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Greatrex charged with misappropriation of funds BY DAVE SCHWAB An arrest warrant and Superior Court case alleges Cindy Greatrex stole $67,935.86 from the La Jolla Park and Recreation Committee while president of that nonprofit group between May 2016 and February 2017. She and her attorney answer that claim is false — and that they have the documentation to prove it. Greatrex has posted $70,000 bail on a charge of 487(B)(3) PC, defined in the California Penal Code as grand theft, which includes circumSEE GREATREX >> PG. 4
Special circumstances filed against home invaders BY NEAL PUTNAM
La Jolla lifeguards rejoice during their victory at the 64th annual Ron Trenton Memorial Lifeguard Relays. PHOTO BY THOMAS MELVILLE
BY MATHILDE ROUSSEAU BJERREGAARD On Wednesday, Aug. 23, San Diego Fire-Rescue Lifeguard Services Division held the 64th annual Ron Trenton Memorial Lifeguard Relays in Ocean Beach. This year’s winners were the lifeguards from La Jolla.
The relays are an exciting and challenging competition among lifeguards that include 12 legs that demonstrate the variety of rescue techniques used in ocean rescue such as running, swimming, paddle boarding and landline rescue. “The event is a great way of showing the public the life-
guard’s lifesaving capabilities and it is great fun for the lifeguards. It is one of the highlights of the summer,” said Lifeguard chief Rick Wurts. San Diego Fire-Rescue’s Lifeguard Services Division is geographically divided into four operational areas: southern includes Ocean Beach, central
includes Mission and Pacific beaches, northern includes the La Jolla beaches and the fourth area includes Mission Bay and the Boating Safety Unit. At the event, lifeguards from the four areas compete against
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A man suspected of a home invasion robbery in La Jolla had special circumstances allegations filed against him Aug. 28 involving the murder of a woman in Santee. Jose Nunez Torres, 22, and Gustavo Ceron, 25, are charged with the Oct. 12, 2016 robbery of Robert Hill in his home in La Jolla in which a gun was pointed at his head. A week earlier, Torres allegedly shot and killed Leticia Arroyo, 34, in her townhome in Santee near Mission Gorge Road. She had been shot in the head. Deputy District Attorney Jim Koerber said Tuesday his office has not yet decided whether to SEE INVADER >> PG. 4