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Indio Man Charged With Murder in Shooting Death of Woman Found Dead at Home

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A 25-year-old Indio man pleaded not guilty to a murder charge Friday in the shooting death of a woman found dead in her home.

The body was discovered around 1:40 p.m. Tuesday in a home at 38555 Rancho Los Coyotes Drive, said Indio police spokesman Benjamin Guitron. He said the woman — identified by coroner’s officials on Thursday as Angela Struzas, 32 — had been shot multiple times and that a resident of the home made the initial call to police.

Investigators later arrested two Indio residents, including one who lived with the victim at the time of her death.

Johnny Jose Rodriguez, 25, was taken into custody around 2 a.m. Wednesday on suspicion of murder. On Friday, he pleaded not guilty to murder and denied a connected sentencing-enhancement allegation of discharging a firearm causing great bodily injury.

He remains in custody with bail set at $1 million, and is scheduled to return for a felony settlement conference on Jan. 29.

Court records show he was previously convicted of robbery, which gave him a strike.

Fred Garcia, 44, who police say lived with Struzas, was arrested about the same time as Rodriguez at a separate location on suspicion of being an accessory to murder, being a felon in possession of ammunition and witness intimation, according to Indio police.

Garcia had not been charged as of 3:45 p.m. Friday.

According to the John Hall, spokesman for the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, Garcia’s case was returned to Indio police Friday for additional investigation.

“I can’t speculate as to if or when he will be charged,” Hall said. “The case has been sent back for further investigation. As of now, only defendant Rodriguez has been charged in this case.”

Jail records show Garcia remains in custody at the Indio jail, although he is expected to be released Friday unless he is charged with a crime or re-arrested on additional charges.

No details about a motive for the killing have emerged.

Guitron told City News Service that “all were acquainted,” referring to the victim and two suspects arrested in her death.

The victim lived at the home, along with Garcia, Guitron said, but Rodriguez did not.

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Two Charged With Murder and Robbery in Slaying of Rancho Bernardo Teen

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Murder and robbery charges were filed Friday against two young men who prosecutors allege are responsible for the death of a Rancho Bernardo teen who was run over by a car in a drug robbery gone wrong.

Angel Ramirez, 19, and Joshua Benjamin, 20, are accused in the March 7, 2019, death of a 16-year-old boy identified in court papers only as Christian H.

Deputy District Attorney Christina Eastman alleges the defendants — who entered not guilty pleas — robbed the victim and, in the process of fleeing the scene, ran over the boy’s head with their vehicle.

According to the prosecutor, the victim had sought to purchase $100 worth of narcotics from Ramirez, who traveled with Benjamin to the teen’s home in the 16800 block of Cresta Drive. When the teen handed his money to Ramirez, who was sitting in the backseat, Benjamin sped away, she alleged.

Eastman said the victim hung onto the open rear car window in an attempt to get the drugs or his money back. Ramirez allegedly punched the teen in the face and pried his fingers from the car window, causing him to fall into the street, where his head was run over by the vehicle, she said.

Prosecutors declined to comment on how they connected the men to the boy’s death.

Eastman said both men were awaiting sentencing on unrelated criminal cases at the time. Ramirez was on supervised release in an assault with a deadly weapon case, in which he pleaded guilty to slicing his father with a knife and striking him several times with a baseball bat, she said, while Benjamin was awaiting sentencing on a misdemeanor domestic violence case involving his girlfriend.

The defendants, who each face 25 years to life in state prison if convicted in the murder case, were taken into custody Wednesday and are both being held on $2 million bail.

Ramirez is due back in court Jan. 23 for a bail review hearing, and both defendants have a Jan. 29 status conference date.

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Man Charged With 2-Year-Old Boy’s Beating Death in Long Beach

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An Inglewood man accused of fatally beating a 2-year-old boy outside a Long Beach liquor store last June was charged Wednesday with murder and assault on a child causing death.

Charles Davis Jr., 32, is set to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon at the Long Beach courthouse in connection with the death of William Meeks III.

The toddler died from injuries that were allegedly inflicted by Davis while he was alone with the boy inside a silver 2016 Hyundai Sonata that was parked in the 900 block of Daisy Avenue about 7:35 p.m. June 14.

When authorities arrived at the scene, the boy was found unresponsive in the arms of a good Samaritan who was trying to render first aid, according to Long Beach police. The boy was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died two days later.

Davis — who’s believed to be an acquaintance of the boy’s mother — was arrested Sunday by Long Beach police and remains in custody in lieu of $2 million bail.

He could face a potential life prison term if convicted as charged, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

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Man Charged With 2-Year-Old Boy’s Death in Long Beach

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An Inglewood man accused of fatally beating a 2-year-old boy outside a Long Beach liquor store last June was charged Wednesday with murder and assault on a child causing death.

Charles Davis Jr., 32, pleaded not guilty in connection with the death of William Meeks III.

The toddler died from injuries that were allegedly inflicted by Davis while he was alone with the boy inside a silver 2016 Hyundai Sonata that was parked in the 900 block of Daisy Avenue about 7:35 p.m. June 14.

When authorities arrived at the scene, the boy was found unresponsive in the arms of a good Samaritan who was trying to render first aid, according to Long Beach police. The boy was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died two days later.

Davis — who’s believed to be an acquaintance of the boy’s mother — was arrested Sunday by Long Beach police and remains in custody in lieu of $2 million bail.

He is due back in court Feb. 11, when a date is scheduled to be set for a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to allow the case against him to proceed to trial.

Davis could face a potential life prison term if convicted as charged, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

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Glendale Woman Charged With Caregiver Theft from Elder

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A Glendale woman accused of taking as much as $100,000 from an elderly person for whom she worked as a caregiver was behind bars Wednesday while awaiting a hearing next week to determine if she will have to stand trial on two felony counts.

Sheila May Herbito — who is also known as Sheila Paguirigan Solis and Sheila May Paguirigan — is charged with one count each of grand theft from an elder and burglary, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The 42-year-old woman has been jailed in lieu of $50,000 bail since her arrest last week by Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives outside her home.

Herbito allegedly took as much as $100,000 through cash withdrawals and bank checks issued from the alleged victim’s account while she worked as a caregiver in La Canada Flintridge between April 2015 and August 2016, according to the sheriff’s department.

The alleged thefts were discovered by the elderly person’s family and reported to law enforcement, according to the sheriff’s department.

She allegedly did not disclose that she has a prior conviction for financial elder abuse, according to the sheriff’s department.

Herbito is due back in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom next Wednesday.

Sheriff’s detectives are asking that any other possible alleged victims contact Detective Todd Sams or Sgt. Jacqueline Luna with the sheriff’s Fraud and Cyber Crimes Bureau at 562-946-7217.

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Thousand Palms Man Charged In Shooting of Teen In Indio To Return To Court

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A judge is scheduled to decide Thursday if a parolee who allegedly shot a 14-year-girl in the head while she was riding in a vehicle with four other children in Indio will stand trial on six counts of attempted murder.

Vicente Manuel Reyes, 24, of Thousand Palms is accused in the May 20, 2018 shooting, which left the victim hospitalized. She was said to be in stable condition at the time, but no additional details including her name have been released.

Reyes allegedly fired on the vehicle as it traveled near John Nobles Avenue and Monroe Street, striking the girl but missing the car’s adult driver and four other occupants — girls aged 15, 13 and 5 and a 15-year-old boy. A motive for the shooting has not been disclosed, but the Indio Police Department at the time characterized it as a “senseless act of violence.”

Reyes was taken into custody three days after the shooting near Edom Hill and Varner roads in Cathedral City, according to county jail records. He has remained in custody since.

Court records show that in 2012, Reyes and two other juvenile defendants were charged in the stabbing of a boy in the parking lot of an Indio movie theater. Reyes was charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, and pleaded guilty to the assault count in 2013. He was sentenced to five years in prison, and was released on parole in the summer of 2017, according to a parole violation report, which outlines a February gun possession arrest in Indio that landed Reyes in county jail earlier this year.

At Thursday’s preliminary hearing, scheduled for 8:30 a.m. at the Larson Justice Center in Indio, a judge will decide if the prosecution has sufficient evidence to warrant a trial

Reyes, who’s being held in lieu of $2.16 million bail, is currently housed at the Indio jail.

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Preliminary Hearing Reset for Man Charged in Shooting of Teen in Indio

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A preliminary hearing was pushed back Thursday for a parolee who allegedly shot a 14-year-girl in the head while she was riding in a vehicle with four other children in Indio.

Vicente Manuel Reyes, 24, of Thousand Palms, will return to court April 3, when a judge is scheduled to decide if he will stand trial on six counts of attempted murder and several sentence enhancements.

The defendant is accused in the May 20, 2018 shooting, which left the victim hospitalized. She was said to be in stable condition at the time, but no additional details — including her name — have been released.

Reyes allegedly fired on the vehicle as it traveled near John Nobles Avenue and Monroe Street, striking the girl but missing the car’s adult driver and four other occupants — girls aged 15, 13 and 5, and a 15-year-old boy. A motive for the shooting has not been disclosed, but the Indio Police Department characterized it at the time as a “senseless act of violence.”

Reyes was taken into custody three days after the shooting near Edom Hill and Varner roads in Cathedral City, according to county jail records. He has remained in custody since.

Court records show that in 2012, Reyes and two other juvenile defendants were charged in the stabbing of a boy in the parking lot of an Indio movie theater. He was charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, and pleaded guilty to the assault count in 2013.

He was sentenced to five years in prison and released on parole in the summer of 2017, according to a parole violation report, which outlines a February gun possession arrest in Indio that landed him in county jail earlier this year.

At Reyes’ April 4 preliminary hearing at the Larson Justice Center in Indio, a judge is scheduled to decide if the prosecution has sufficient evidence to warrant a trial.

Reyes is being held on $2.16 million bail and is being housed at the Indio jail.

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Corona Man Charged with Ramming Teens’ Car, Killing Three

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A Corona-area man accused of chasing down and ramming a car occupied by six teenagers, causing the vehicle to slam into a tree, killing three of the boys, was charged Thursday with three counts of murder and other offenses.

Anorag Chandra, 42, was arrested in the predawn hours Monday following a California Highway Patrol investigation into the deadly collision.

Along with the murder counts, Chandra is charged with three counts of attempted murder. He’s being held without bail at the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside and is slated to make his initial court appearance Thursday afternoon at the Riverside Hall of Justice.

The defendant allegedly killed Daniel Hawkins, Jacob Ivascu and Drake Ruiz — all 16. Ivascu was from Riverside; the other two from Corona. A 13-year-old boy, 14-year-old boy and 18-year-old young man, who was at the wheel of the car that was struck, suffered various moderate to major injuries, according to authorities. All are expected to survive.

According to CHP investigators and prosecutors, the boys were having a sleepover Sunday night at one of the victims’ residence, and they decided to pull a prank, known as a “doorbell ditch,” at a neighboring residence in Temescal Valley, just south of Corona.

Shortly after 10 p.m., five of the boys piled into a Toyota Prius parked on Modjeska Summit Road, while one of them went to Chandra’s residence and rang the bell several times, investigators said. The youth then ran to the Prius, which raced away from the location.

“Based on evidence gathered in the investigation, Chandra … chased after the Prius in his 2019 Infinity Q50,” according to a District Attorney’s Office statement.

CHP Officer Juan Quintero said the defendant bore down on the Prius at high speed on Temescal Canyon Road, approaching Squaw Mountain Road.

Quintero said Chandra allegedly rammed the Prius, causing the sedan to spin out of control and slam into a tree on the side of the road.

Family members told reporters that the boys were fleeing out of fear and were trying to avoid Chandra at the time.

The surviving victims were taken to Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar for treatment.

Witnesses followed Chandra back to his residence and alerted CHP officers, who arrested him roughly four hours after the collision.

According to court records, he has an unresolved misdemeanor case for alleged battery on a cohabitant and child endangerment.

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Three Charged with Robbery in Which Clerk Was Severely Beaten

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Two men and a woman have been charged in connection with the robbery of a Torrance convenience store, where a clerk was severely beaten and left in a coma, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.

Long Beach residents William Sione Satuala, 20, and Sekope Tuitavuki, 26, and Jordyn Kiane Kolone, 19, of Harbor City, are charged with one count of second-degree robbery.

Satuala is also charged with one count of dissuading a witness by force or threat with allegations of causing great bodily injury with an injury that caused the victim to become comatose, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

Kolone and Tuitavuki allegedly stole beer from the 7-Eleven store in the 1700 block of Sepulveda Boulevard, near Western Avenue, about 1 a.m. Jan. 11, and Satuala reportedly beat the clerk as he chased the two to the parking lot, according to prosecutors.

Kolone was arrested last Thursday by Torrance police and subsequently released Tuesday on $50,000 bond after pleading not guilty.

Satuala and Tuitavuki were arrested Monday and have remained behind bars since then, according to jail records.

The three — who could face state prison terms if convicted as charged — are due back in a Torrance courtroom Friday.

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Three Charged in Deadly Irvine Home Invasion

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Two of three men charged with a home-invasion murder robbery of a 20-year-old man in Irvine made their first appearances in court Thursday.

Omar Miller, 41, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., who is a former police officer in Jamaica; Devon Quinland, 33, of Westminster; and Andre Andrews, 34, of Hollywood, Fla., are charged with killing Raymond Alcala Oct. 26.

Andrews and Miller made their first appearances in court on Thursday in the Central Justice Center. Andrews will return to court Feb. 7, and Miller will return to court Feb. 28 along with co-defendant Devon Quinland, who made his first appearance in court Dec. 18.

All three are expected to be arraigned Feb. 28.

Police in October released surveillance video and images of two suspects sought in the home-invasion on Bayleaf Lane in the hopes it would lead to their arrest.

Police were called about 5:45 a.m. Oct. 26 to a residence, where a man said he had been assaulted and another victim was in the home.

Alcala was shot multiple times while the other victim survived his injuries, police said.

Miller and Andrews are charged with murder, conspiracy to commit a crime and assault with a firearm, all felonies. They face special-circumstance allegations of robbery and sentencing enhancements for the personal use of a firearm and inflicting great bodily injury on the surviving victim.

Quinland is charged with murder with special-circumstance allegations of murder during a robbery and a count of conspiracy to commit a crime and assault with a firearm.

They were all charged Dec. 13. Quinland was arrested Dec. 17, while Andrews and Miller were arrested Wednesday.

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Three Charged in Deadly Irvine Home Invasion

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Two of three men charged with a home-invasion murder-robbery of a 20-year-old man in Irvine made their first appearances in court Thursday.

Omar Miller, 41, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who is a former police officer in Jamaica; Devon Quinland, 33, of Westminster; and Andre Andrews, 34, of Hollywood, Florida, are charged with killing Raymond Alcala Oct. 26.

Andrews and Miller made their first appearances in court on Thursday in the Central Justice Center. Andrews will return to court Feb. 7, and Miller will return to court Feb. 28 along with co-defendant Devon Quinland, who made his first appearance in court Dec. 18.

All three are expected to be arraigned Feb. 28.

Police in October released surveillance video and images of two suspects sought in the home-invasion on Bayleaf Lane in the hopes it would lead to their arrest.

Police were called about 5:45 a.m. Oct. 26 to a residence, where a man said he had been assaulted and another victim was in the home.

Alcala was shot multiple times while the other victim survived his injuries, police said.

Andrews and Quinland “each obtained a vehicle for use in this crime,” the criminal complaint alleges.

The defendants “surveilled” the victims’ home, the complaint alleges.

Andrews and Quinland used a crow bar, screwdriver and duct tape, and Andrews and Miller entered the residence with gloves on and armed with a gun, the complaint alleges.

Andrews and Miller are accused of pistol-whipping William Phan, the victim who survived, and restraining him with the duct tape, the complaint alleges.

Miller and Andrews are charged with murder, conspiracy to commit a crime and assault with a firearm, all felonies. They face special circumstance allegations of robbery and sentencing enhancements for the personal use of a firearm and inflicting great bodily injury on the surviving victim.

Quinland is charged with murder with special circumstance allegations of murder during a robbery and a count of conspiracy to commit a crime and assault with a firearm.

They were all charged Dec. 13. Quinland was arrested Dec. 17, while Andrews and Miller were arrested Wednesday.

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Suspect in Fatal Sherman Heights Hit-and-Run Charged in Pedestrian’s Death

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A motorist who allegedly drove off after killing a pedestrian in Sherman Heights early Sunday — stopping at a nearby fast-food restaurant before continuing to flee — was charged Friday with a felony count of hit-and-run causing death.

Christopher Nunez, 28, is accused in the Sunday morning death of 41-year-old Jason Gordon, who was struck just before 2 a.m. in the 1800 block of Market Street. He faces four years in state prison if convicted of the single felony count.

Gordon, an operations manager for Tiffany’s and married father of two young twin girls, was heading home from a friend’s party when he was killed, News 8 reported.

Police said a 2008 GMC Envoy struck Gordon as he was crossing the street and dragged him more than 100 feet down the roadway, according to Sgt. Victoria Houseman. He died at the scene.

Deputy District Attorney Jessica Paugh said Nunez left his work at around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, but did not get into his car until around 1:30 a.m. It’s unknown where he was during that two-hour time span.

Paugh said after getting behind the wheel and driving off, Nunez nearly clipped two pedestrians prior to striking Gordon. The prosecutor said Nunez was driving at least 55 mph when he hit Gordon and continued down Market Street.

“He did not brake. He did not stop. All this is on video surveillance,” Paugh said.

A short time later, Nunez allegedly stopped and bought food at Humberto’s Taco Shop in the 1000 block of 25th Street, about a half-mile from the site of the traffic fatality, police said.

Paugh said witnesses at the restaurant saw Nunez inspecting his vehicle, which still had blood on its hood when he was arrested at an Oak Park home three days later. The SUV also sustained damage to its headlights from the impact, according to the prosecutor.

While leaving the eatery, he backed his vehicle into a sedan and was confronted by witnesses before speeding off again, according to investigators.

In the days following the fatality, police circulated an image of Nunez at the taco shop to the public. Surveillance footage and tips from the public led investigators to identify Nunez as the suspect, according to police and prosecutors.

Paugh called Nunez’s alleged conduct “incredibly callous,” saying “there was no way this individual did not know that he struck a human being” prior to his arrival at the taco shop, where he was seen “casually ordering food.”

Defense attorney Gerardo Gonzalez said there was conflicting information regarding whether Nunez was the involved driver.

Gonzalez said Nunez — a Scripps Ranch High School graduate who is employed at a steakhouse in the Gaslamp Quarter — saw his image on the news and planned to self-surrender to authorities, but was unable to prior to his arrest by San Diego police.

After pleading not guilty to the charge, Nunez will return to court Feb. 27 for a readiness conference. He’s being held in custody on $100,000 bail.

Gordon’s wife, Katie, told reporters after the hearing that her husband was “our rock” and “cherished by friends and family across the country.” Though she was not allowed to address the court as Nunez’s bail was being argued, she told reporters that she had wanted to tell the judge, “I felt that if my husband couldn’t come home to his wife and two daughters, that this person didn’t deserve that either.”

An online donation web page established to help the victim’s family can be found at www.gofundme.com/f/jason-gordon-memorial-fund.

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Man Acquitted in Stephanie Crowe Murder Charged with Being on Prison Grounds

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A man who was previously acquitted of a 12-year-old Escondido girl’s murder was back in court Friday on charges of being a felon at a county jail.

Richard Raymond Tuite, 50, is charged with a single felony count of being an ex-con on prison grounds or adjacent lands.

Tuite was previously convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 13 years in state prison in the well-publicized case regarding the stabbing death of seventh-grader Stephanie Crowe, but his conviction was later overturned and he was acquitted in a 2013 retrial.

He’s now charged for allegedly being at a corrections facility while having prior convictions that include burglary, bribery and escape from a jail. A sheriff’s arrest log indicates he was taken into custody Wednesday at the downtown San Diego Central Jail. Details on why Tuite was at the jail were not disclosed.

A criminal complaint indicates he could face up to three years in state prison if convicted.

Tuite is being held on $20,000 bail and is due back in court Feb. 4 for a readiness conference.

Stephanie Crowe’s body was found sprawled in the doorway of her bedroom by her grandmother early on the morning of Jan. 21, 1998. She had been stabbed nine times.

Her older brother, Michael, and two of his friends, Aaron Houser and Joshua Treadway, initially were accused of committing the murder, and police extracted confessions from two of them during lengthy interrogations.

The admissions were later ruled to have been coerced, and the charges against the boys were dismissed. During Tuite’s retrial, the now-adult former suspects testified that they had no involvement in Stephanie’s violent death.

Tuite had been in the area of the Crowe residence the night the girl was killed, agitated and looking for a woman named Tracy, according to prosecutors, who contended that the disheveled and seemingly confused transient wandered into the Crowe home and attacked the girl. Investigators, however, found no physical evidence directly linking him to the crime scene.

Analysts later found the victim’s blood on two shirts that Tuite had been wearing on the day of the murder. Jurors who voted to acquit Tuite said they believed a defense theory of “contamination,” in which blood from the crime scene somehow wound up transferred onto Tuite’s clothing.

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Inland Trio Charged in Theft of $33,900 in Beauty Supplies

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A 20-year-old Perris woman accused of stealing almost $34,000 worth of beauty supplies from several Inland stores is scheduled to be arraigned on burglary and grand theft charges Monday.

Jatae Armster was arrested along with Devion Stanch and Anton Mitchell, both 19 of Moreno Valley, on Thursday accused in burglarizing several ULTA Beauty locations in Menifee, Temecula, Rialto and Fontana, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department reported.

The investigation began when deputes arrived at 10:53 a.m. at the ULTA Beauty store at 30050 Haun Road in Menifee to a report of three people entering the store and stealing a large amount of perfume and cologne, sheriff’s officials said.

Investigators later linked the trio to a string of burglaries at ULTA Beauty locations in other Inland Empire cities.

The total loss from the burglaries was $33,900, according to sheriff’s officials.

On Thursday, deputies served search warrants at locations in Perris and Moreno Valley, and arrested the three suspects.

Armster is the only of the three to not make bail. She remains jailed at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside on $10,000 bail and was scheduled to be arraigned Monday on one count each of burglary and grand theft.

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Man Charged With Killing Brother, Sister-in-Law in Alhambra

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Capital murder charges were filed Tuesday against a 42-year-old man accused of gunning down his brother and sister-in-law in an apartment in Alhambra where a child was present.

Sam Nhat Do, 42, allegedly shot his 44-year-old brother, Cuong Do, and his brother’s 38-year-old wife, Camha Nguyen Do, 38, both of Anaheim, about 7:15 p.m. last Friday. Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene in the 400 block of North Second Street, according to the coroner’s office and Cmdr. Gabriel Ponce of the Alhambra Police Department.

A child was in the apartment during the shooting, according to police, who did not say whether the youngster was the child of the suspect or victims.

The suspect, who was arrested shortly after 8:30 that night in the area of Main and Second streets, told police that he had just shot two people inside an apartment, according to a police statement.

The defendant is charged with two counts of murder and one count of child abuse, according to the District Attorney’s Office. The murder charge includes the special circumstance allegation of multiple murders.

Prosecutors will decide later whether to seek the death penalty against him.

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Man Charged With Killing Brother, Sister-in-Law in Alhambra

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Capital murder charges were filed Tuesday against a 42-year-old man accused of gunning down his brother and sister-in-law in an apartment in Alhambra in front of the victims’ 4-year-old daughter.

Sam Nhat Do, 42, allegedly shot his 44-year-old brother, Cuong Do, and his brother’s 38-year-old wife, Camha Nguyen Do, 38, both of Anaheim, about 7:15 p.m. last Friday.

Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene in the 400 block of North Second Street, according to the coroner’s office and Cmdr. Gabriel Ponce of the Alhambra Police Department.

The victims’ 4-year-old child was apparently sitting with her parents when they were killed, but the youngster was physically unharmed, according to prosecutors.

The suspect, who was arrested shortly after 8:30 that night in the area of Main and Second streets, told police that he had just shot two people inside an apartment, according to a police statement.

He is charged with two counts of murder and one count of child abuse under circumstances or conditions likely to produce great bodily injury or death, according to the District Attorney’s Office. The murder charges include the special circumstance allegation of multiple murders, along with allegations that he used a handgun in the commission of the crimes.

Prosecutors will decide later whether to seek the death penalty against Do, who was ordered to be held without bail while awaiting arraignment Feb. 26 at the Alhambra courthouse.

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Jury Selection Begins for Fallbrook Man Charged With Murder in Ex’s Slaying

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Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of a Fallbrook man accused of fatally shooting a 20-year-old woman he once dated.

Oscar Rodas, 28, is charged with murder in the Nov. 1, 2018, killing of 20-year-old Yesneia Becerril of Fallbrook.

Jury selection is expected to conclude Wednesday, with opening statements potentially starting later Wednesday morning at the Vista courthouse.

Becerril was found by San Diego County sheriff’s deputies at 12:45 a.m. Nov. 1 on the ground in the 1100 block of South Vine Street.

She was later pronounced dead at a hospital, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.

Rodas was arrested the following day at the Color Spot Nursery in Fallbrook, during which he was bitten in the leg by a sheriff’s K-9, according to the sheriff’s department.

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Man Charged in Fatal Dehasa-Area Hit-and-Run With Bicyclist

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A Julian man accused of striking a bicyclist on a rural road east of El Cajon, then fleeing the scene, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hit-and-run causing death.

Craig Wendell Nelson, a 56-year-old probationer, faces four years and eight months in state prison if convicted of causing the Jan. 20 death of 56-year-old La Mesa resident Kevin Wilson.

Nelson was heading east on Dehesa Road near Singing Hills Golf Course when his 1993 Mitsubishi Mirage veered into a bike lane east of Willow Glen Drive and hit Wilson from behind about 10:45 a.m. Jan. 20, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Wilson was taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, where was pronounced dead about an hour after the crash, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Nelson allegedly kept driving to the east and south before pulling over on Sloane Canyon Road and fleeing on foot, CHP public- affairs Officer Travis Garrow said. Officers eventually found the abandoned vehicle, and a helicopter search crew spotted Nelson in a nearby brushy area, Garrow said.

Nelson was initially set to be arraigned last week, but posted bail and was released from custody. However, following his arraignment, he was booked into county jail without bail due to multiple probation violations stemming from prior convictions, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

He’s due back in an El Cajon courtroom on Feb. 7 for a readiness conference.

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