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Fentanyl murder case headed to trial Odin Rasco Staff writer
death of 20-year-old Gillian PetersonMurray. Testifying on the stand Tuesday, Peterson-Murray’s boyfriend Michael Keane told the court about their relationship and the circumstances surrounding her death. Keane and Peterson-Murray had been dating two years and lived in her father’s house on South Shingle Road. After tearing his ACL around a year prior to Peterson-Murray’s death, Keane was prescribed OxyContin for his pain. After the 30-day prescription ran out, Keane said they began to acquire pills
Kamaal Yusuf exits the courtroom Wednesday following Judge Vicki Ashworth’s decision that the case against him would merit a trial. The trial is set to begin Oct. 17.
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Colton Medeiros is pictured at the 62-mile veterinary checkpoint in Foresthill with his horse Filouette during the 100-mile Tevis ride Saturday, July 29. Riders are allotted 24 hours to reach the finish line at the Auburn Fairgrounds.
Cars, mailboxes, garage doors and other outdoor property has been targeted by vandals using slices of processed cheese to make a mess. The high temperatures have made the internet-inspired prank a sticky situation.
Following a two-day pretrial concerning a second-degree murder charge for the 2022 overdose death of a Shingle Springs woman, El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Vicki Ashworth ruled Wednesday that evidence against alleged fentanyl dealer Kamaal Yusuf was substantial enough to warrant a full trial. Yusuf stands accused of selling counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, commonly known as blue M30s, to a Shingle Springs couple that resulted in the May 26, 2022, overdose-related
Medeiros tackles 100- Kraft-y vandals pester mile Tevis Cup ride Pinewood neighbors Isaac Streeter Staff writer
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Placerville resident Colton Medeiros and horse Filouette completed the Tevis Cup 100-mile endurance ride with a 26th-place finish Saturday, July 29, in honor of his father. Colton’s father Matt Medeiros, who died at the age of 49 in early 2021 due to a stroke,
introduced him to endurance riding. “When he passed away I decided it was time to try it again,” Colton said. “I grew up watching him do it. He was my hero. I’ve ridden every ride he rode, so I decided I really wanted to make it to the end this time.” Colton had attempted the ride twice before, once when he was 12 and again in 2022 at the age of 22 — 2023 was the first time he finished the ride. “It’s known as the hardest endurance ride in the world,” Colton said. “People spend months and even years training to attempt it. It’s dangerous and not uncommon for a horse to lose its life (on the trail).” The ride began at 5:30 a.m. on Friday, July 29. Riders and their horses are allotted 24 hours to make it from the starting point in Soda Springs to the finish line at the Gold Country
Fairgrounds in Auburn. Riders can walk, run or ride their horses to the finish line. The Tevis Ride is an American Endurance Ride Conference sanctioned event. Some 113 riders participated in 2023’s event and eight nations — Israel, South Africa, Italy, The United Kingdom, Canada, Poland, Lithuania and Spain — were represented in the field. The course features eight veterinarian review stops throughout the ride. The horses are checked over and expected to reach heart rate thresholds to prove they are healthy enough to keep up with the intensity of the pace on trail. Horses that can’t clear the veterinarian check are disqualified. According to Ken Zeier, a Tevis 100 veteran and 2023 volunteer, it is common n See Tevis, page A3
Odin Rasco Staff writer Pollock Pines residents have seen some of their neighborhoods fall victim to a spree of crimes, including drugs, theft, vandalism, fires and melted cheese. Neighbors to Pinewood Elementary School have been perturbed by persistent provocation from local kids — many of whom are preteens — according to locals who have reported constant problems from youths in the area for months on end. Banding together to discuss what options are available to them as the juveniles continue to terrorize the area, the community met at Pinewood’s gym July 20 to discuss the formation of a new neighborhood watch. “Our people in our neighborhood are afraid to walk their dogs down the street or come near the school because of what has been happening,” one member of the crowd said as the Pine Street Neighborhood Watch meeting began. Accounts from around the neighborhood allege a gamut of crimes. Some said they have witnessed unattended preteens starting fires near the bleachers at the school field, while others have
“They stuck cheese on our cars and trucks, in mailboxes and garage doors. They think things like this are funny until someone reacts in a way they don’t like.” — Krystina Keeney, Pollock Pines resident had their property vandalized, including a trailer spray painted with a litany of expletives. Some have even fallen victim to an internetinspired trend, finding slices of American cheese slapped onto their cars and parts of their home. Though at first blush the cheesy act of vandalism seems relatively harmless, the hot summer air and quick-melting slices make for a messy situation quickly. The majority of the malfeasance seems to occur near or on school grounds, an issue partially attributed to the time of year, according to Pollock Pines Elementary School District Superintendent Kim Little. “Summer time is the hardest for us,” Little explained. “Kids in Pollock Pines don’t have a lot to do in the summer and many hang out at the n See cheese, page A6
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