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By Jess Sullivan From page A4 | November 24, 2016 predecessors
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US / WORLD FAIRFIELD Three men accused of conspiring to commit a vicious
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OPINION robbery and baseball bat attack on a stranger after a Sept. 18 Vacaville
house party were ordered Wednesday to stand trial on charges 1 dead, 2 injured in shooting at Bay Area
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ofattempted murder, mayhem and robbery.
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Muse, 23, have all pleaded not guilty.
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REAL ESTATE The trio sat through a probable cause hearing that began with the victim
of the attack taking the witness stand. The 23-year-old victim testified he Hamilton creator to tackle The Kingkiller
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had no memory of the attack that left him withsevere head injuries and Chronicles
GALLERY blinded in one eye. He also said that during the house party he had
CLASSIFIEDS downed an entire bottle of Crown Royal whiskey before joining the trio California targets dairy cows to combat global
in their minivan when they left the party with two women. warming
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NEWSFEED One of two women with the trio and the victim testified that shortly after Thousands flee as Syrian army pushes into
she got out of the minivan a short distance from the party, she had seen east Aleppo
Potmesil with a baseball bat. Shortly after that she heard what she
described as a loud noise before seeing the victim lying on the ground Iraqi forces assault villages outside Mosul,
near the minivan. face IS bombers

Judge Peter B. Foor rebuffed the lawyers for the trio who said at the end Massive Chernobyl shelter safely put over
of the hearing that there was no evidence that the defendants had joined exploded reactor
together in a robbery scheme.
Escaping wildfires meant fleeing through hell-
He didnt take a baseball bat out to play baseball at three in the
like landscape
morning, Foor said of Potmesil.
Ohio State attacker stewed over treatment of
After listening to police describe the details of the attack, Foor also
rejected the claims of two of the lawyers that only Ledesma was to blame
Muslims
for the attack. Police testified that Ledesma confessed to Trump taps Obamacare foe, champion of
authoritiesafter his arrest about attacking the victim, saying he was the
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only culprit and that he was upset by the victim bad-mouthing and
threatening his family. Elinore G. Nana Hinkson
Vacaville police detectives testified that after the attack, as the victim lay Scott Lee Smith
bleeding on the asphalt in the middle of the street, he was robbed of his
wallet and car keys as the attackers left the area. The victim later crawled Shirley Ruth Harrison
to a nearby home, where residents called 911.
Franklin Earl Garland
Foor ordered the trio to return to court Dec. 8 to be arraigned on the
felony charges that could result in life sentences if they are convicted. Photos: Solano Land Trust trails

Reach Jess Sullivan at 427-6919 or [emailprotected]. Follow him on Community Calendar: Nov. 29, 2016
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Im tired of my relatives questioning my

Jess Sullivan
vegan choice

Jess has covered the criminal justice
system in Solano County for several
years.
He was an embedded reporter
in Iraq in 2003.

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Ryan Brisbin November 24, 2016 - 1:40 pm

You have left out so many important details regarding what transpired in that
courtroom. To be quite honest, it's disgusting that a respectful newspaper such as
yourself, allows the facts to be twisted and manipulated by one of your
"professional journalists ".

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Clancy November 24, 2016 - 7:25 pm

What happened to the article about the woman murdered in Vallejo . it has
disappeared.

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ANN November 25, 2016 - 11:07 am

Its there keep scrolling down.

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