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The three individuals being accused of beating and stabbing a 33-year-old black man to death earlier this year will not be facing a hate crime enhancement in addition to the murder charge. Ryan Valdez, 18, Kevin Garcia, 21, and Tyler Dean, 25, were arrested last May, accused of beating and stabbing Hugh Pettigrew as he walked home on Jan. 22. All three defendants have pled not guilty to first-degree murder. The three defendants are currently being charged with murder. Dean is also being charged for carrying a dirk or dagger on his person, and for unlawfully possessing a controlled substance. In addition, the three face an allegation that the murder was gang-related to the murder charge, along with the hate crime enhancement. In previous Village News articles, it was reported that investigators believed the attack was because of Pettigrew’s race. The victim was black and suspects are affiliated with a Latino gang. However, according to district attorney office representative Steve Walker, the hate crime enhancement was not refiled. “That’s not to say the hate crime enhancement was dismissed; it was simply not bound over by the
see HATE, page A-12
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Camp Pendleton hosts a ceremony in honor of Staff Sgt. Reckless at the Pacific Views Event Center, Oct. 26. Staff Sgt. Reckless was a Korean War era pack horse known for her heroics in the war that saved many Marines’ lives. Pfc. Dylan Overbay Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton CAMP PENDLETON – Camp Pendleton hosted a ceremony unveiling a statue dedicated to Staff Sgt. Reckless, the famous Korean War pack horse, at the Pacific Views Event Center, Oct. 26.
Brig. Gen. Kevin Killea, Commanding General, Marine Corps Installations West – Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, as well as many Marines who served in the Korean War with Reckless, attended the ceremony. “I never expected to see a horse in the middle of the chaos in Korea,” said Harold Wadley, a
Korean War veteran who served with Reckless. “Reckless supplied about nine thousand pounds of ammo while receiving heavy artillery fire.” Reckless’ finest hours came at the Battle of Outpost Vegas in March of 1953, where she made 51 solo trips in a single day, transporting 386 recoilless
Grantham, Jones, Stallings and Trujillo are November Students of the Month
rifle rounds to the front lines. As Reckless took care of the Marines, the Marines took care of her, shielding the war horse with their flak jackets to protect her from heavy enemy fire. “She was a herd animal and the Marines became her herd,” said
see HORSE, page A-6
Works have the cash – just want final bill for Fallbrook Golf Club Tom Ferrall Staff Writer
The November Students of the Month are, from left, Nicole Jones, Jack Grantham, Kobe Stallings and Ta’Sheena Trujillo. Tom Ferrall Staff Writer
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Respectful. Intelligent. Determined. Friendly. Those words were used repeatedly to describe November Students of the Month Jack Grantham, Nicole Jones and Kobe Stallings of Fallbrook Union High School (FUHS), and Ta’Sheena Trujillo of Ivy High School. The students were honored Nov. 3 during a ceremonial breakfast at the Fallbrook Community Center, where they were presented with Lamp of Knowledge medals from active duty military representatives Cpl David A. Mills, LCpl Alfredo Gonzalez, and LCpl Vincent A. Carreon.
Fallbrook Union High School principal Larry Boone said of the honorees, “I would say the biggest thing is you are not necessarily here for just your grades, you are here because you’re also good people with good character. You will make it in college because in addition to intelligence, you have the good hearts, the character and that family support. You make us proud each and every day.” Grantham, a senior quarterback who has made the San Diego Union Tribune’s All-Academic Team in three sports (football, basketball and track and field), was nominated by FUHS career counselors Anthony Morrow and Pam Cain and teacher Connie Fellios.
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“Besides being one of the top academic students on our campus, you are not going to find an individual with better character than Jack,” said Morrow. “You’re not going to find a more respectful, inquisitive and intelligent person in this community or any other community. He’s a phenomenal athlete, a phenomenal student.” “Jack Grantham reflects an unwavering ambition to work arduously to achieve the high expectations he sets for himself,” said Fellios. “Throughout his secondary education, he has not only undertaken a rigorous academic load with honors and
see STUDENTS, page A-14
“The cash is sitting in a bank waiting to be wired. We just need a payoff amount.” Those comments were made Nov. 8 by Jade Work, who, along with his wife, Julie, have been trying to complete the purchase of Fallbrook Golf Club for several weeks. The Works, as Gird Valley, Inc., want to buy the 116-acre property from Jack Lamberson but escrow proceedings have been held up in court. Lamberson was behind in his payments to Ronald Richards’ D-Day Capital, LLC, owner of the notes on the property, and that prompted D-Day to have its trustee, Chicago Title Company, serve Lamberson with a notice of default on Sept. 1. The Works reached a deal with Lamberson and have been ready for weeks to pay off all balances owed, but as of Nov. 8 were still waiting for a final, legitimate payoff demand statement from Richards. Jade Work said he received a pair of payoff amount statements from Richards that couldn’t be used. Last month, he received a “draft” payoff amount statement with no signature on it. At 11:29 a.m. Nov. 8, he received a signed payoff amount statement that expired Nov. 4 – four days before he received it. “It’s beyond frustrating,” said Work. “I want to payoff a bill and I can’t get an amount.” The parties involved in the deal – the Works, Lamberson and
see GOLF, page A-12