Man convicted in attempted murder case

One of two individuals arrested in 2014 for attempted murder was recently convicted by the court.

Jason Samuel Hernandez, a 41-year-old formerly of Fallbrook, was found guilty of attempted murder for an incident that occurred at the Econo Lodge motel on the 1600 block of South Mission Road on the evening of Dec. 22, 2014. He and Korina Catherine Dean, 26, attacked a 27-year-old woman in a gang related incident as a way of “cleaning house” within the gang’s ranks, according to Sheriff deputy statements.

According to Sheriff deputy testimony, the attack had not been random; Hernandez and Dean we...