San Diego Massage Parlors: Former Marine Sentenced to Life for 1975 Murder
November 19, 2011 at 6:12 pm | In San Diego massage parlors | No Comments1. A former Camp Pendleton Marine convicted of raping and strangling a masseuse in a city of San Diego massage parlor almost 36 years ago was sentenced Friday to seven years to life in prison. Leon Johnson, 58, was given the sentence that was in effect at the time of the Nov. 22, 1975 killing of 27-year-old Angelina Luz Borrayo. Johnson already was serving a life prison term for murdering a 55-year-old store clerk in Mississippi in 1982 when he was returned to California for prosecution in the Borrayo case. He was connected to the San Diego case through a national DNA database.
2. The animal rights organization, In Defense of Animals Friday called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a 21-year-old African elephant at the San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park. Zookeepers found Umoya, a mother of two brought to San Diego from Swaziland in 2003, lying down in the elephant exhibit shortly before the park opened on Thursday, according to the zoo’s Christina Simmons.
See the full article from “Patch.com”
San Diego Massage Parlors: SAN DIEGO: Ex-Marine sentenced in 1975 killing
November 19, 2011 at 3:00 am | In San Diego massage parlors | No CommentsA former Camp Pendleton Marine convicted of raping and strangling a masseuse in a downtown San Diego massage parlor almost 36 years ago was sentenced today to seven years to life in prison.
Leon Johnson, 58, was given the sentence that was in effect at the time of the Nov. 22, 1975 killing of 27-year-old Angelina Luz Borrayo.
Johnson already was serving a life prison term for murdering a 55-year-old store clerk in Mississippi in 1982 when he was returned to California for prosecution in the Borrayo case. He was connected to the San Diego case through a national DNA database.
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Deputy District Attorney Andrea Freshwater said Johnson and a fellow Marine went to the Twilight Massage Parlor on Fifth Avenue the night Borrayo was strangled.
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Deputy District Attorney Andrea Freshwater said Johnson and a fellow Marine went to the Twilight Massage Parlor on Fifth Avenue the night Borrayo was strangled.
San Diego Massage Parlors: Ex-Marine sentenced for killing masseuse in San Diego in 1975
November 19, 2011 at 3:00 am | In San Diego massage parlors | No CommentsSAN DIEGO (CNS) – A former Camp Pendleton Marine convicted of raping and strangling a masseuse in a downtown San Diego massage parlor almost 36 years ago was sentenced Friday to seven years to life in prison.
Leon Johnson, 58, was given the sentence that was in effect at the time of the Nov. 22, 1975 killing of 27-year-old Angelina Luz Borrayo.
Johnson already was serving a life prison term for murdering a 55-year-old store clerk in Mississippi in 1982 when he was returned to California for prosecution in the Borrayo case. He was connected to the San Diego case through a national DNA database.
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Deputy District Attorney Andrea Freshwater said Johnson and a fellow Marine went to the Twilight Massage Parlor on Fifth Avenue the night Borrayo was strangled.
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Defense attorney Michael Garcia argued that Johnson’s DNA, along with DNA from many unidentified males, was found in the massage parlor, which he said doubled as a house of prostitution.
See the full article from “KFMB”
San Diego Massage Parlors: Former Marine Sentenced For Masseuse’s Death
November 18, 2011 at 7:24 pm | In San Diego massage parlors | No CommentsSAN DIEGO — A former Camp Pendleton Marine convicted of raping and strangling a masseuse in a downtown San Diego massage parlor almost 36 years ago was sentenced Friday to seven years to life in prison.
Leon Johnson, 58, was given the sentence that was in effect at the time of the Nov. 22, 1975 killing of 27-year-old Angelina Luz Borrayo.
Johnson already was serving a life prison term for murdering a 55-year-old store clerk in Mississippi in 1982 when he was returned to California for prosecution in the Borrayo case. He was connected to the San Diego case through a national DNA database.
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Deputy District Attorney Andrea Freshwater said Johnson and a fellow Marine went to the Twilight Massage Parlor on Fifth Avenue the night Borrayo was strangled.
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Defense attorney Michael Garcia argued that Johnson’s DNA, along with DNA from many unidentified males, was found in the massage parlor, which he said doubled as a house of prostitution.
San Diego Massage Parlors: Man sentenced to life in 1975 murder
November 18, 2011 at 7:24 pm | In San Diego massage parlors | No CommentsLeon Johnson, 58, was found guilty of first-degree murder last month in connection with the death of Angelina Luz Borrayo, who was fatally strangled in November 1975 at the downtown massage parlor where she worked.
San Diego Superior Court Judge Charles Rogers sentenced Johnson to seven years to life in prison, the maximum punishment for murder in 1975. He will have to start serving that term in California if he is ever released from prison in Mississippi.
Johnson, a former Camp Pendleton Marine, was convicted of murder in 1982 for killing a convenience store clerk in Meridian, Miss.
Jurors in San Diego were told that police responded to the Twilight Massage Parlor on Fifth Avenue the afternoon of Nov. 22, 1975. A female worker there told a dispatcher that Borray had been beathed and knocked out by a patron.
San Diego Massage Parlors: Breaking! Reader Editor Holman Opens Up and Swallows Pride
October 27, 2011 at 7:00 pm | In San Diego massage parlors | No CommentsBreaking! Reader Editor Holman Opens Up and Swallows Pride By Walter Mencken | Posted October 27, 2011, 1:49 p.m.
Notorious Owner-Editor-Publisher Goes the Other Way on Long-Standing Gay Ad Ban.
“Maybe now I’ll get some love.”
CELEBRATING LIKE IT’S THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL, LITTLE ITALY – “It was the San Diego Press Club Awards that did it,” says San Diego Reader head honcho Jim Holman of his stunning decision to begin allowing LGBT-related ads (along with strip club ads, Happy Ending massage parlor ads, escort services ads, abortion clinic ads, and men-seeking-appliances personals) in his weekly newspaper.
Holman took a big bite of humble pie and continued. “For years, I somehow managed to stay strong. I was careful to avoid KPBS when they were airing Editor’s Roundtable, so that the pain of not being invited wouldn’t get too intense. I politely refused invitations to the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies conventions, just so I wouldn’t cry in public as th …
San Diego Massage Parlors: Man convicted in 1975 massage parlor killing
October 18, 2011 at 10:36 am | In San Diego massage parlors | No CommentsMan convicted in 1975 massage parlor killing
SAN DIEGO A man already serving a life sentence in Mississippi was convicted Monday in the strangling death of a woman in downtown San Diego nearly 36 years ago.
It took a jury about a day to find Leon Johnson, 58, guilty of first-degree murder in the November 1975 death of Luz Borrayo, 26, who worked at a massage parlor.
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During the two-week trial, jurors were told that police responded to the Twilight Massage Parlor on Fifth Avenue the afternoon of Nov. 22, 1975.
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Deputy Public Defender Michael Garcia argued that the DNA might prove that Johnson visited the massage parlor but not that he committed premeditated murder. He acknowledged that his client had done terrible things but asked the jury not to decide this case based on Johnson’s past.
San Diego Massage Parlors: Former Marine Found Guilty In 1975 Slaying
October 17, 2011 at 9:24 pm | In San Diego massage parlors | No CommentsSAN DIEGO — A former Camp Pendleton Marine was convicted Monday of first-degree murder for raping and strangling a masseuse in a downtown San Diego massage parlor nearly 36 years ago.
Jurors deliberated only a few hours before finding Leon Johnson, 58, guilty of killing 27-year Luz Borrayo on Nov. 22, 1975.
Johnson, who is serving a life sentence for murdering a 55-year-old store clerk in Mississippi in 1982, faces seven years to life in prison — which was the penalty in 1975 — for Borrayo’s murder, attorneys said.
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Deputy District Attorney Andrea Freshwater said Johnson and a fellow Marine came into the Twilight Massage Parlor on Fifth Avenue the night Borrayo was strangled.
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Defense attorney Michael Garcia argued that Johnson’s DNA, along with DNA from many unidentified males, was found in the massage parlor, which he said doubled as a house of prostitution.
San Diego Massage Parlors: Ex-Marine convicted of killing masseuse in San Diego in 1975
October 17, 2011 at 9:24 pm | In San Diego massage parlors | No CommentsSAN DIEGO (CNS) – A former Camp Pendleton Marine was convicted Monday of first-degree murder for raping and strangling a masseuse in a downtown San Diego massage parlor nearly 36 years ago.
Jurors deliberated only a few hours before finding Leon Johnson, 58, guilty of killing 27-year Luz Borrayo on Nov. 22, 1975.
Johnson, who is serving a life sentence for murdering a 55-year-old store clerk in Mississippi in 1982, faces seven years to life in prison — which was the penalty in 1975 — for Borrayo’s murder, attorneys said.
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Deputy District Attorney Andrea Freshwater said Johnson and a fellow Marine came into the Twilight Massage Parlor on Fifth Avenue the night Borrayo was strangled.
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Defense attorney Michael Garcia argued that Johnson’s DNA, along with DNA from many unidentified males, was found in the massage parlor, which he said doubled as a house of prostitution.
See the full article from “KFMB”
San Diego Massage Parlors: One arrested in Bonita prostitution sting
October 12, 2011 at 10:36 pm | In San Diego massage parlors | No CommentsOne arrested in Bonita prostitution sting
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An undercover operation by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics/Vice Unit resulted in the arrest of a 53-year-old woman on Thursday.
The operation was conducted at Sunset Spa, located at 24971 S. Tamiami Trail in Bonita Springs, in an effort to target females working there that were soliciting sex for money.
According to reports, the undercover detective entered the massage parlor and paid 53-year-old Mei Gao $60 for a massage.
The detective was escorted to a private back room where he was instructed to undress and lay on a table.
He was given a 15-minute massage before Gao asked him if he wanted more. The detective gave Gao an additional $100, at which time she proceeded to touch and rub his genitals.
See the full article from “WZVN-TV”
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