On Thursday, he pleaded guilty to the amended drug possession charge and was sentenced to credit for time served for about 150 days he spent in jail last year, according to the San Diego County District Attorney s Office.
Tuite was previously convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 13 years in state prison in the well-publicized case regarding the stabbing death of seventh-grader Stephanie Crowe, but his conviction was later overturned and he was acquitted in a 2013 retrial. He served eight years in prison after his initial conviction.
Crowe s body was found sprawled in the doorway of her bedroom by her grandmother early on the morning of Jan. 21, 1998. She had been stabbed nine times.
Richard Tuite, acquitted in death of Stephanie Crowe, pleads guilty to meth possession
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - 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.
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Chula Vista, Calif., police released new details Wednesday in the search for May Maya Millete, a civilian Navy employee and mother of three who went missing Jan. 7, although they conceded they still had no specific region or location to comb through.
The Chula Vista Police Department said in a statement Wednesday that investigators had interviewed 47 witnesses, including friends, relatives and neighbors, received more than 40 tips and investigated all tips and leads.
Detectives wrote 12 search warrants, including one for Millete’s home, which they searched on at least three occasions. They were also combing through thousands of pages of data and reviewing other evidence, including video and digital records.
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About 200 people who live on or near Mount Helix gathered Tuesday night to voice their opposition to the placement of at least one sexually violent predator in a nearby home.
Authorities announced last week the proposed placement of 78-year-old Douglas Badger at the home on Horizon Hills Drive off Avocado Boulevard.
Neighbors also fear authorities will soon propose housing a second sexually violent predator at the location based on what looks to be a draft press release discovered on the San Diego County District Attorney’s website. It lists the home at 10957 Horizon Hills Drive as the proposed placement location for 63-year-old Merle Wade Wakefield.
Chula Vista Police combing through thousands of pages of data in search for Maya Millete
Chula Vista Police Chief Roxanne Kennedy said in a Monday statement that the department s investigation of a missing South Bay mother remains our number one priority, after multiple media reports surfaced detailing the mother s personal life.
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CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) â Chula Vista Police Department says detectives are combing through thousands of pages of data in their search for missing mother Maya Millete, who has now been missing for three months.
The department says it has conducted 47 interviews with family members, friends, neighbors, and witnesses in the process of its investigation. At least 12 search warrants have also been issued for homes, vehicles, cell phones and electronic devices, and various records.