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CRIME & SAFETY
Woman Killed by Suspected Drunken Driver in Murrieta
A 73-year-old Murrieta woman was killed and two other people were injured in a head-on wreck caused by a suspected drunken driver, authorities said Thursday. Belinda Baliton was fatally injured about 11:50 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Hancock Avenue and Parkcrest Drive, according to the Murrieta Police Department. Scott...
Probationer Accused of Attempting to Kill Elsinore Man Re-Arraigned
A probationer accused of stabbing a man multiple times during an attack in Lake Elsinore pleaded not guilty Wednesday to attempted murder and other charges after his case was resubmitted to the court under an amended filing. Pablo Bustamante Jr., 39, was arrested and originally charged last May following a...
Man Convicted of Strangling Friend in Lake Forest
A 62-year-old man was convicted Wednesday of strangling a former co-worker during an argument in the victim’s Lake Forest garage and then dumping her body in a car in Santa Ana before fleeing to Mexico. Jose Valdez Jimenez, 62, of Rancho Santa Margarita, was convicted of second-degree murder and...
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