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Suspect arrested in death of Hermosa Beach resident Jeff Woods

Dan Blackburn|October 21, 2021
Hermosa Beach resident Jeffery Woods died in July, following an altercation at 16th Street and Hermosa Avenue. Easy Reader archive file

by Dan Blackburn

A 23-year-old San Diego man has been arrested and charged in the July death of Hermosa Beach resident Jeffrey Roderick Woods.  

Joshua Dirnu was taken into custody Tuesday without incident by officers of the Carlsbad Police Department. He remains in jail awaiting trial.

According to Hermosa Beach police Sgt. Mick Gaglia, Woods, 50, was attacked in the 1600 block of Hermosa Avenue and was found unconscious and bleeding by first responders at 3:30 a.m. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

The ongoing investigation resulted in homicide charges being filed Oct. 13 and a warrant for Dirnu’s arrest was issued. No motive for the crime has been revealed by detectives and no further details are available at this time, officials said. ER

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