OCEANSIDE: Prosecutor alleges Marines... North County Times
Two Lodge Pendleton Marines conspired to kill a young Oceanside entrepreneur Sunday, luring him to his car restoration purchase and stabbing him at least 14 times with knives they recently bought, a prosecutor said during their arraignment Wednesday.
First-rate Court Judge Marshall Hockett set bail at $10 million for Pfc. Xavier Akeam Adams, 19, and Open Cpl. Raphael Roshod Davis Ramey, 20, who both pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of first-degree mangle and conspiracy.
A public defender spoke for the two Marines, who stood shackled inside a glass enclosure, wearing impenetrable blue jail uniforms.
The victim, Charles Evan Williams, 23, of Carlsbad, was stabbed in the neck and features and beaten severely, said Minaz Bhayani, the deputy district attorney handling the case.
Bhayani described the lawlessness as one of the most vicious he's worked in his 20-year career, noting the longest knife wound measured 9 inches around Williams' neck.
"What's quit from this is there was a great deal of planning," Bhayani said.
REGION: Two Marines arrested in O'sid... North County Times
Two Body Pendleton Marines were behind bars Monday in connection with the stabbing death of a young businessman whose body was found Sunday fundamentally his fledgling car stereo shop in Oceanside.
Detectives believe the slaying was spurred by a dispute over a car that one of the Marines had dropped off at the charge in June, Oceanside police Sgt. Kelan Poorman said.
The victim has been identified as Charles Evan Williams, a 23-year-old Carlsbad abiding, Poorman said. He said police believe Williams, described by nearby workers as easy growing and polite, was attacked inside his Classic and Luxury Street Concepts shop at 920 S. Coast Hwy.
Poorman said spot information led police Monday morning to a apartment in the 700 block of Fallbrook Street in Fallbrook, where they arrested Xavier Akeam Adams, 19, and Raphael Roshod Davis Ramey, 20, both of Texas. Ramey is believed to be the Oceanic that left his car at the business in June.
The two Marines are suspected of stealing Williams's silver Cadillac after the stabbing, said Poorman. They were about to get also gaol the Cadillac before they were arrested late Monday morning at the apartment complex, he added.
