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Phone: 949-280-4719 | Hometown: Boulder City, Nevada (now Mission Viejo)

Hello, and welcome to the site. I edit and report on Mission Viejo, Laguna Niguel and Dana Point for Patch.com.

I have spent my professional life writing news in suburban communities, mostly in South County. Before joining Patch I worked for the Orange County Register, where I covered San Juan, Laguna Niguel, Aliso Viejo and Laguna Beach. I have also written for the Daily Sparks Tribune.

I studied British literature of the 18th century and will talk your ear off about Samuel Johnson if I am provoked. I also studied journalism.

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Train Crash Victim's Family Seeks $5M from Mission Viejo

After the Sept. 9 death of former Mission Viejo High School student Anastasia Bolton, 17, the victim's family is asking for $5 million in damages from the city of Mission Viejo.

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FBI Wants Former Mission Viejo Man in Alleged $20M Fraud

He and his father have been indicted, suspected of setting up phony businesses. Now the FBI and postal inspectors are searching for Robert Louis Carver II, formerly of Mission Viejo.

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Who Were the Women Urdiales Is Accused of Murdering?

Some information on the slayings that former Camp Pendleton Marine Andrew Urdiales stands accused of, including that of Saddleback College student Robbin Brandley.

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Serial Killer Wanted for Trial in Saddleback Slayings

He has admitted to killing a Mission Viejo woman in 1986 and four others in Southern California. He was convicted in Illinois of other slayings. Now that he's off death row, Orange County prosecutors have asked to try former Marine Andrew Urdiales.

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Drunken Hankey Teacher? Police Interviews Inconclusive

Although the investigation is open, police interviews have been inconclusive in the investigation of an allegedly drunken substitute teacher at Carl Hankey Elementary.

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Accused New Year's Murderer Out on Bail

Adam Randy Baker, 23, of Dana Point, is out on $1 million bail. Police accuse Baker of killing Robert Sickles during a New Year's Eve party stabbing.

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M.V. Cable Customer Wins $5,000

Filling out a survey meant $5,000 when a Mission Viejo resident was chosen at random.

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