Camp Pendleton Marine expected to face assault and battery charges for pushing two teens off oceanfront bluff

NORTH COUNTY - A Camp Pendleton Marine is expected to face assault and battery charges for allegedly pushing two female companions off an oceanfront bluff over South Carlsbad State Beach during a drunken argument, seriously injuring one of them, police said today.

Bradley Huston, 20, and a fellow serviceman were socializing with a 17-year-old girl and 18-year-old woman alongside the cliff at the foot of Cerezo Drive when they got into a dispute shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday, July 14, Carlsbad police spokeswoman Jodee Sasway said.

As the disagreement escalated, Huston allegedly shoved the victi...