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A Santa Cruz judge on Thursday denied the first in a flurry of challenges filed ahead of the four-codefendant murder trial related to the 2019 kidnapping-murder case of Pleasure Point tech and marijuana entrepreneur Tushar Atre.

After neighborhood security cameras show Tushar Atre fighting for his life during a vicious attack near his Santa Cruz, California, home, he is later found shot to death at his cannabis farm 14 miles away.

More than three years after four suspects were charged in the murder of Pleasure Point tech entrepreneur Tushar Atre, the case of one of the defendants charged in Atre's death, Stephen Lindsay, returns to a Santa Cruz County court Friday. His defense attorney is seeking to suppress evidence including surveillance footage and bank records, arguing that there was insufficient probable cause to support a search.

To many, marijuana seems harmless. The business behind the high is another story. Violence follows black markets, and as long as prohibition persists

After neighborhood security cameras show Tushar Atre fighting for his life during a vicious attack near his Santa Cruz, California, home, he is later found shot to death at his cannabis farm 14 miles away.

After tech CEO and cannabis entrepreneur Tushar Atre was kidnapped and murdered, investigators zeroed in on two former employees Atre allegedly forced to do push-ups.

Tushar Atre aimed his money and his talents at revolutionizing cannabis extraction. Two years in, he was dead--leaving behind a cloud of questions about the true nature of America's newest gold rush.

The four young men arrested and charged almost a year and a half ago in the October 2019 murder of Santa Cruz resident Tushar Atre are now in the midst of a pre-trial hearing in which a judge will decide whether all four will face trial.