Deputy Accused in Bar Killing Makes Court Appearance
A Riverside County Sheriff' Deputy who was off-duty when he allegedly shot and killed a man Dec. 21 in Spelly's Pub & Grille in Murrieta appeared in court Friday with an injured hand.
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With a hand injury suffered in jail, accused killer and former Riverside County Sheriff's Deputy Dayle Long appeared in court today.
The court appearance was to set a date for a preliminary hearing for Long, who pleaded not guilty in the Dec. 21 shooting death of Sam Vanettes at Spelly's Pub & Grille in Murrieta.
The hearing was set for March 5 and is expected to take four hours.
Long's deputy public defender, Jeff Zimel, asked that an MRI be ordered for Long's hand.
Judge Timothy Freer consented that Long's hand be medically assessed.
Long, 42, a Corona resident, was a 10-year veteran of the sheriff's department, most recently employed as a sheriff's bailiff in a Riverside courtroom.
He was off-duty the night he was in Spelly's and allegedly shot 36-year-old Vanettes, who witnesses called a "peacemaker" in an argument that had broken out.
Long remains jailed in lieu of $1 million bail.
The deputy will likely face 50 years to life if convicted, according to John Hall of the District Attorney's Office.
Mirna Alfonso contributed to this report.
Amber Barnes
2:10 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
County pays for a MRI, he most likely punched the wall...that's what most angry criminals do when their gun is taken away!
Katheliene Vanettes Brower
2:23 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
And we sould feel sorry for this COLD BLOODED KILLER? beause he has a hurt
hand? IF he hurt it the night he Shot Sam, why wasn't it looked at before now? I think you are so right Amber......
Steve Newman
2:25 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
What an assumption to make- do you have personal experience to back up that statement? I wasn't there either so I can't venture a guess as to the cause of the injury.
Ed P.
5:40 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
How bout a plain ole x-ray? MRI? You gotta be kidding me.
Brenda
3:16 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
I will nibble because I like to guess Steve. I would guess that he hit the wall in jail with his fist.
I will assume he was angry and I have seen ALOT of angry people do this to relieve some frustration and I assume its like "cutting" and gets the pain they are feeling somewhere else.
I will assume he knows his " butt" is grasss because this murder HE COMMITTED was witnessed by what? at least 15 people, with his own gun, and he is feeling like OMGOSH, how stupid I am, I might go to jail? So he could have slammed his head and hand into the walls at the jail many times.
Its easy to make assumptions or find someone guilty before a jury there Steve when people witness something.
Now if he had not been witnessed by many committing cold blooded murder, and not been arrested for it, then I would have a hard time asumming how he hurt his hand.
But I think under the circumstances I can make pretty accurate assumptions.
If he had hit someone in jail we would have heard of that and additional charges filed for assault, but we haven't.
Brenda
3:18 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
Oh and btw, never have I heard of an MRI for a hand injury. If its not detected by xrays the only other test would be a nerve conduction test right? For like carpal tunnel or a nerve being damaged? A damaged nerve can be really painful but I dont feel sorry for him. Might have been all the shots he fired into an innocent peaceful man.
Brenda
6:49 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
Oh and btw, never have I heard of an MRI for a hand injury. If its not detected by xrays the only other test would be a nerve conduction test right? For like carpal tunnel or a nerve being damaged? A damaged nerve can be really painful but I dont feel sorry for him. Might have been all the shots he fired into an innocent peaceful man.
Brenda
4:38 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
Cissy and you are an expert on what? Loving cops who murder instead of stick to their oath of protecting the public and getting paid pretty dang good to do it? Well not now he wont thanks to god. And thanks to God he did not get the chance to hurt someone else that night. If he needed help prior, which it appears he did by having already been taken off patrol and put in the courts, he should have spoke up to the Department and told them he was loosing it. But he didn't.
Have to wonder if there are any missing people, men, women or children he had anything to do with. Something like this is not usually their first crime.
Brenda
5:34 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
Ah Cici you removed your posts. :/ Will have to remove mine now less yours show back up.
Cary Vanettes
7:30 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
His hand was not bandaged in the first hearing. So this happened in jail.
john
5:49 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012
Maybe the Deputies in the jail best his ass for disgracing the badge.
Cindy Zamora
10:48 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
Amen Brenda.
ANDRES
7:25 am on Saturday, February 4, 2012
Wow the headline should read "Killer Cop Claim's Boo-Boo". Sorry but no crying towel here, as a county of Riverside resident. I say save the M.R.I. and give him the death penalty. He went in armed with intentions of killing this young man, or the first person he could provoke. Aren't you glad it wasn't you Steve or one of your loved ones. Then again you might be a Cop and above the law also Boo-Hoo for you.
john
11:11 am on Saturday, February 4, 2012
He is hardly above the law, hence still being locked up. But I'm Sure your a dirty whore who hates cops because your dad raped u
Ed P.
3:07 pm on Saturday, February 4, 2012
John:
I'm sure it's not easy being as big an a__hole as you appear to be. Good job.
JJ Mclure
7:28 am on Sunday, February 5, 2012
what about the illegals that kill a lot more than cops
Ed P.
8:00 am on Sunday, February 5, 2012
So JJ, it's ok for bad cops to kill but not illegals? Your logic is flawed.
john
3:54 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012
It's not ok for anyone to kill/ commit a murder. And the DA and police are treating it that way, hence the $1 million bail.
Steve Newman
12:21 pm on Monday, February 6, 2012
I don't think he went there with the intention to kill the victim or anybody he could provoke. He was drinking too much and had a brain disconnect. It happens to people who drink a lot, but not everybody pulls a weapon and shoots some poor kid, they usually just get in a fight and wind up in jail. He was a 10 year deputy and was put in court as a bailiff-the streets must have been a problem for him. He had pent up rage and let it out on the first poor soul who crossed his path. Cops are not above the law. Most live quiet peaceful lives and avoid confrontation when off duty at all costs. Don't condemn the lot by the actions of one.
Brenda
1:05 pm on Monday, February 6, 2012
Steve agree with the recently going from streets to bailiff in the court as soon as I read it. I knew, from past experience, this guy had had a problem in there, who knows why, maybe just hitting 10 yrs and deciding it wasnt really what he wanted. We might never know why he did it, why he drank so much, why he had his weapon, and why he shot someone.
Its a horrible horrible story and bent up rage, maybe that is what we have with this 19 yr old kid randomly stabbing this woman over the weekend, she was just there :/.
john
11:10 am on Saturday, February 4, 2012
All this shows is he is not getting any special treatment because he was once a cop. He is still in jail and no one knows how that injury happened
Michael Greer
3:52 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012
$1 million bail. Surely, that's nothing for him as a veteran officer. I am surprised he simply doesn't pay it all in cash.
john
3:56 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012
That's sarcastic right? I highly doubt a public servant can come up with a cool mil.
Brenda
6:43 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012
I actually said that about the bail amount of 1 million because the 19 yr old kids who stabbed the lady in the park several times, and was caught by neighbors, his bail is set at 5 million. His victim did not die and he is not a cop and he has no other record I am pretty sure. So I felt that someone committing cold blooded murder on someone he did not know a police officers, bail she be more then 1 million and felt that the young man whos victim did not dies bail was set at 5x as much at 5 million?
I would think they would be closer to the same? I know its based on the suspects abilty and maybe mind set on escaping the country, but there again I find that the cop would have those resources more then the 19 yr old kid.
So the bail amounts are something worth debating as to WHY?
Chris
12:06 pm on Monday, February 6, 2012
@Brenda -- The bail is different because the kid has multiple counts, not just one.
Brenda
12:57 pm on Monday, February 6, 2012
Ahhh Chris I was thinking that but the cop might also? I was stuck on premeditated ALOT with the officer so got wrapped up in more counts when it very simple would be just one count.
Thank you :)