{"id":41897,"date":"2013-08-20T18:12:24","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T01:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=41897"},"modified":"2019-02-07T14:28:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T22:28:59","slug":"update-on-area-murder-cases-jackson-shipley-to-stand-trial-for-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/08\/20\/update-on-area-murder-cases-jackson-shipley-to-stand-trial-for-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on area murder cases: Jackson, Shipley to stand trial for murder"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Jackson<\/a>
Alex Jackson (left) will stand trial for the May 9 murder of 63-year-old Pamela Devitt. Scott Shipley (right) will stand trial for the May 15 murder of 39-year-old Christopher Demyen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Tuesday (Aug. 20) \u00a0ruled there was enough evidence for Alex Jackson<\/strong> to stand trial for the murder of Pamela Devit<\/strong>t.<\/p>\n

\"Pamela<\/a>
Pamela Devitt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jackson, 29, is the alleged owner of the pack of dogs that killed 63-year-old Devitt while she was out for a morning walk in Littlerock on May 9.<\/p>\n

The judge\u2019s decision came after two days of graphic testimony by 12 witnesses, including a woman who witnessed the fatal mauling, another woman whose horse was attacked by Jackson\u2019s dogs, and a mail carrier who escaped an attack while on the job.<\/p>\n

In the end, Jackson was ordered to trial on six \u00a0counts: murder; animal causing human death, owner negligence; cultivating marijuana; possession of marijuana for sale; possession for sale of a controlled substance; and assault with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n

Jackson returns to court for an arraignment on Sept 9 in Dept. 19 of Los Angeles County Superior Court, Antelope Valley Branch.<\/p>\n

Previous related stories:<\/p>\n

Dog owner charged with murder in Littlerock mauling death<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Victim ID\u2019d in fatal mauling, fate of captured dogs uncertain<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Eight dogs seized in deadly mauling of 63-year-old woman<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

BREAKING NEWS: Woman dead after vicious dog mauling<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

In another preliminary hearing at the Antelope Valley courthouse on Tuesday (Aug. 20), a judge determined there was enough evidence for Scott Shipley<\/strong> to stand trial for the murder of Acton Water Company owner Christopher Demyen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Christopher<\/a>
Christopher Demyen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Demyen, 39, was shot to death on May 15 after a fight with 56-year-old Shipley in front of a home in the 1500 block of Eagle Butte Road. Authorities said the dispute was over a \u201cvehicle parking issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shipley\u2019s attorney argued that Shipley shot Demyen in self-defense, but his motion to dismiss the charges was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

Shipley was ordered to stand trial for murder and remanded back to custody on $2 million bail.<\/p>\n

Shipley will return to court again on Sept. 21 for an arraignment, which will be held in room A21 at Antelope Valley courthouse.<\/p>\n

Previous related stories:<\/p>\n

Memorial established for slain Acton business owner<\/a><\/p>\n

Business owner shot dead after dispute, suspect in custody<\/a><\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Tuesday (Aug. 20) \u00a0ruled there was enough evidence for Alex Jackson to stand trial for the murder of Pamela Devitt. Jackson, 29, is the alleged owner of the pack of dogs that killed 63-year-old Devitt while she was out for a morning walk in Littlerock on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1492,719,1493],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}