Dad Wanted Attias to Have ‘Normal Life’

David Attias' father, Daniel, testified in court on Tuesday that his son wanted to come home from UCSB in the months preceding the deadly Feb. 23, 2001 collision, but that he told the freshman he shou...
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Lawyers for Attias Rest Case

The David Attias' defense team rested their case on Wednesday, a little over five weeks after the murder trail began.
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Psychologist Takes Stand in Attias Case

David Attias' mental state once again dominated testimony from defense witnesses on Thursday, with clinical psychologist Karen Bronk Froming taking the stand to testify about the defendant's neurologi...
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Court Psychiatrist Testifies

David Attias has said he does not remember running into five people on Feb. 23, 2001, according to testimony that court-appointed psychiatrist Donald Slutzky gave on Wednesday.
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Three IVFP Officers To Receive Guerry Award

Three Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers will receive the distinguished H. Thomas Guerry Award this afternoon. Officer Mark Signa, one of six officers assigned to the Foot Patrol from the University of C...
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Defense Begins Case

David Attias' defense team began to lay out their case Monday with testimony from Matthew State, a psychiatrist who treated the defendant when he was 13.
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Police Warn UCSB Campus to Keep an Eye Out for Former Student

Samuel Strelitz, a former UCSB student, was convicted on May 16 of interfering with, delaying and obstructing a peace officer and for trespassing on the UCSB campus, according to campus police.
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Prosecution Rests Case in Attias Trial

After three weeks of testimony, deputy district attorney Patrick McKinley rested his case against murder suspect David Attias on Tuesday afternoon.
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Ex-Partner’s DUI Brings Bill Back in Bus Business

After the February arrest of former Bill's Bus co-owner Tim Mesplou for driving under the influence of alcohol, the bus service is now back in the control of the original owner.
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Attias Testimony Centers on Drug Use

Testimony continued Monday in the David Attias murder trial, as numerous UCSB students took the stand, including a friend of Attias and several I.V. residents who witnessed the crash.
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D.A. Plays IVTV Footage

As families of both the victims and the defendant looked on tearfully, District Attorney Patrick McKinley showed a packed courtroom footage of the aftermath of the incident for which David Attias stan...
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Prosecution Attempts to Prove Attias’ Drug Use

Deputy District Attorney Patrick McKinley advanced his argument on Monday that murder suspect David Attias was under the influence of marijuana on the evening of Feb. 23, 2001.
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Attias Murder Trial Begins

Opening arguments in the David Attias murder trial began Monday, more than a year after the horrific incident that claimed the lives of four young people and almost killed a fifth.
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UCSD Student Provides Valid Alibi for Assault

The Santa Barbara Sheriff's Dept. cleared UC San Diego student Peter Butcher of the syringe attack that occurred on April 5 at the beach in front of Sandpiper Golf Course.
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I.V. Visitors Stab, Hospitalize Two

Two disputes resulting in stabbings last week in Isla Vista left two men hospitalized and two others in jail.
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