A 68-year-old man was arrested and booked into Santa Cruz County Jail after authorities responded to an apparent homicide in Rio Rico, according to Sheriff David Hathaway.
After an extensive trial and nearly three days of deliberation, a Santa Cruz County jury found a 29-year-old former Watsonville man guilty of gang-related first-degree murder this week.
Within a couple of hours of retiring to deliberate the case of the 65-year-old Burke’s guilt or innocence, the 12-member jury returned with a verdict of guilty of first-degree murder, along with a conviction on a special allegation involving use of a deadly weapon.
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