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State hospital officials on Tuesday proposed placing a second sexually violent predator at a home on Mount Helix, just weeks after the first proposed placement at the home prompted fierce backlash from hundreds of residents in the neighborhood near El Cajon.
Merle Wade Wakefield, 64
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A judge approved the conditional release of Merle Wade Wakefield, 64, in January. A virtual hearing to address his proposed placement at 10957 Horizon Hills Drive is set for 9 a.m. May 10 in San Diego Superior Court, at which time community members can listen in on Zoom and comment on the proposed placement location.
Petco is trying to Amazon-proof its business. Time will tell if the strategy really works. The privately held pet-goods retailer has just opened a new service-focused store that aims to give shoppers something they can’t buy online. A pilot location opened this past Friday in San Marcos, California. Called PetCoach, it offers grooming, training, veterinary care, dog walking and more.
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The San Diego Superior Court will continue to use emergency authorization from the state court leader to extend legal deadlines for holding some arraignments and trials, as it continues to try to bring court operations back to pre-pandemic levels.
But meeting that goal is likely some months away, according to the court’s own estimation.
In an application to extend the time for holding an arraignment for people in custody the first court appearance for someone charged with a crime where a plea is entered and bail set Presiding Judge Lorna Alksne wrote that officials are working on a plan to hold all such hearings within the legal timeline of 48 hours after an arrest.
Richard Tuite pleads guilty to meth possession
Tuite was previously convicted of voluntary manslaughter regarding the stabbing death of seventh-grader Stephanie Crowe, but was acquitted in a 2013 retrial. Author: City News Service Updated: 7:23 PM PDT April 8, 2021
ESCONDIDO, Calif. A man who was previously convicted, then acquitted of a 12-year-old Escondido girl s 1998 killing, pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor count of methamphetamine possession and was immediately sentenced to time served in custody.
Richard Raymond Tuite, 51, was arrested and charged in January of last year with a single felony count of being a convicted felon on prison grounds or adjacent lands. Details on why Tuite was allegedly at the downtown San Diego lockup were not clear, but he was charged with being at the jail while having prior convictions that include burglary, bribery and escape from a jail.