Homicide suspect found hiding behind gas station, Yolo County Sheriffâs Office says Share Updated: 10:48 AM PDT Jun 9, 2021 KCRA Staff Share Updated: 10:48 AM PDT Jun 9, 2021
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Show Transcript THE YOLO COUNTY SHERIFF CAUGHT A SUSPECT WANTED FOR A HOMICIDE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WHITTIER POLICE SUSPECT RORTBE PUGA IN A HOMICIDE THERE, AND THEY SAY HE ESCAPED TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. YOLOOU CNTY DEPUTIES TRACKED HIM DOWN TO THE TOWN OF DUNNIGAN, WHERE THEY SAY HE WAS HIDING BEHIND A GAS STATION. HEâS NOW IN CUSTODY AT THE
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Members of the Los Angeles Strike Force arrested eight defendants named in a federal grand jury indictment that alleges a drug trafficking organization operating in Los Angeles and Riverside counties distributed large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl and other narcotics across the United States.
The defendants arrested today – and nine others who are still being sought by authorities – are charged in a 20-count indictment that outlines an 18-month investigation that led to multiple seizures of narcotics, firearms and approximately $1.5 million in drug proceeds.
The indictment alleges that the drug ring was headed by Rigoberto Sanchez Martinez, 36, of Perris, who obtained wholesale quantities of narcotics, oversaw their storage, and coordinated distribution of the drugs to locations that included the states of Washington and New York. Martinez was one of the eight defendants arrested this morning.
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LOS ANGELES Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said Friday he will not seek the death penalty for an admitted gang member who killed a police officer as well as his own cousin.
Michael Christopher Mejia, 30, is awaiting trial on charges stemming from the Feb. 20, 2017 crime spree.
One of Mejia’s victims was Officer Keith Boyer, 53, of the Whittier Police Department. He was responding to a report of a traffic collision in which Mejia had been involved.
Officer Keith Boyer (Whittier Police Department)
Mejia shot Boyer and Officer Patrick Hazell, while trying to flee the scene of the crash. Hazell survived a gunshot wound to the abdomen.