Music producer Phil Spector dies while incarcerated
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Phil Spector died this weekend. File Photo by Phil McCarten/UPI | License Photo
Phil Spector died Saturday while serving a prison sentence for killing a woman in his home in 2003. Photo courtesy of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Jan. 17 (UPI) Famed music producer Phil Spector, whose legacy was marred by his conviction in the 2003 murder of actress and club hostess Lana Clarkson, has died.
Spector was pronounced deceased of natural causes at 6:35 p.m. on Saturday, January 16, 2021, at an outside hospital. His official cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner in the San Joaquin County Sheriff s Office, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement Sunday.
Two men arrested in bombing that damaged Stockton church, deputies say
The San Joaquin County Sheriff s Office said they found numerous explosive making materials in the home that included devices, explosive powder, and detonators. Author: Eric Escalante Updated: 11:32 AM PST January 12, 2021
STOCKTON, Calif. San Joaquin County sheriff s deputies are trying to find any items that could be used for explosives at a home related to two suspected bombers in Stockton.
The suspects were identified as James Towles, 50, and Russell Altheide, 65. Towles faces charges that include possession of explosives, felony hit and run with injury, possession of cocaine, and possession of slungshot illegal weapon. Altheide also faces multiple charges including possession of explosives and conspiracy to commit a crime.
A 46-year-old Stockton man asleep in his bed Friday morning awoke to an intruder holding a knife, police say.
Three suspects had broken into the victim s home in the 100 block of Mosswood Avenue at around 4:30 a.m., Stockton police reported. (The victim) was woken by the suspect, who brandished a knife and told him to stay where he was, while two additional suspects ransacked his residence, police said.
The suspects described as a 36-year-old woman and two men aged 59 and 20 years old stole miscellaneous items and then fled the residence on foot, police said.
Stockton police also responded to another robbery later Friday morning and reported one incident of resisting arrest. A 29-year-old woman was also reportedly pistol whipped with a handgun and robbed early Saturday morning in the 300 block of Rose Street in central Stockton.