A jury on Sept. 21 convicted Fredrick Justin Weekly, 36, of Lemon Grove, of first-degree murder in the slaying of a man over a truck.
Weekly was found guilty of killing Kirk Sampson, 47, who was found mortally wounded Sept. 3, 2015 at 3 a.m. in the upper torso in Encanto. San Diego Superior Court Judge Louis Hanoian set sentencing for Oct. 24.
A jury on Sept. 21 convicted Fredrick Justin Weekly, 36, of Lemon Grove, of first-degree murder in the slaying of a man over a truck.
Weekly was found guilty of killing Kirk Sampson, 47, who was found mortally wounded Sept. 3, 2015 at 3 a.m. in the upper torso in Encanto. San Diego Superior Court Judge Louis Hanoian set sentencing for Oct. 24.
Weekly’s ex-girlfriend, Angela Elaine Anderson, 37, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and faces 11 years in prison, according to court records. It was Anderson who asked Weekly to get the truck from Sampson.
Sampson owned the Toyota 4Runner, but she had given some money to Sampson to buy it. Sampson temporarily stayed with her in a mobile home.
The victim’s blood was found in his truck and was believed to have been shot in it and his body dumped in Encanto. Weekly got the truck and drove it to Lakeside to conceal it. It was later found in San Ysidro.
The jury deliberated about two hours before convicting Weekly. He faces a sentence of 25 years to life in prison. Both Weekly and Anderson remain in jail on $1 million bail.
Border Patrol agent convicted of having sexual relations with a minor
A former U.S. Border Patrol agent and Lemon Grove resident was convicted Sept. 22 of having sexual relations with a 17-year-old girl and was immediately jailed.
The same jury acquitted Daniel Alfredo Spear, 46, of three counts of furnishing cocaine to a minor and a charge of sexual penetration of an intoxicated minor.
He was convicted of oral copulation of a minor, digital penetration of a minor, and taking nude pictures of her with his cellphone in a hotel room in Oct. 2015. His attorney said two of the four not guilty verdicts involved alleged incidents at Spear’s home in Lemon Grove.
San Diego Superior Court Judge David Rubin remanded Spear into jail at the request of Deputy District Attorney Marisa Di Tillio. Sentencing was set for Nov. 18.
Di Tillio said Spear faces a maximum sentence of four years and four months in state prison. He will likely have to register as a sex offender once he is paroled, she said.
“He’s very disappointed. His wife is very disappointed,” said his attorney, Kerry Armstrong afterwards.
“He maintains she (the victim) made it all up. She had a crush on him,” said Armstrong. “When he refused to leave his wife for her, she made the allegations.”
Charges were filed Jan. 7, and Spear was terminated from the Border Patrol about six weeks after the charges were filed. He worked for the Border Patrol for 18 years. The girl was a friend of Spear’s daughter.
Spear denied all the charges during his trial testimony. Jurors deliberated four hours over two days before reaching their verdicts.
Armstrong said it was possible that Spear could be placed on probation instead of being sent to prison. Di Tillio said probation was only possible “theoretically” and indicated prison was more likely.
Spear had been free on $275,000 bond until the verdicts were returned. He remains in the central jail without bail.
El Cajon man to be sentenced for discharging laser at helicopter
Eric Earl Patton, 24, of El Cajon, will be sentenced Oct. 11 after he pleaded guilty to discharging a laser into the cockpit of a sheriff’s department ASTREA helicopter.
A green laser was shined into the helicopter, causing visual impairment to the two pilots. They were assisting El Cajon Police at the time with a burglary in progress call.
Patton faces up to one year in jail when he is sentenced in El Cajon Superior Court. Patton initialed a court document that said he “willfully and maliciously discharged a laser at an occupied aircraft while in flight.”
A laser can cause glare or temporary flash blindness to a pilot. Patton has a prior conviction for auto theft, according to court records. He remains free on $10,000 bond.
Santana High School track coach accused of fondling student
A Nov. 1 preliminary hearing has been set for a Santana High School track coach and security supervisor who is accused of fondling a 16-year-old female student.
Keith Alan Silvia, 49, of Lakeside, has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of arranging an illicit meeting with a minor on June 12 at 3 a.m. in the parking lot of a Lakeside store. He is also accused of four counts of misdemeanor conduct with the girl.
The girl’s parents discovered letters written by Silvia to the girl in her backpack, according to records in El Cajon Superior Court. He remains free on $100,000 bond.
