Man gets 12 years in death of woman beaten with baseball bat, strangled with pants – Palo Alto Daily Post

A 46-year-old man has pleaded no contest to a felony voluntary manslaughter charge for the brutal killing a woman in East Palo Alto in 2021 in a case his attorney said was self-defense. Jason Dixon entered the plea Monday in exchange for a sentence of 12 years in prison for the death of 48-year-old Marielos Martinez, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. On July 2, 2021, someone called 911 after hearing glass breaking and…

Oceanside police make arrest in baseball bat assault

Oceanside police made an arrest March 24 in connection with a beating two days before that left a man in critical condition, authorities announced. Officers responded to a 911 call just after 2:15 a.m. March 22 reporting an assault with a baseball bat, according to an Oceanside Police Department report. Upon arriving at the scene, they found a 20-year-old man with blunt force trauma. He was transported to a local trauma center where he remains i…