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A jury found a second defendant guilty Friday in the 2005 robbery and fatal shooting of a Highland store owner and a clerk.

Jurors reached the verdicts late Thursday -- three days after hearing lawyers' closing arguments and seeing a compelling security video of the shooting, according to prosecutors.

Court personnel announced the verdicts Friday afternoon in San Bernardino Superior Court, as rows of family and friends of the victims looked on.

By Mike Cruz on December 5, 2008 10:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

A jury has reached verdicts for a second defendant in a Highland liquor and video store robbery in 2005 that left a store owner and clerk dead, court officials announced.

The verdicts on charges against Darwin Lamont Richardson will be read at 1:30 p.m. today in San Bernardino Superior Court. The jury reached the verdicts late yesterday, but court officials scheduled them to be announced this afternoon, said Deputy District Attorney Dan Detienne.

A separate jury, in the same case, found co-defendant Christopher Turelle White guilty on similar charges earlier this week. White was found guilty of two counts of murder, two counts of second-degree robbery and multiple special allegations, including using a firearm during the acts and committing multiple murders.

Mike Cruz, Staff Writer
Posted: 12/02/2008 10:07:01 PM PST

It took less than a day for a jury to find Christopher Turelle White guilty on all charges in the March 2005 robbery and deadly shooting of Cee Vee Liquor store owner Steven Hall and clerk Brian Gregorio in Highland.

A separate jury was still deliberating about a second defendant, 22-year-old Darwin Lamont Richardson.

Closing arguments were given by the lawyers Monday in San Bernardino Superior Court. White's jury reached verdicts later that day, but court officials announced the verdicts Tuesday.

After less than a day, a jury has found Christopher Turelle White guilty on all charges in the March 2005 robbery and deadly shooting of Cee Vee Liquor store owner Steven Hall and clerk Brian Gregorio in Highland.

Lawyers are still awaiting verdicts for a second defendant, 22-year-old Darwin Lamont Richardson, who has a separate jury.

Closing arguments in the case were given by the lawyers Monday, however White's jury reached verdicts later that day. Court officials waited until this morning to announce the verdicts in San Bernardino Superior Court.

Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Posted: 12/01/2008 10:06:00 PM PST

SAN BERNARDINO - The surveillance video played over and over before the juries, showing the final moments in the lives of Steve Hall and Brian Gregorio.

The two were shot to death during a notorious robbery at Cee Vee's Liquor and Couch Potato Video in Highland the night of March 16, 2005.

Family and friends of the two victims choked back tears as the video played Monday during closing arguments in the murder trial of suspects Christoper Turelle White and Darwin Lamont Richardson in San Bernardino Superior Court.

White, the 21-year-old alleged gunman, and Richardson, 22, were tried together, but they had separate juries. Both juries heard closing arguments Monday, White's in the morning and Richardson's in the afternoon.

Lawyers in the trial for two men suspected in the robbery and deadly shooting of a Highland store owner and his clerk rested their cases this week. Proceedings resume Monday, as jurors await closing arguments.

Deputy District Attorney Dan Detienne rested his case against Christopher Turelle White and Darwin Lamont Richardson on Monday morning in San Bernardino Superior Court, according to court records.

The defendants face charges in the deaths of Steve Hall, 54, and 25-year-old Brian Gregorio at Cee Vee Liquor and Couch Potato Video, in Highland, in March 2005.

Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 11/17/2008 10:45:14 PM PST

HIGHLAND - The killings were cold and callous - two lives taken for a little money and some lottery tickets.

On March 16, 2005, two men walked into Cee Vee's Liquor Store and Couch Potato Video in the 7700 block of Palm Avenue, and robbed, at gunpoint, 54-year-old store owner Steve Hall and 25-year-old clerk Brian Gregorio. When it was all done, Hall and Gregorio lay dead from gunshot wounds.

Those wounds bled deep into the surrounding neighborhood and community. Many still speak of the crime as if it were yesterday.

Mike Cruz, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 11/17/2008 10:45:14 PM PST

SAN BERNARDINO - Store owner Steve Hall was a well-known fixture in the Highland community. Longtime customer Brian Gregorio later became a clerk at Hall's store while going to school.

A trial for two of the men charged with the deadly shooting of Hall, 54, and 25-year-old Gregorio during a robbery in March 2005 got under way Monday with lawyers' opening statements in San Bernardino Superior Court.

Prosecutors say evidence shows Darwin Lamont Richardson cased the Cee Vee Liquor and Couch Potato Video stores on Palm Avenue in Highland and then waited as a getaway driver while Christopher Turelle White and another man robbed the store at gunpoint.

A trial could be as early as the first week of November for three men charged in the deadly shooting of two men during a robbery of a Highland liquor and video store in March 2005.

Store owner Steve Hall, 54, and a clerk, 25-year-old Brian Gregorio, both of Highland, died during the violent robbery at Cee Vee's Liquor and Couch Potato Video.

A trial for defendants Christopher Turelle White, 21, Darwin Lamont Richardson, 22, and Tristan Darnell Allan, 23, is set to begin Nov. 3.