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Woman guilty of abusing elderly husband By BILL BISHOP The Register-Guard Recommend this story to others. A jury on Wednesday convicted a 31-year-old Eugene woman for torturing her elderly, mentally ill husband with heated scissors and knives, beating and threatening him at their Santa Clara home. Dorothy Grace Jones, also known as Dorothy Grace Vega, faces up to 19 years in prison if given back-to-back prison terms for first-degree assault and two counts of second-degree assault, both Measure 11 crimes with mandatory sentences. The five-woman, seven-man jury deliberated for just more than two hours before convicting Jones on five charges,...

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) - An innocent plea was made on behalf of actress Tawney Kitaen on Monday, for alleged domestic violence injury to her husband, Cleveland Indians pitcher Chuck Finley. Kitaen, 40, who appeared in the movies "Bachelor Party" and "California Girls" was not in court when her attorney, Blair Berk, made the innocent plea. Superior Court Judge Pamela Iles set a June 3 pretrial hearing on two misdemeanor charges, corporal injury on a spouse and battery. Police who responded to the couple's Newport Beach home April 1 said they saw cuts and bruises on Finley, who formerly pitched...