SANTA ANA, CA - What, with SEC employees failing to connect the dots on a litany of corporate transgressions including Enron and WorldComm and most recently Madoff, Goldman Sachs & Galleon insider-trading, Stanford (SEC knew of scheme since 1997) and a whole slew of other corporate crimes, some argue that the SEC is just simply overworked. Others claim that SEC employees are most attentive to pornography, instead of doing their job.
On the other hand, Weston Scott Krueger faces trial tomorrow for murdering a liquor store owner who confronted him about stealing a pornographic magazine. Krueger, 31, Newport Beach, is charged with one felony count of special circumstances murder in the commission of a robbery. If convicted of the murder, Krueger faces a maximum sentence of life in state prison without the possibility of parole. Opening statements are expected to begin tomorrow, Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Not sure what will happen to incompetent SEC employees.
On the afternoon of July 28, 2007, Krueger is accused of entering Sportsman Liquor Store at 2615 Newport Boulevard in Newport Beach. He is accused of hiding a pornographic magazine under his shirt with the intention of stealing it before approaching the counter to purchase a pack of cigarettes. While Krueger was standing at the counter he was confronted by the clerk, store owner Hao Huynh, who could see the stolen magazine that the defendant was attempting to conceal.
Krueger is accused of walking out of the liquor store as Huynh followed him out. The defendant is accused of refusing to let go of the magazine as the victim attempted to get it back. He is accused of turning to the victim and violently shoving him, causing Huynh to fly through the air and fall to the ground, landing on the back of his head. Krueger is accused of picking up the magazine and briefly standing over the victim with a clenched fist to make sure that Huynh did not get up. Krueger is accused of then fleeing the scene with the stolen pornographic magazine.
Huynh was transported to the hospital, where he died the following day due to traumatic injuries to his brain. The victim had owned and worked at Sportsman Liquor Store with his wife since 1992. The victim's wife was in the store at the time of the murder.
The incident was captured on video surveillance. An uninvolved witness in the parking lot identified Krueger, with whom he had gone to high school. When officers later searched the defendant's home, Krueger is accused of being in possession of the stolen magazine and the shirt seen on the assailant in the surveillance video.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Matt Murphy of the Homicide Unit is prosecuting this case.
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