simpson had known each other for several weeks, officials said. Fairbank was reported missing March 1 in what friends and family suspected was foul play foul play n. Unfair or treacherous action, especially when involving violence. foul play Noun 1. violent activity esp. murder 2. . He was found dead off a dirt road dirt road n (US) → camino sin firme dirt road n → chemin non macadamisé or non revêtu dirt road dirt n the next day by friends searching the desert for him, police said. When Mendocino County deputies arrested Simpson, he was inside a home and his 1995 green Ford pickup truck was parked outside, police said. karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 |
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