"Man convicted of killing mom for not paying for female escort
Christina Lucarotti
The Arizona Republic
March 22, 2002 06:15:00
A Scottsdale man was convicted of first-degree murder Friday for killing his mom after she refused to pay for a female escort.
Dean Glick had agreed to pay Soledad Villalpando a $1,500 tip on top of the $350 two-hour fee to her agency.
Glick planned to pay the $1,850 with his mother's credit card.
"It's clear by the facts in this case the defendant was just bothered by his mother," said prosecutor Juan Martinez during closing arguments Thursday.
According to the prosecution, Glick became frustrated with 82-year-old Juanita Glick and beat her with a plastic flashlight, hitting her 10 to 20 times.
The beating took time as Glick's mother struggled to keep her only child at bay, Martinez said.
When police entered Juanita's home about 1:15 a.m. on Sept. 17, 2000, they found the 5-foot-5, 102 pound, elderly woman lying on the bathroom floor with a six-by-seven inch bruise on her face. She had a faint pulse but was moments from her death.
Glick, who had cocaine and phenobarbital in his system, had tried to keep police out by barricading the door. Shortly after they arrived, the escort and her driver left the house when Glick and his mother argued over the money, which was to be paid in advance. They later called police.
Glick, 41, sobbed as his attorney painted a different picture of what could have happened that night.
Defense lawyer Daniel Patterson said a pushing-and-shoving match had gone too far and that perhaps Glick had broken his mom's ribs and sternum during an attempt to revive her through CPR.
Patterson asked the jury to find his client guilty of negligent homicide.
Neither Glick's emotion or Patterson's scenario swayed the jury, which returned a verdict after about four hours of deliberation.
"It's satisfying that the jury found it's way to a first-degree murder conviction given the fact that it was his mother he killed," Martinez said.
Patterson had no comment on the trial.
Glick's sentencing has been scheduled for April 26. He could face life in prison without parole"
I wasn't able to locate any story on the sentencing of Dean Glick.
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Christina Lucarotti
The Arizona Republic
March 22, 2002 06:15:00
A Scottsdale man was convicted of first-degree murder Friday for killing his mom after she refused to pay for a female escort.
Dean Glick had agreed to pay Soledad Villalpando a $1,500 tip on top of the $350 two-hour fee to her agency.
Glick planned to pay the $1,850 with his mother's credit card.
"It's clear by the facts in this case the defendant was just bothered by his mother," said prosecutor Juan Martinez during closing arguments Thursday.
According to the prosecution, Glick became frustrated with 82-year-old Juanita Glick and beat her with a plastic flashlight, hitting her 10 to 20 times.
The beating took time as Glick's mother struggled to keep her only child at bay, Martinez said.
When police entered Juanita's home about 1:15 a.m. on Sept. 17, 2000, they found the 5-foot-5, 102 pound, elderly woman lying on the bathroom floor with a six-by-seven inch bruise on her face. She had a faint pulse but was moments from her death.
Glick, who had cocaine and phenobarbital in his system, had tried to keep police out by barricading the door. Shortly after they arrived, the escort and her driver left the house when Glick and his mother argued over the money, which was to be paid in advance. They later called police.
Glick, 41, sobbed as his attorney painted a different picture of what could have happened that night.
Defense lawyer Daniel Patterson said a pushing-and-shoving match had gone too far and that perhaps Glick had broken his mom's ribs and sternum during an attempt to revive her through CPR.
Patterson asked the jury to find his client guilty of negligent homicide.
Neither Glick's emotion or Patterson's scenario swayed the jury, which returned a verdict after about four hours of deliberation.
"It's satisfying that the jury found it's way to a first-degree murder conviction given the fact that it was his mother he killed," Martinez said.
Patterson had no comment on the trial.
Glick's sentencing has been scheduled for April 26. He could face life in prison without parole"
I wasn't able to locate any story on the sentencing of Dean Glick.
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