Yet again. Another report of an illegal alien out driving illegally maiming little kids.
San Jose man arrested in hit-and-run crash that put 8-year-old in coma
Marvin Rogelio Martinez, 19, San Jose was arrested Friday for the hit-and-run accident...
Following tips from the public, San Jose police Friday tracked down and arrested a grocery store worker with no driver's license who they believe smashed his car into 8-year-old Alejandro "Alex" Casillas and the boy's father as they walked across Story Road — and then drove away.
The suspect was identified as Marvin Rogelio Martinez, 19, of San Jose.
Police said the traffic investigations unit found the man at the Suvianda Market on Story and White roads, where he worked, after anonymous tips from the public over the last two days.
"Hit-and-runs are one of the hardest crimes for us to solve,'' said Sgt. Mike Sullivan, a police spokesman, emphasizing that there had been no description of the driver. "Without the public's help or the hard work of the traffic investigations unit — and specifically detective Sarah Stephens — this sad case would not have been cracked.''
Police said Martinez was an undocumented immigrant from Honduras. It was the second time in less than eight months that an undocumented immigrant was at the wheel of a vehicle that struck a child near a San Jose school. Adrianna Fierro De Marin of San Jose faces charges after her sport-utility vehicle was involved in a fatal collision with 12-year-old Breanna Slaughter-Eck as she rode her bike home from Hoover Elementary on the last day of school. In that case, she remained at the scene of the accident.
Martinez was at large for four days before he was brought to police headquarters, interviewed and booked on a charge of felony hit-and-run. He is expected to be arraigned next week.
Police found his car — a Nissan Sentra — where the suspect dumped it on Holderman Drive, in the foothills above Mount Pleasant High School.
Meanwhile, Alex remains in a coma. His family and police say his chances for a full recovery are slim.
Minerva Cardenas, Alex's aunt, burst into tears when she heard of the arrest.
"Thank God,'' she said. "I feel that this person is not going to hurt any other kid on the street. We are waiting, praying to God for Alex to wake up. I will pray for this man, too."
About 8 a.m. Monday, Alex and his father were walking hand in hand in the crosswalk with a green light across Story at Adrian Way on their way to Mildred Goss Elementary School.
Police say a speeding car ran a red light and smashed into them. Alex flew into the air and fell to the ground. His father suffered a broken ankle, but he hobbled to Alex, cradled him in his arms and carried him from the middle of the road to the sidewalk, where he sat and waited for help to arrive.
Police got a tip Thursday that one of the employees of the East Side market was responsible for the tragic crash.
Investigators from the traffic investigations unit began to try to track down the suspect from among the employees.
Eventually they homed in on Martinez, who drove a car that fit the description of the suspect vehicle and who traveled that road daily to get to and from work. Then Friday, police got another tip, this one that the driver in the hit-and-run's first name was Marvin.
Police detained the suspect at work about 2 p.m., moving quickly because it was payday and they were concerned Martinez might flee.
They arrested him about an hour and half later, after the suspect led investigators to the dumped and damaged sedan.
Anyone wishing to donate to help the victim's family can write a check for Alejandro Casillas in care of Minerva Cardenas, Bank of America account number 05815-19484.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
CA Illegal sells daughter for beer.
Father Accused Of Selling Daughter For Beer
Police: Man Called Police After Not Getting Payments
POSTED: 10:46 am PST January 12, 2009
UPDATED: 6:40 pm PST January 12, 2009
GREENFIELD, Calif. -- A father is accused of trying to sell his 14-year-old daughter for marriage in hopes of getting money and 150 cases of beer in return, Greenfield police said.
Macelino de Jesus Martinez, 36, was arrested Monday on suspicion of trying to arrange to have his daughter marry Margarito de Jesus Galindo, 18, for $16,000, 100 cases of Corona, 50 cases of Modelo beer, several cases of meat, two cases of wine, 50 cases of Gatorade and 50 cases of soft drinks, authorities said.
The girl moved in with Galindo and when payments were not received, her father called police to get his daughter back.
Greenfield Police Chief Joe Grebmeier told KSBW Action News 8 that both Martinez and Galindo, who are immigrants from Mexico, face the possibility of being deported as illegal immigrants.
Grebmeier also said that both men didn’t fully understand that what they were doing was wrong.
Also, the girl told police that she willingly moved in with Galindo.
Arranged marriages are common in the section of Mexico where both Galindo and Martinez are from.
But California law prohibits arranged marriage where one or both of the parties have been coerced.
Galindo was arrested and booked into the Monterey County Jail on suspicion of statutory rape, and Martinez was arrested and booked on suspicion of receiving money for causing a person to cohabitate.
Grebmeier said that there have been rumors of arranged marriages taking place in the Greenfield area before, but that this was the first arrest concerning the act of human trafficking in the city that he knows of.
The case will head to the district attorney’s office Tuesday.
Police: Man Called Police After Not Getting Payments
POSTED: 10:46 am PST January 12, 2009
UPDATED: 6:40 pm PST January 12, 2009
GREENFIELD, Calif. -- A father is accused of trying to sell his 14-year-old daughter for marriage in hopes of getting money and 150 cases of beer in return, Greenfield police said.
Macelino de Jesus Martinez, 36, was arrested Monday on suspicion of trying to arrange to have his daughter marry Margarito de Jesus Galindo, 18, for $16,000, 100 cases of Corona, 50 cases of Modelo beer, several cases of meat, two cases of wine, 50 cases of Gatorade and 50 cases of soft drinks, authorities said.
The girl moved in with Galindo and when payments were not received, her father called police to get his daughter back.
Greenfield Police Chief Joe Grebmeier told KSBW Action News 8 that both Martinez and Galindo, who are immigrants from Mexico, face the possibility of being deported as illegal immigrants.
Grebmeier also said that both men didn’t fully understand that what they were doing was wrong.
Also, the girl told police that she willingly moved in with Galindo.
Arranged marriages are common in the section of Mexico where both Galindo and Martinez are from.
But California law prohibits arranged marriage where one or both of the parties have been coerced.
Galindo was arrested and booked into the Monterey County Jail on suspicion of statutory rape, and Martinez was arrested and booked on suspicion of receiving money for causing a person to cohabitate.
Grebmeier said that there have been rumors of arranged marriages taking place in the Greenfield area before, but that this was the first arrest concerning the act of human trafficking in the city that he knows of.
The case will head to the district attorney’s office Tuesday.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
CA Illegal hides gun in garage causes death of toddler
Man arrested after accidental fatal shooting of 2-year-old East Palo Alto boy
By Lisa Krieger Mercury News
Posted: 01/10/2009 01:46:38 PM PST
East Palo Alto resident Sergio Sanchez, 33, has been charged by police in connection with the accidental shooting of a toddler on January 8.
Sanchez, a previously deported felon, has been charged by East Palo Alto Police with possession of a firearm, storing a firearm in a place accessible by children, and a probation violation. He has been booked into the San Mateo County Jail.
Under California law, authorities can hold gun owners responsible for a death if they leave a weapon in an area that is accessible to children.
The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office is also reviewing possible charges of child endangerment.
In an interview with officers, Sanchez expressed sincere remorse and said he accepted full responsibility for the incident, which killed 2-year-old Andrew Grewe.
Sanchez went to the Palo Alto Police Department on Friday, saying he had received cell phone messages and seen media coverage saying he was wanted for questioning. He was delivered to the East Palo Alto Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division, where he was interviewed and arrested.
Officers said Sanchez had left the gun at a house where he had been living temporarily. Police believe he is employed at a Palo Alto-based 7Eleven store. The child, son of Star Grewe of Bedford, TX, was living at his grandmother's house on the 2200 block of Menalto Avenue of East Palo Alto to get treatment at Stanford Hospital for a medical condition
due to his premature birth.
According to his mother, the child was in a neighbor's garage at 11:10 a.m. when he was shot by a 12-year-old relative who was playing with a small rifle that he thought was a toy. Andrew was shot in the chest, rushed to the hospital and declared dead at about 11:45 p.m.
In a Friday interview with The Palo Alto Daily News, Grewe said "The gun part of it was an accident...They didn't know it was a real gun.''
The 12-year-old boy and five of his siblings are in the custody of Child Protective Services, police said. Police ask anyone with more information call the East Palo Alto Tip Line, (650) 853-8477.
By Lisa Krieger Mercury News
Posted: 01/10/2009 01:46:38 PM PST
East Palo Alto resident Sergio Sanchez, 33, has been charged by police in connection with the accidental shooting of a toddler on January 8.
Sanchez, a previously deported felon, has been charged by East Palo Alto Police with possession of a firearm, storing a firearm in a place accessible by children, and a probation violation. He has been booked into the San Mateo County Jail.
Under California law, authorities can hold gun owners responsible for a death if they leave a weapon in an area that is accessible to children.
The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office is also reviewing possible charges of child endangerment.
In an interview with officers, Sanchez expressed sincere remorse and said he accepted full responsibility for the incident, which killed 2-year-old Andrew Grewe.
Sanchez went to the Palo Alto Police Department on Friday, saying he had received cell phone messages and seen media coverage saying he was wanted for questioning. He was delivered to the East Palo Alto Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division, where he was interviewed and arrested.
Officers said Sanchez had left the gun at a house where he had been living temporarily. Police believe he is employed at a Palo Alto-based 7Eleven store. The child, son of Star Grewe of Bedford, TX, was living at his grandmother's house on the 2200 block of Menalto Avenue of East Palo Alto to get treatment at Stanford Hospital for a medical condition
due to his premature birth.
According to his mother, the child was in a neighbor's garage at 11:10 a.m. when he was shot by a 12-year-old relative who was playing with a small rifle that he thought was a toy. Andrew was shot in the chest, rushed to the hospital and declared dead at about 11:45 p.m.
In a Friday interview with The Palo Alto Daily News, Grewe said "The gun part of it was an accident...They didn't know it was a real gun.''
The 12-year-old boy and five of his siblings are in the custody of Child Protective Services, police said. Police ask anyone with more information call the East Palo Alto Tip Line, (650) 853-8477.
CO Illegal kills 2 over ipod
High school students killed as gangs brawled over stolen iPod
LANCE BENZEL
January 9, 2009 - 10:43AM
A double slaying east of Colorado Springs on Thursday was the result of a gang-related clash over a stolen iPod, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office said.
The suspect, 19-year-old Juan Vasquez, was arrested early Friday in the shooting deaths of two male high school students at a park in the Cimarron Hills area, sheriff's spokeswoman Lt. Lari Sevene said.
The victims were identified as 18-year-old Uriel Rascon and 17-year-old Luis Burciaga. Rascon attended Sierra High School, and Burciaga went to The New Horizons School, an alternative high school. Both schools are in Harrison School District 2.
Vasquez is being held in the El Paso County jail on an immigration hold placed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, jail records show.
He is due to appear in court Monday. An arrest affidavit was not available.
Autopsies determined that Rascon and Burciaga each died of a gunshot wound in the chest. They were shot with an SKS semiautomatic rifle, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office said.
Sevene said Vasquez and the two victims were members of rival gangs. They met in the Cimarron Eastridge Park off Constitution Avenue, Sevene said, in what apparently was a brawl set off by a fight involving Sand Creek High School students the day earlier over an iPod music player.
Vasquez and the two victims were "associates" of those involved in the earlier fracas, Sevene said.
Several fist fights broke out among the 20 teenagers who gathered in the vacant field between the park and a large apartment complex before the fight ended with shots being fired.
One of the teenagers died at the scene, and the other was pronounced dead about 5 p.m. at Memorial Hospital, authorities said.
Within hours, investigators traced the feud to Sand Creek, and school officials ordered a lockdown Friday morning, with three police officers and district security officers patrolling the campus.
"I'm not sure what the connections are, and I think that was an appropriate response when we received that information last night," Sand Creek Principal Mike Collins said.
Vasquez was arrested about 1:30 a.m. Friday in the vicinity of Peterson Road. He had been a student at Sand Creek "a couple of years ago" before transferring to West Valley Alternative High School, said Amanda Mountain, a spokeswoman for Falcon School District 49.
Sevene said the fight over the music player happened Wednesday near Sand Creek after school. Mountain said the fight was off-campus and that it wasn't clear whether it was related to the shooting.
Collins said that there have been no significant incidents tied to gang activity at Sand Creek in the past two years, and that school officials are instructed to crack down on gang paraphernalia and clothing.
Sheriff's investigators remained at the park Friday, using a metal detector to hunt for shell casings. Small flags marked the location of potential evidence, and extra deputies were on patrol because of the potential for retaliation.
Investigators are confident they have the only shooter involved in the attack but are still seeking witnesses to corroborate key details, such as how far Vasquez was from the victims before they were shot, Sevene said.
"We have everything from 10 feet to 12 yards," she said.
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Contact the writer: 636-0366 or lance.benzel@gazette.com.
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Gazette writers Tom Roeder and Carlyn Ray Mitchell contributed to this report.
THE VICTIMS
Louis Burciaga, 17-year-old who attended The New Horizons School, an alternative high school.
Uriel Rascon, 18-year-old who attended Sierra High School.
THE SUSPECT
Juan Vasquez, 19, was arrested early Friday in the shooting deaths of two teens.
LANCE BENZEL
January 9, 2009 - 10:43AM
A double slaying east of Colorado Springs on Thursday was the result of a gang-related clash over a stolen iPod, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office said.
The suspect, 19-year-old Juan Vasquez, was arrested early Friday in the shooting deaths of two male high school students at a park in the Cimarron Hills area, sheriff's spokeswoman Lt. Lari Sevene said.
The victims were identified as 18-year-old Uriel Rascon and 17-year-old Luis Burciaga. Rascon attended Sierra High School, and Burciaga went to The New Horizons School, an alternative high school. Both schools are in Harrison School District 2.
Vasquez is being held in the El Paso County jail on an immigration hold placed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, jail records show.
He is due to appear in court Monday. An arrest affidavit was not available.
Autopsies determined that Rascon and Burciaga each died of a gunshot wound in the chest. They were shot with an SKS semiautomatic rifle, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office said.
Sevene said Vasquez and the two victims were members of rival gangs. They met in the Cimarron Eastridge Park off Constitution Avenue, Sevene said, in what apparently was a brawl set off by a fight involving Sand Creek High School students the day earlier over an iPod music player.
Vasquez and the two victims were "associates" of those involved in the earlier fracas, Sevene said.
Several fist fights broke out among the 20 teenagers who gathered in the vacant field between the park and a large apartment complex before the fight ended with shots being fired.
One of the teenagers died at the scene, and the other was pronounced dead about 5 p.m. at Memorial Hospital, authorities said.
Within hours, investigators traced the feud to Sand Creek, and school officials ordered a lockdown Friday morning, with three police officers and district security officers patrolling the campus.
"I'm not sure what the connections are, and I think that was an appropriate response when we received that information last night," Sand Creek Principal Mike Collins said.
Vasquez was arrested about 1:30 a.m. Friday in the vicinity of Peterson Road. He had been a student at Sand Creek "a couple of years ago" before transferring to West Valley Alternative High School, said Amanda Mountain, a spokeswoman for Falcon School District 49.
Sevene said the fight over the music player happened Wednesday near Sand Creek after school. Mountain said the fight was off-campus and that it wasn't clear whether it was related to the shooting.
Collins said that there have been no significant incidents tied to gang activity at Sand Creek in the past two years, and that school officials are instructed to crack down on gang paraphernalia and clothing.
Sheriff's investigators remained at the park Friday, using a metal detector to hunt for shell casings. Small flags marked the location of potential evidence, and extra deputies were on patrol because of the potential for retaliation.
Investigators are confident they have the only shooter involved in the attack but are still seeking witnesses to corroborate key details, such as how far Vasquez was from the victims before they were shot, Sevene said.
"We have everything from 10 feet to 12 yards," she said.
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Contact the writer: 636-0366 or lance.benzel@gazette.com.
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Gazette writers Tom Roeder and Carlyn Ray Mitchell contributed to this report.
THE VICTIMS
Louis Burciaga, 17-year-old who attended The New Horizons School, an alternative high school.
Uriel Rascon, 18-year-old who attended Sierra High School.
THE SUSPECT
Juan Vasquez, 19, was arrested early Friday in the shooting deaths of two teens.
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