3 suspects charged with theft, however not homicide, in Pasadena slaying at scenic overlook – Orange County Register
Three members of an alleged road gang, together with one linked to a murder in Pasadena earlier this week, have been arraigned on theft expenses Friday, July 28, in Los Angeles County Superior Courtroom.
Wendy Sarai Cerritos, 21, Rossel Jose Hernandez, 20, and Luis Ventura, 24 have been every charged with a number of counts of second-degree theft, in keeping with the prison grievance obtained by the Southern California Information Group.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division’s Inmate Locator indicated each Cerritos and Hernandez remained in county jail as of Friday evening, July 28. Bail for the 2 defendants was reportedly set at $2 million.
Prosecutors really useful a $150,000 bail for Ventura. He was not listed as being held in a county facility.
In line with charging paperwork, Ventura allegedly robbed Jessie Enrique Munoz, whom Pasadena police have mentioned was fatally shot early Saturday at a scenic overlook on Angeles Crest Freeway, and a feminine passenger, who was not injured within the assault.
The District Legal professional’s Workplace charged each Cerritos and Hernandez with 4 counts of theft for different alleged assaults that occurred on July 18 and July 20. Particulars of these robberies weren’t disclosed.
The murder case stays beneath investigation and might be reviewed over the weekend for the submitting of doable expenses, Venusse Navid, a spokesperson for the District Legal professional’s Workplace, mentioned Friday.
All whole, Pasadena police have arrested six folks in a string of botched Los Angeles County robberies that allegedly led to Munoz’s slaying on July 22, and that of Jorge Ramos, 36, and TaylorRaven Whittaker, 26, who have been found early Monday in a bullet-riddled automotive parked in loads above overlooking Pelican Cove in Rancho Palos Verdes.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division has not but filed a case with the District Legal professional’s Workplace for the Rancho Palos Verdes slayings, Navid mentioned
In each homicides, authorities consider the suspects sought out automobiles parked at scenic and secluded overlooks all through Los Angeles County with the intent of robbing the occupants.
The seek for the suspects started Saturday, July 22, when the California Freeway Patrol, responding to what they thought was a visitors collision, discovered Munoz’s broken sedan off the Angeles Crest Freeway. He apparently had pushed off throughout a confrontation along with his assailants. The case was turned over to the Pasadena Police Division’s Theft/Murder Unit on the time.
Two days later, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies checking on a 9-1-1 name found Ramos’ sedan within the beachside car parking zone alongside Palos Verdes Drive South. He and Whittaker, with whom he was relationship, have been each useless inside.
Pasadena police Lt. Keith Gomez, throughout a press convention Wednesday, mentioned investigators consider the instances in Pasadena and Rancho Palos Verdes are linked, however declined to elaborate.
The detectives in Pasadena used undisclosed know-how to determine two suspects and a suspect car as a part of their investigation into the killing of Munoz.
Pasadena assembled a crew that included officers from the U.S. Marshals Service and the Los Angeles Police Division to apprehend the suspects Tuesday evening. Helicopters tailed their car for greater than an hour by Los Feliz, Burbank, and into the San Fernando Valley earlier than the choice was made to hold out the arrest at about 10:15 p.m. in Panorama Metropolis.
