Sailor's killer found insane in murder trial
Curtis Waffle Marsh, 38, of Long Beach, was convicted of first degree murder in the stabbing death of sailor Charles Henry Thomas at the New Yorker Bar. In a separate sanity verdict, jurors found Marsh insane, a ruling prosecutors called legally inconsistent. Marsh faces sentencing November 10 with options including open-ended confinement.
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Long Beach Superior Court
Curtis Waffle Marsh
Charles Litwin
Peter Bregman
Marsh
Bregman
E. Fourth St
Charles Henry Thomas
San Diego
Mony Murder Weapon Purchases Tied to Marsh
The article notes that the murder weapon was bought by Marsh at a nearby drugstore a short time before the slaying, suggesting a direct link to the crime scene.
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Slaying Suspect Langston Sent to State Mental Unit
Willie Langston, 26, charged with slaying three people at a Central Area apartment complex last August, was committed indefinitely to the state prison mental facility at Atascadero after a court hearing. Judge Elsworth M. Beam ordered the commitment based on two psychiatrists who found him unable to cooperate with counsel, with a report due January 18. Langston was arrested after a midnight standoff at 2311 East 15th Street during which he threatened death by action before being disarmed. Three killed, two wounded in a brief rampage. Detectives say the attack may have stemmed from a misinterpreted threat.
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Lng Beach Superior Court
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15Th St
Pola
Trial Set in Shootings Over Narcotics Dispute
A Long Beach man and co-defendant face murder and attempted murder charges in a narcotics dispute case. Renard Acklend age 21 was found shot and killed in a car trunk on the Harbor Freeway shoulder near Sepulveda Boulevard in Carson. Homer Brown age 20 of Compton injured. Arraignment set for Friday. bail $50,000. Co-defendant Vincent Lee Williams, 27, of Springdale Drive, awaiting trial on similar charges.
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Homer Brown
Iboth
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