The San Diego UnionTribune: DA’s integrity unit case ends in acquittal, mistrial Jury finds Chula Vista councilman not guilty of perjury charges

The district attorney’s prosecution of a Chula Vista councilman on perjury charges failed yesterday when a Superior Court jury found Steve Castaneda not guilty of six

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The San Diego UnionTribune: Chula Vista councilman’s case goes to jury

The perjury case against Chula Vista City Councilman Steve Castaneda is being considered by a jury after the attorneys completed their final arguments Thursday afternoon in

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The San Diego UnionTribune: Trial, reelection bid could coincide for councilman Castaneda’s term expires at end of ’08

Chula Vista City Councilman Steve Castaneda, who has pleaded not guilty to felony perjury charges, expects to go forward with a highstakes trial in February at the

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Channel 10 News: Chula Vista Councilman Lied To Grand Jury

A Chula Vista city councilman lied to a county grand jury investigating his personal interest in a South Bay condominium conversion project, a prosecutor told jurors

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The San Diego UnionTribune: Chula Vista councilman’s perjury trial to go forward

The felony perjury trial of Chula Vista Councilman Steve Castaneda will go forward as scheduled April 7, placing in limbo his candidacy for reelection. Castaneda’s attorney, Marc

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The San Diego UnionTribune: Married father of two convicted of University City rapes

A Rancho Peñasquitos man accused of breaking into apartments and sexually assaulting two UCSD students in separate attacks was convicted Thursday of forcible rape and other

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The San Diego UnionTribune: Facing felony charges, Chula Vista councilman to run for reelection

CHULA VISTA – Councilman Steve Castaneda said he will seek reelection in June to the Chula Vista City Council, despite facing a potential trial on

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The San Diego UnionTribune: City councilman pleads not guilty to 15 charges Felony perjury is among allegations

CHULA VISTA – City Councilman Steve Castaneda, who once called himself the victim of a “political witch hunt” led by District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, yesterday pleaded

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The San Diego UnionTribune: Indicted politician will seek seat again Councilman calls charges ‘baseless’

A Chula Vista councilman facing a potential trial on felony perjury charges said yesterday that he will seek reelection in June. “I am putting together my

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The San Diego UnionTribune: Man pleads not guilty to money laundering charges

A Chula Vista man accused of working as a front for the Arellano Felix drug cartel pleaded not guilty yesterday to moneylaundering charges dating back to

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