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In a sweeping real estate scam affecting more than 130 people, a former Capitola property and vacation rental manager agreed to a plea deal and was sentenced for four felony embezzlement charges Thursday.
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.
In a sweeping real estate scam affecting more than 130 people, a former Capitola property and vacation rental manager agreed to a plea deal and was sentenced for four felony embezzlement charges Thursday.
A criminal embezzlement case involving a former Capitola vacation rental manager appears to be headed toward a negotiated plea.
The defendant, Jonathan Escobar, is the half-brother of Javier Campos Jr., another suspected Sureno who is being investigated for potential involvement in two gang-related mass shootings.