2011 Homicides

John Rand Agosta Guilty of Murdering Wife Alejandra Hernandez on Quiet Irvine Street

By Matt Coker Mon., Jun. 17 2013 at 3:36 PM
Categories: 2011 Homicides, Court

An Anaheim man was found guilty today of following his estranged wife as she took a lunch break from her job at an Irvine preschool and shooting her to death in a quiet residential cul de sac in the Turtle Rock community. Prosecutors had told jurors 37-year-old John Rand Agosta had fired nine times into his wife of two years that June 16, 2011, afternoon, hitting her in the chest, arm and hand.

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Justin Alvin Masao Tombleson Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter in Fatal Stabbings; He Faces 34 Years for Prior Strikes: Update

By Matt Coker Thu., May 23 2013 at 4:40 PM
Categories: 2011 Homicides, Court

See the update at the end of this post about Justin Tombleson facing another trial for prior convictions that could send him to state prison for 34 years with a conviction. Bajador Hossain Saidian name corrected throughout.

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ORIGINAL POST, MAY 23, 3:05 P.M.: An Orange County Superior Court jury today found Justin Alvin Masao Tombleson guilty of fatally stabbing a Santa Margarita Catholic High School hockey coach and his friend who'd been standing in line at a local Mexican joint when a fight broke out.

But the jurors did not go for murder counts, as the prosecution sought, but voluntary manslaughter.

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Scott Evans Dekraai's Shit-Throwing Tantrum in Jail Could Help Fry Him, DA Essentially Says

By Matt Coker Wed., May 22 2013 at 8:00 AM
Categories: 2011 Homicides, Court

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The conduct behind bars of the suspected worst mass killer in Orange County history may play a role in his death penalty trial, according to a prosecutor.

Assistant District Attorney Dan Wagner will file paperwork in court detailing a January incident where Scott Evans Dekraai became so disruptive in his cell, he threw shit at deputies and had to be restrained.

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Jeremy Dwayne Martin Gets 50 Years for Killing Father with Gun Dad Wanted Out of the House

By Matt Coker Fri., May 10 2013 at 11:09 AM
Categories: 2011 Homicides

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A man who fatally shot his father because the old man didn't want junior keeping a firearm in his Huntington Beach mobile home was sentenced today to 50 years to life in state prison.

When jurors found 37-year-old Jeremy Dwayne Martin guilty on March 26, they'd rejected the defense argument that the son killed the father while in a methamphetamine-induced psychosis and therefore could not form the intent to kill.

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Justin Alvin Masao Tombleson on Trial for Murders of High School Coach and Friend

By Matt Coker Mon., Apr. 29 2013 at 10:05 AM
Categories: 2011 Homicides, Court, Crime-iny, School Daze, Sports

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A Lake Forest man is scheduled to face trial this morning for fatally stabbing a Santa Margarita Catholic High School hockey coach and his friend who'd been standing in line at a local Mexican joint when a fight broke out.

Justin Alvin Masao Tombleson, 30, faces up to 67 years to life in state prison if he is convicted of two felony murder counts, with sentencing enhancements for the personal use of a deadly weapon.

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2011 Homicides

Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo, Alleged Serial Killer of 6, Has Death-Penalty Trial Pushed to May 2014

By Matt Coker Fri., Apr. 26 2013 at 3:44 PM
Categories: 2011 Homicides, 2012 Homicides, Court, Crime-iny

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The trial of suspected serial killer Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo likely will not begin until May 2014.

While the 25-year-old Yorba Linda man accused of fatally stabbing a mother, her adult son and four homeless men has a Nov. 1 court date, his attorneys asked an Orange County Superior Court judge today for more time to prepare an insanity defense. District Attorney Tony Rackauckas previously announced he will seek the death penalty for the honorably discharged Marine.

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Louis Richard Wood, Heroin Dealer, to be Arraigned for Murder in Woman's O.D. Death

By Matt Coker Thu., Apr. 18 2013 at 1:02 PM
Categories: 2011 Homicides, Court
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An drug dealer is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on charges of murdering a 21-year-old user by providing her with lethal doses of heroin and methadone and refusing to take her to the hospital when she was unconscious and in need of medical care.

Louis Richard Wood, 35, of Mission Viejo, could get 25 years to life in state prison if convicted, according to an Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) arraignment statement.

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Adam Harrison Hall Gets 17 Years for Murder of Pedestrian He Drove into Blazing on Meds

By Matt Coker Fri., Apr. 5 2013 at 1:27 PM
Categories: 2011 Homicides, Court, DUI-yi-yi, Doctor's Orders
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A driver found guilty in February of murder, DUI and forging prescriptions was sentenced today to 17 years to life in state prison.

Asked in January if a murder count for the DUI-related slaying of a pedestrian was proper, Weekly readers engaged in a lively debate in our comments section.

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Annamaria Gana Guilty of Murdering Husband and Trying to Kill Sons Due to Cancer Diagnosis

By Matt Coker Wed., Apr. 3 2013 at 5:21 PM
Categories: 2011 Homicides
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A wife who fatally shot her 72-year-old husband and tried to do the same to her two sons in the family's Tustin Ranch home on Mother's Day 2011 was found guilty today by a jury of charges that could send the 43-year-old to prison for life without parole.

The sentencing of Annamaria Magno Gana, whose slain husband Antonio Potenciano Gana was a retired Manila International Airport general manager, is scheduled for June 3 in Santa Ana.

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Gabrielle Jane Nestande, Killer of Nanny Out for a Walk, the "Great White Defendant?"

By Matt Coker Tue., Apr. 2 2013 at 8:13 AM
Categories: 2011 Homicides, Court, DUI-yi-yi, OC Media
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Is Gabrielle Jane Nestande, a politically connected former Newport Beach debutante, the "Great White Defendant?"

That's how a conservative online magazine is characterizing the 25-year-old convicted of criminally negligent homicide and recently sentenced to six months in jail for the hit-and-run slaying of a nanny out for a walk in Texas.

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