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Oct 24, 2013 · Jesse Rugge (pictured), convicted on charges of aggravated kidnapping in connection with the killing of 15-year-old Nicholas Markowitz 13 years ago, was released from Chino prison after serving 11 years of a life sentence.
Jesse Taylor Rugge, aged 20 at the time of the murder, was charged with aiding in the kidnap and murder of Nicholas Markowitz. He was convicted in 2002 of aggravated kidnapping for ransom or extortion with special circumstances, but was acquitted on the murder charge.
Oct 19, 2013 · Jesse Rugge, now 33, was convicted of kidnapping and sentenced to life with the possibility of parole in 2002. "He walked my son up to the grave that was already dug. He...
Part 1 of our 3 part Interview with Jesse Rugge. If you are not familiar with who he is, check out the movie called, "Alpha Dog". Jesse's roll in this story ...
Oct 18, 2013 · Jesse Rugge, now 33, was an accomplice of Jesse James Hollywood in the Aug. 2000 murder of San Fernando High School student Nicholas Markowitz, a high-profile...
Jan 5, 2022 · Nick Markowitz was just 15 when he was kidnapped and murdered on August 8, 2000, over a $1,200 debt his brother owed a drug dealer named Jesse James Hollywood.
Dec 10, 2000 · Over and over, the girl told the grand jury, one of Nick’s alleged abductors, 20-year-old Jesse Rugge, had assured him, “I’m going to take you home. I’ll put you on a Greyhound.
Sep 25, 2002 · Jesse Rugge of Santa Barbara, one of five young men charged in the crimes, was convicted in May of kidnapping Nicholas Markowitz on Aug. 6, 2000, near his home, but was acquitted in the boy’s...
Jul 8, 2009 · The now-29-year-old was convicted Wednesday of first degree murder by a Santa Barbara jury of nine women and three men. The conviction comes with a special circumstance enhancement that means Hollywood faces either death or life in state prison without the possibility of parole.
Oct 18, 2013 · Rugge was one of four accomplices of marijuana dealer Jesse James Hollywood, who prosecutors said orchestrated the kidnapping and killing of Nicholas Markowitz in 2000 because the...