Former Tampa Bay Rays prospect Brandon Martin has been convicted of murdering three men with a baseball bat at his family’s Corona home. In addition to three murder counts, the jury convicted Martin of evading arrest, resisting arrest, stealing an auto and injuring a police dog. AdvertisementThe Rays picked Martin from Corona Santiago High with the 38th overall selection in the 2011 draft. AdvertisementTwo days before the murders, Martin was placed on a mental-health hold in Riverside after he admitted to Corona police officers that he choked his mother and threatened her with scissors. When authorities apprehended Martin the next day, police records allege he body-slammed a police dog and fought officers.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 05, 2020 22:34 UTC