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Articles from the December 31, 2013 edition


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  • Child Summons Help for Grandmother During Emergency

    Updated Dec 31, 2013

    MURRIETA - A 5-year-old girl's quick action helped save her grandmother's life, a Murrieta Fire Department official said today. Paramedics were called to the 40200 block of Via Acuna around 11 p.m. Monday to provide medical aid to a woman who had collapsed and fallen unconscious in her home, according to fire department spokesman Matt Corelli. He said personnel arrived within five minutes and treated the elderly victim, whose identity was not released, for a life-threatening condition, then rushed her to a hospital, where...

  • Convicted Sex Offender to Stand Trial for Allegedly Killing Woman

    Updated Dec 31, 2013

    MURRIETA - A parolee who allegedly beat and stabbed a woman to death, then set her Winchester home aflame, must stand trial for murder and other charges, a judge ruled today. David James Lillard of Menifee was arrested Sept. 6 in connection with the death of 50-year-old Autumn Kissinger. Following a preliminary hearing at the Murrieta courthouse, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Timothy Freer found there was sufficient evidence to bound Lillard over for trial on charges of first-degree murder, arson and burglary. Freer s...

  • Charger linebacker arrested for battery

    Updated Dec 31, 2013

    SAN DIEGO - Just hours after the San Diego Chargers miraculously clinched the last playoff spot in the AFC by beating the Kansas City Chiefs 27- 24 in overtime, linebacker Thomas Keiser was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge in the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego, it was reported tonight. Keiser, 24, was arrested about 10:50 p.m. Sunday outside of Barley Mash on Fifth Avenue, U-T San Diego reported tonight. According to the newspaper, Keiser and another man had an argument inside the restaurant that turned into a fight...

  • Countywide Anti-DUI Campaign Nets 725 Suspects

    Updated Dec 31, 2013

    RIVERSIDE - A roughly three-week countywide law enforcement campaign targeting drunk and drug-impaired drivers netted 725 arrests, about 4 percent less than last year, authorities reported today. The Riverside County Avoid the 30 task force -- named for the number or participating agencies -- concluded its end-of-year anti-DUI operations at 12:01 this morning. The campaign, which began Dec. 13, involved saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints in numerous locations, including Beaumont, Corona, Desert Hot Springs, Indian...

  • McStay family to be remembered with memorial, paddle out ceremony on Sat., Jan. 4

    Updated Dec 31, 2013

    SAN CLEMENTE – The McStay Family of Fallbrook, whose remains were found in shallow graves in the Mojave Desert on November 11, will be remembered Sat., Jan. 4 with a memorial service and paddle out ceremony. The memorial will be held at Vineyard Community Church in Laguna Niguel at noon, where seating will be limited. At 2 p.m., a paddle out will take place from the San Clemente Pier, which will include a beach ceremony and release of four leis into the water to remember Joseph, 40, Summer, 43, and their sons Gianni,...