Tag: Court
A driver who was fleeing the U.S. Border Patrol and crashed his truck, killing three passengers in East County, was sentenced Feb. 5 to 20 years and eight months in state prison.
Deputy District Attorney Clayton Carr said Luis Alberto Virgen, 22, will have to serve 85% of that term because it involved violent felonies.
“This case is indeed a tragedy,”...
A second jury deadlocked Jan. 27 in the case of a former El Cajon man involved in a 2000 murder trial, and the judge dismissed the case, setting him free.
Edward Jamar Brooks, 39, was released from jail Jan. 27 about six hours after the six man, six woman jury deadlocked 9-3 in favor of acquittal following 16 hours of...
Jury deliberations continued this week in the murder retrial of a former El Cajon man suspected of killing a 71-year-old man in 2000.
A jury began deliberations Jan. 22 for Edward Jamar Brooks, now 39, who is accused of bludgeoning LeRay “Mac” Parkins on Aug. 23, 2000 with a baseball bat.
Parkins was mortally wounded at 8:35 a.m. in an alley...
