11-21-2014, 09:51 AM
We won't learn much more from LE until next year, unless the press succeeds in getting the arrest warrant unsealed. The preliminary hearings were pushed back yesterday.
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He (Merritt) has pleaded not guilty, and is being held in West Valley Detention Center without bail. The next hearing date in his case is set for Jan. 30 at the San Bernardino Justice Center.
Merritt, a gifted welder, crafted interior water fountains for McStay’s business, Earth Inspired Products.
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After a brief hearing in the case Thursday — which would have been Joseph McStay’s 45th birthday — Merritt’s attorney told the Victorville-based Daily Press that jail doctors are treating Merritt for congestive heart failure after it was diagnosed last week.
The attorney told the newspaper that Merritt had been taking medicine for some time but, “I imagine the experience has exacerbated any condition he’s had before,” Robert Ponce said. “He wants to resolve this case by trial as soon as possible.”
Story: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/...ctorville/
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He (Merritt) has pleaded not guilty, and is being held in West Valley Detention Center without bail. The next hearing date in his case is set for Jan. 30 at the San Bernardino Justice Center.
Merritt, a gifted welder, crafted interior water fountains for McStay’s business, Earth Inspired Products.
After a brief hearing in the case Thursday — which would have been Joseph McStay’s 45th birthday — Merritt’s attorney told the Victorville-based Daily Press that jail doctors are treating Merritt for congestive heart failure after it was diagnosed last week.
The attorney told the newspaper that Merritt had been taking medicine for some time but, “I imagine the experience has exacerbated any condition he’s had before,” Robert Ponce said. “He wants to resolve this case by trial as soon as possible.”
Story: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/...ctorville/