Naked former SoCal swimming champion beat Maui guard to death, police say
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Set us as preferred A former Orange County collegiate swimmer is facing a murder charge after prosecutors say that, while naked, he brutally beat a 63-year-old security guard to death with a 5-gallon water bottle.Legend Storer, 20, was once a competitive swimmer who was a two-time champion in Hawaii’s Maui Interscholastic League and went on to be a member of the swim team at Concordia University in Irvine.He has pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of second-degree murder, first-degree burglary and indecent exposure, according to court records.
Storer, a resident of Lahaina, remains in custody.Myles S.Breiner, one of the attorneys for Storer, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.A spokesperson for Concordia University confirmed that Storer was a student for the 2024-25 academic year and was a member of the men’s swim team but did not return the following year.According to the university’s website, he graduated from Maui Preparatory Academy in 2024, where he was a champion swimmer.The Maui Police Department said in a written statement that the incident occurred shortly after 3 a.m.
on Aug.5 when a police dispatcher received a report of a naked man wandering through a Kahana neighborhood.
California A police watchdog found that San Francisco police officers threw a man to the ground and pepper-sprayed him after they entered the wrong license plate into their computer.The area is a peaceful, scenic beachfront community on the northwest coast of Maui, according to real estate company Hawai’i Life.It was there that Maui police officers came across Storer, who had numerous abrasions, according to the statement.Storer, who was not named in the statement but was later identified in court records, was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center for evaluation, according to police.Two hours later, Maui police off...