Prosecutor: Handyman Had `Intent to Kill' in Deadly Attack on CV Senior

Prosecutor: Handyman Had `Intent to Kill' in Deadly Attack on CV Senior

A pool serviceman who fatally beat a 93-year-old Palm Desert woman during a robbery at her home applied “all of his” force to snuff out her life with the motivation of taking her money, making him guilty of first-degree murder, a prosecutor alleged Thursday, while the man’s attorney argued his client “freaked out” during the encounter and didn’t plan on taking her life. Along with the murder count, Benjamin Cabrera Briones, 62, of Thousand Palms…