Crime & Safety

September Hearing Set for Accused Double Murderer

Justin Tombleson, accused of fatally stabbing two men with a pocket knife, is scheduled to appear in court again in late September.

Another hearing is on tap for Justin Alvin Masao Tombleson, the Lake Forest man accused of stabbing two Mission Viejo men to death in a parking lot brawl in 2011.

He is scheduled to appear Sept. 21 in a courtroom in Santa Ana, where he has been held in custody since the fatal fight.

During a early-hours fight on June 11, 2011, in the parking lot of the , a 24-hour Mexican eatery near Rockfield Boulevard, Tombleson allegedly stabbed Elvis Kechechian, a , and .

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Tombleson, who was 28 at the time of the fight, is charged with .

September's hearing is the last scheduled for Tombleson before his , set for Oct. 19.

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