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Merced Sun Star ||
16-Dec-2014
MERCED - A homicide case from 2010 was postponed again this week after two witnesses testified during a preliminary hearing in Merced County Superior Court. Carlos Anthony Gallegos, 29, of Salinas, has pleaded not guilty to murder and carjacking in the death of Jorge Luis Zamora, 54, who was found shot to death June 29, 2010, in his apartment on I Street in Los Banos. Officers discovered the body ...
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Merced Sun Star ||
16-Oct-2014
MERCED - A trial was scheduled Thursday for a man charged with killing a Los Banos resident in 2010. Carlos Anthony Gallegos, 29, of Salinas, has pleaded not guilty to to murder and carjacking in the death of Jorge Luis Zamora. Zamora, 54, was found shot dead June 29, 2010, in his apartment on I Street in Los Banos. Police discovered the body after neighbors reported an odor coming from his home, ...
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Merced Sun Star ||
15-Jul-2014
MERCED - Closing arguments were heard Tuesday in the case against a Dos Palos teenager charged with killing a rival gang member last year. Ryan O. Suarez, 16, has pleaded not guilty to killing John Cordero-Juarez on June 23, 2013, at Reynolds Park in South Dos Palos. If convicted, the teenager, who has been charged as an adult, faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison. A jury of ...
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Merced Sun Star ||
9-Jul-2014
MERCED - The key witness in a gang-related homicide trial testified Wednesday that the teenage defendant opened fire in a South Dos Palos park, stood over the fallen body of John Cordero-Juarez and fired again. That, however, is a different story than she told in January during a preliminary hearing in the case against 16-year-old Ryan O. Suarez, according to the defense attorney. Opening ...
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Los Banos Enterprise ||
7-Mar-2014
Justin Nappi, 22, reads a statement before being sentenced Thursday to seven years in a state prison for the 2012 DUI death of Jayden Thomas, 10. LOS BANOS - Justin Nappi was sentenced in a Los Banos courtroom Thursday to seven years in prison in the 2012 DUI death of a 10-year-old headed home from a youth football game. Nappi, who has accumulated 577 days credit, will likely serve about five ...
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Merced Sun Star ||
6-Mar-2014
MERCED - Two men charged with assaulting Merced police officers last month returned to jail Thursday after a judge increased their bail at a hearing in Merced County Superior Court. Judge Marc A. Garcia on Thursday raised bail from $76,000 to $250,000 for Nathan Schindler and Michael Stucky, both 24, according to the court clerk’s office. David Elgin, the supervising deputy district attorney ...
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Merced Sun Star ||
14-Jan-2014
MERCED - Two men accused of stealing nine urns filled with human remains are scheduled to appear today in Merced Superior Court. Marc Reid, 55, is scheduled to go to trial Tuesday before Judge Mark V. Bacciarin Alleged co-conspirator Richard Madsen, 68, is scheduled to receive his trial date today, according to court records. Both men have pleaded not guilty to more than a dozen felony charges in ...
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