Man killed while crossing street A 26-year-old...

Man killed while crossing street

A 26-year-old Rancho Cucamonga man was killed Sunday after he was

hit by a flatbed truck while crossing Beach Boulevard, police said.

Jason Mullner was hospitalized at U.C. Irvine Medical Center where

he died, police said.

Police and fire arrived at the scene at 2:49 a.m. and found

Mullner in the southbound lanes of Beach Boulevard, near Blaylock

Drive.

Police are not releasing information about the driver of the

truck. The accident investigation is ongoing, police said.

Trial pending in

1969 murder case The prosecution will present further evidence Friday in the

continued preliminary hearing for Donna Pulsifer Prentice, a

Wisconsin woman accused of the 1969 murder of her 3-year-old daughter

in Huntington Beach. The judge heard testimony May 20 from police

officers as well as the victim’s grandmother, Betty Pulsifer,

according to District Attorney Larry Yellin.

If the judge rules there is enough evidence, a trial date will be

set. Prentice, along with then-boyfriend James Michael Kent, was

charged in August 2004 with the murder of Prentice’s daughter,

Michelle Pulsifer. Kent died of natural causes in January at Western

Medical Center in Anaheim while awaiting trial.

Man beaten, food

stolen at drive-thru

A man was beaten and his food was stolen from him in the

drive-through at a restaurant in the 9900 block of Atlanta Avenue

early Sunday, police said.

Huntington Beach Hospital employees notified police of the

incident at 4:30 a.m., said Sgt. Mike Kelly.

The victim told police that four men with spiky hair beat him up

and stole his burritos and tacos, Kelly said. Police did not locate

any suspects.

Hundreds of pins found at playground

A citizen called police at 11 a.m. Sunday when they found what was

described as hundreds of safety and straight pins sticking up from

the sand at a park at Delaware Street and Detroit Avenue.

There were enough pins to warrant concern, said Sgt. Mike Kelly.

“Right now it’s an isolated incident,” Kelly said. “We’re taking

it seriously because of the potential hazard it poses to kids.”

The pins were removed and the area was made safe for children,

Kelly said. People should not be paranoid, but they should be aware

of what happened, Kelly said.