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# TBS Today, Jan. 8
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/01/09/newsletters/tbs-today-jan-8-2025/
- Published: 2025-01-09T00:58:11.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-09T00:58:11.000Z
- Description: Scoop: Plea deal reached in murder case.
- Author: Editor's desk
- Tags: Newsletters, #newsletters

A murder suspect who was working as a janitor for UC Berkeley at the time of his arrest has taken a plea deal in connection with the killing of an Oakland stylist and drag performer.

In a brief hearing in late December, 40-year-old Sweven Waterman entered a no-contest plea to the voluntary manslaughter of 53-year-old Curtis Marsh on March 4, 2023.

No one else has reported this development.

[Former UC Berkeley janitor takes plea deal in murder caseSweven Waterman has been found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and agreed to an 11-year prison sentence for the killing of Curtis Marsh.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-267.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/curtis_marsh.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/01/09/uc-berkeley-crime/former-uc-berkeley-janitor-sweven-waterman-plea-deal-curtis-marsh-murder-case/)

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### In case you missed it

Don't miss the schedule for the upcoming DA selection process and the applications from each candidate.

[Alameda County DA search: All 15 applications are now publicRead or download each of the applications here. The Board of Supervisors is expected to hold interviews and make the decision in the next month.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-268.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_9172-1.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/01/08/courts/alameda-county-da-search-applications-online/)

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