2012 Homicides

Charles Patrick Drew, Two-Stiker Sex Offender, Indicted for Brutal Rape and Murder of Woman

By Matt Coker Fri., May 10 2013 at 1:41 PM
Categories: 2012 Homicides, Court

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Ugly mugged sex offender Charles Patrick Drew has been indicted for the special circumstances murder of a 29-year-old woman in the course of raping her in a Stanton motel room in June of last year. Drew, 63, who has two prior strike convictions from 1995 for forcible rape and assault with a deadly weapon, faces life in state prison without the possibility of parole, although the special circumstances allegation also makes him eligible for the death penalty.

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2011 Homicides

Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo, Alleged Serial Killer of 6, Has Death-Penalty Trial Pushed to May 2014

By Matt Coker Fri., Apr. 26 2013 at 3:44 PM
Categories: 2011 Homicides, 2012 Homicides, Court, Crime-iny

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The trial of suspected serial killer Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo likely will not begin until May 2014.

While the 25-year-old Yorba Linda man accused of fatally stabbing a mother, her adult son and four homeless men has a Nov. 1 court date, his attorneys asked an Orange County Superior Court judge today for more time to prepare an insanity defense. District Attorney Tony Rackauckas previously announced he will seek the death penalty for the honorably discharged Marine.

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2012 Homicides

Daniel Nestor, Luis Ramon Llanes and Ignacio David Morales Held in Fatal Shooting of Jorge Gonzales Valdez in Placentia Alley

By Matt Coker Fri., Mar. 1 2013 at 7:00 AM
Categories: 2012 Homicides
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Three men have been arrested for the gang-related murder of Jorge Gonzales Valdez, who was gunned down in a Placentia alley Dec. 23. Daniel Nestor, 19, 25-year-old laborer Luis Ramon Llanes and Ignacio David Morales, 21, were arrested on murder, conspiracy and gang charges after a multi-agency sweep of Placentia, Anaheim, Fullerton and La Habra that resulted in several arrests for gang-related crimes.

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2012 Homicides

Sergio Camacho Gonzalez Faces Trial in Murder of Fellow Homeless Man Hit in Head with Wood

By Matt Coker Thu., Jan. 31 2013 at 8:03 AM
Categories: 2012 Homicides, Court, Crime-iny
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Trial is scheduled to begin today for a homeless man accused of murdering another homeless man by conking him on the head with a piece of wood.

Sergio Camacho Gonzalez, 39, is charged with felony murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon that could fetch him up to 26 years to life in state prison with a conviction.

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Crime-iny

10 Really Bad Orange County Boyfriends eHarmonizers and Match.commers Must Avoid

By Matt Coker Fri., Dec. 28 2012 at 2:14 PM
Categories: 2010 Homicides, 2012 Homicides, Court, Crime-iny
Please see the writer's note and correction on the next page.

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Today's arraignment of Cheyene Fuimaono for allegedly murdering his girlfriend's toddler son reminded me that I wanted to slap together a list of 10 Orange Countians who proved to be really bad boyfriends in 2012.

Match.comming eHarmonizers take note of the results after the jump . . .

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2012 Homicides

[UPDATED with Arraignment:] Malik Perez, OC Homicide No. 47: Cheyenne Mateo Fuimaono Held in Murder of Baby with Bite Marks, Bruises

By Matt Coker Fri., Dec. 28 2012 at 10:09 AM
Categories: 2012 Homicides, Crime-iny
See the update at the end of this post about today's scheduled arraignment of Cheyenne Mateo Fuimaono on murder and child assault charges.

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ORIGINAL POST, DEC. 4, 7:01 A.M.: When, according to the Buena Park Police Department, Cheyenne Mateo Fuimaono admitted to officers he had inflicted injuries to an 18-month-old boy clinging to life at Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) Friday afternoon, he was arrested on suspicion on attempted murder.

The Orange County Coroner announced Saturday the baby died from his injuries, and the charge against the Buena Park 21-year-old was upgraded to murder.

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2012 Homicides

Jorge Gonzales Valdez, OC Homicide No. 48: Gang Shooter(s) Suspected

By Matt Coker Wed., Dec. 26 2012 at 9:13 AM
Categories: 2012 Homicides, Crime-iny, Where you from?
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Several people heard gunshots near the 600 block of Placentia's Center Street Sunday morning and called 9-1-1. Officers arrived to a nearby alley around 5:20 a.m. to find Jorge Gonzales Valdez suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, and the Placentia 24-year-old later died despite the life-saving efforts of police and paramedics.

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[UPDATED with Jail Release:] Peter Gregory Chadwick, Millionaire Accused of Murdering Wife, Has Charges Reduced

By Matt Coker Thu., Dec. 20 2012 at 1:41 PM
Categories: 2012 Homicides, Court, Crime-iny
See the update at the end of this post about Peter Gregory Chadwick being released from custody.

ORIGINAL POST, DEC. 19, 11:15 A.M.: The spousal murder charges against Peter Gregory Chadwick, the U.K.-born real estate investor whose name fits his monicled-millionaire status, have been reduced, according to court documents.

But this is not a case of the rich really not being like you and me--they have spousal murder charges reduced. No, no, chum-chum: prosecutors simply concede they don't have the evidence to make a murder for financial gain special circumstance stick.

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2012 Homicides

Matt Bors, Cartoonist Featured in the Weekly, Gets Targeted by Sandy Hook Shooting Trolls

By Matt Coker Mon., Dec. 17 2012 at 10:42 AM
Categories: 2012 Homicides, Crime-iny, OC Media, Politics
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The evils of social media dragged an OC Weekly contributor into the middle of Friday's mass shootings in Newtown, Connecticut.

Portland, Oregon-based Matt Bors, whose cartoons you may recall from our Hey, You! column--and whose work has also graced the Los Angeles Times, The Nation and Village Voice, among other pubs--had the misfortune of having as a Facebook friend the man originally named as the killer.

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2012 Homicides

Jeamy Beatriz Melendez, Issac Angel Martinez, Ricardo Alcala Held in Edgar Omar Sura Killing

By Matt Coker Mon., Dec. 3 2012 at 10:48 AM
Categories: 2012 Homicides, Crime-iny, Where you from?
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Three people have been arrested for the Oct. 19 murder in Santa Ana of Edgar Omar Sura, 20, of Anaheim.

That's not all: Jeamy Beatriz Melendez, 23, Ricardo Alcala, 23, and Issac Angel Martinez, 25, are also accused of shooting at undercover Garden Grove police officers on Nov. 13, when no one was hit, fortunately.

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