November 22 – Santa Barbara County After one has been engaged in a criminal violation, arrested, jailed, tried in a court of law, convicted of that crime, sentenced to state prison for that crime, served the prescribed amount of time, and then ultimately released from custody and placed on parole for a period of time, a reasonable person might be very careful not to commit any further crimes simply to avoid repeating that difficult cycle and winding up behind bars once again.

It appears that Antonino Alexis Hernandez, 30, may not be that “reasonable person” if allegations of his activities on the evening of November 20^th bear any resemblance to the truth of events occurring on the streets of Santa Maria at approximately 8:45 p.m.

It was at that time, according to Santa Maria Police Department spokesman Sgt. Steve Lopez, Hernandez summarily climbed into a truck being used by a sub-contracted road maintenance crew and made a sincere effort to drive away with it. Perhaps realizing that without the company truck the crew would be walking back to the office with some explaining to do, the driver responsible for the vehicle “contacted Hernandez and prevented him from driving away,” Lopez euphemistically reported.

At that point things became personal and combative, as Hernandez assaulted the driver, striking him. 911 Emergency calls soon brought black-and-whites to the scene, officers arrived to find the driver’s co-workers had prevented the theft of their truck and physically detained Hernandez.

Hernandez was taken into custody and transported to Santa Barbara County Jail where he was booked on suspicion of car-jacking and parole violation.

Photo: Courtesy Santa Barbara County Jail Booking

November 25 – VENTURA  After midnight on a Monday, the streets of Ventura normally carry only the lightest of traffic. Given that reality, any car cruising the city’s thoroughfares in the wee morning hours is likely to be observed by any patrolling police black-and-white in the vicinity.

This is exactly what happened at approximately 2:00 a.m. on Telegraph Road when, according to the Ventura Police Department Watch Commander’s report to the media, “a patrol officer saw a vehicle commit a traffic violation” on the east side of town. As per routine, a traffic stop attempt ensued.

But breaking away from the routine, the suspect vehicle suddenly accelerated down the empty street in a transparent attempt to evade law enforcement and the chase was on. Quickly reaching speeds in excess of 70 mph, the suspect vehicle led the pursuing black-and-white through the city and into the unincorporated area of Ventura County and abruptly came to a halt, whereupon the suspect driver—Mauricio Yepez, a 21-year old resident of Oxnard—alighted from the vehicle and proceeded to demonstrate his running speed.

By then, the pursuing officer had called for backup resources and was soon joined by other patrol units as well as K-9 “personnel” who generally like nothing more than an opportunity to hunt down and chase a fleeing suspect. Ultimately, Yepez was tracked to a residential backyard in Saticoy, where he was subdued by the K-9 unit and taken into custody. Yepez was then transported to Ventura County Jail where he was booked on charges of possessing a stolen vehicle, possession of a controlled substance, and evading arrest.

No stranger to the county lock-up, Yepez was arrested just three weeks ago on similar charges. He was booked on Halloween night for vehicle theft, possession of burglary tools, and possession of a controlled substance and a drug without a prescription. He faced a milder charge of being under the influence back in September as well.

An ex-firefighter accused of stealing from his former employer, the City of Woodland, is scheduled to be arraigned in Yolo Superior Court on December 12.

Woodland Police suspect Dominic Norman, 41, of misusing a credit card his employer issued to purchase a variety of items for his personal use. WPD spokesman Lieutenant Anthony Cucchi said the purchases amounted to approximately $800.00.

Norman was arrested on November 13. Although he made the purchases in 2013, “it took a little while before it came to light,” Lieutenant Cucchi admitted. Woodland Chief Dan Bellini, who runs both the city’s police and fire departments, stated that Norman had worked for the WFD from 2006 until he resigned on October 2, 2014. It has yet to be determined whether Norman was on- or off-duty when he made the purchases in question.

Since the purchases involved public funds, Lieutenant Cucchi said, Norman will be arraigned on felony charges.

Norman has a history of heroism with the department prior to this incident. He was recognized by the Red Cross in 2012 when they stated “A Professional Rescuer award went to Dominic Norman because he went beyond his normal duties to help a mother through the emotional turmoil of losing her 3-year-old in an automobile collision.” He was then recognized as the Rescuer of the Year. In 2006 he was also recognized with a team of four for rescuing a man from a burning trailer.

It was perhaps a minor miracle that Carissa Carpenter, 51, actually showed up for her arraignment in Federal Court to plead not guilty to charges she had bilked investors in a movie studio that never got built out of $5 million.

Appearing in court on schedule has proved challenging for Carpenter over past decades. Public records show, according to the Sacramento Bee, she has “…blamed health concerns when seeking court delays or explaining unpaid debt, citing cancer, blood clots, heart attacks, pacemaker problems or bypass surgery for her…daughter.”

At her Federal Court appearance on November 20, she was uncharacteristically subdued, according to the Bee, and even unresponsive when approached for a comment in the courthouse cafeteria. Her courthouse demeanor sharply contrasted with her flamboyant performance at the March 12 meeting of the Dixon City Council. “We did it…It is time for Morning View to move forward.”

Morning View was a $2.8 billion concept for “an eco-friendly movie studio with multiple sound stages, influxes of A-List celebrities in the small farm town, and plentiful construction and permanent union jobs”. The 300 acres of farm land upon which the Hollywood-caliber, state-of-the-art studio was to materialize remains, today, 300 acres of farm land.

At the time, Dixon City Manager Jim Lindley announced that his office had performed exhaustive “due diligence” and then declared Morning View would be “a big boon for us.”

Carpenter claimed she had invested hundreds of millions of dollars of her own money in Morning View and had support of well-connected celebrities in her quest to bring Hollywood to Dixon. Federal prosecutors say that, in fact, a tiny number of Hollywood figures were only peripherally involved and that Carpenter took investors’ money to finance her extravagant lifestyle.

Appointed a public defender in the case, Carpenter is scheduled to return to Federal Court on February 12 for her next hearing.

After a Davis Police raid of their home, a Davis couple has been arrested following discovery of illegal drugs and firearms in their residence located along the 1000 block of L Street. Four children were also living there.

Two weapons police found in Cooper’s possession. (Davis PD)

Raymond Allen Cooper, 43, and Susanna Cooper, 42, were taken into custody shortly after they were served search warrants by the Davis Police Department’s Special Assignment and Focused Enforcement (SAFE) task force at the residence. SAFE officers also served search warrants at a related residence on Reddick Road in Dixon, according to a DPD press release.

Officers stated they found loaded weapons and a large amount of methamphetamine inside both houses. The suspects were booked into and lodged at Yolo County Jail on charges related to drug and firearm possession as well as child endangerment.

Yolo County Child Protective Services took charge of the children, who range in age from 6 to 17. Raymond Cooper’s recent previous arrests were two in 2011 when he was charged with possession of controlled substance for sale and drug paraphernalia, along with probation and parole violations.

A watchful citizen alerting Roseville Police Department led to officers putting a burglary suspect behind bars, according to an official weekly crime report.

Joseph Anthony Siino III, 29, of Folsom was reportedly arrested on suspicion of burglary, possession of heroin, and several other related charges.

According to Roseville PD, at about 1:08 am on Friday, November 21, officers responded to a citizen’s call about suspicious activity — a man reportedly walking around an apartment complex in the 1400 block of Kingswood Drive, shining a flashlight into parked vehicles. The witness gave officers a description of the suspicious man and his SUV.

Officers reportedly found the SUV across the street in the parking lot of another apartment complex, and made contact with the driver. They discovered the SUV was packed full of stolen mail, checks, credit cards, and other items taken during vehicle burglaries and mailbox thefts in Roseville, Rocklin, Citrus Heights and Folsom.

Joseph Anthony Siino III booking photo

Just over a month before, on October 15, Siino was picked up in the Sacramento area on charges of vehicle theft, possession of stolen property, and resisting arrest. He was arrested by a California Highway Patrol officer in Carmichael. At that time he reported a home address in Sacramento, just two miles from where he was arrested. Records show an extensive arrest history dating back at least to 2008, when he was charged with forgery. That was followed by arrests for burglary, possession of stolen property, and a switch blade, all in 2008. 2009 saw arrests for robbery and possession of stolen property. And in 2011 she was charged with possession of a controlled substance, paraphernalia, a syringe, and ammunition (prohibited by his past felon status.) According to his Facebook page, that was followed by a stint with the French Foreign Legion (or at least a trip to Europe.)

Crimevoice staff contributed to this report

Some concerned citizens in the East Roseville area came to the aid of their neighbor, helping lead to the apprehension of an attempted burglary suspect, according to an official weekly crime report issued by the Roseville Police Department.

Anthony Leonard Martinez, 58, of Loomis was reportedly arrested on suspicion of attempted burglary and a Placer County warrant for DUI.

According to Roseville PD, just before 5 pm on Sunday, November 23, a man entered a resident’s backyard in the 2400 block of Valley Forge Way, and reportedly attempted to open the rear sliding door. The residents, who did not know the man, ran out their front door to get help. Neighbors came to the aid of the residents, confronting the intruder who reportedly appeared intoxicated and combative. Officers arrived on the scene and took the suspect into custody with the help of a K9.

Officers from the Roseville Police Department reportedly arrested two individuals early this week during an early morning burglary prevention patrol in the Lead Hill area, according to an official weekly crime report.

Jerry Lloyd Curtis, 32, and Charlotte Helena Curtis, 29, both of Stockton, were reportedly arrested on suspicion of child endangerment, possessing stolen property and possessing drug paraphernalia.

According to Roseville PD, at 3 am on Monday, November 24, officers were conducting the patrol in the 1900 block of Douglas Boulevard when they noticed a pickup truck, which was pulling a rental trailer, pull up next to a business. While detaining the couple, officers searched the truck and trailer, and found drugs and drug paraphernalia, as well as dozens of plastic pallets — frames used to stack and move cargo — that has reportedly just been stolen from behind a store a few blocks away. Officers returned the stolen pallets to the store.

Additionally, officers also found three children in the back seat of the truck. Officers reportedly turned the children over to the care of children’s protective services.

November 26 – Santa Barbara – It’s common knowledge that being a residential landlord isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. Sure, there’s the delight of receiving monthly income in the form of rent checks from tenants, but when those tenants are openly and actively engaged in illegal activities, your real property can become the focus of unsolicited law enforcement attention.

Kathleen Lino, David Gregorio, and Efrain Lopez.

According to Santa Barbara Police Department Public Information Officer Sgt. Riley Harwood, a residence near downtown Santa Barbara has fallen under official scrutiny as “over the course of several months the Santa Barbara Police Department’s Narcotics Unit received citizen complaints about frequent drug-related foot traffic” at the home.

With neighbors expressing concern about the influx of criminal activity in the area and demanding police intervention, “investigation by SBPD Narcotics detectives, Gang Suppression Team officers, and Criminal Impact Team officers” indicated that a portion of the property in question—while under construction—had been knowingly rented by the landlord to tenants presumptively involved in the use and sale of controlled substances from the property. The natural upshot of this commercial enterprise, naturally, was that numerous customers for controlled substances and illegal drugs had developed an ongoing collective presence at the property.

Luz Zapian, Tamme Dishion, and Evette Vargas.

Pursuant to surveillance and investigation, detectives served a search warrant on the premises on November 19^th and 20^th. On those occasions, no fewer than 25 individuals were contacted by police, including a 15-year old female who had been previously reported as a missing person.

While the minor female was safely returned to her family, a number of folks were arrested and booked into Santa Barbara County Jail, including:

• Rodolfo Garcia, 28, for violation of probation and vandalism, booked on a no-bail hold.
• Julio Jose Ochoa, 23, for violation of probation and possession of metal knuckles, booked on a no-bail hold.
• David Calixtro-Fuentes, 25, booked for failure to appear and possession of controlled substance, with bail set at $5,000.
• Kathleen Deanna Lino, 26, cited for possession of methamphetamine and possession of narcotics paraphernalia.
• David Toscano Gregorio, 43, cited for possession of methamphetamine and possession of narcotics paraphernalia.
• Efrain Ward Lopez Jr., 27, possession of methamphetamine and possession of a knife in plain view in public.
• Luz Maria Zapian, 23, for possession of narcotics paraphernalia.
• Tamme Anne Dishion, 47, for being under the influence of a controlled substance.
• Evette Ann Vargas, 38, for resisting or delaying an officer.

Harwood noted in his report that “the property owner was warned about maintaining a public nuisance.”  Ah, the joys of a landlord…

Photos: Courtesy Santa Barbara County Jail Booking

27-year-old John Thomas Conlon Jr. of San Jose pleaded no contest to charges under PC 459-460 auto burglary, and PC 530.5(a), unauthorized use of personal information, on Friday, November 21.

Conlon entered a business located at 240 N. Capital Ave, in San Jose. Using a stolen credit card, Conlon attempted to pay for items, and also tried to receive information regarding the person he had taken the credit card from during the time of purchase.

Conlon also faces additional charges for VC 10851, Auto theft, PC 25400 (A), carrying a concealed firearm, and possession of a controlled substance under H&S 11377(a), and PC 466 Possession of burglary tools.

Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to East San Jose to make a report on a prior auto burglary. The victim had parked her vehicle in the roadway near her home, but when she approached she noticed that her window was smashed and her purse stolen. Several bank credit cards and other cards had been stolen along with ten dollars but no other items were taken. But an empty cigarette pack was left in the front seat. Deputies dusted the cigarette pack for fingerprints and were able to retrieve two prints.

Then on July 27, purchases were made on her Capital One credit card at Starbucks located at McKee Road in San Jose. Then reports of charges began to ring up for $130.00 at Target, $97.44 at DD&S, with another $153.85 charged at Home Depot.

The total amount of charges rang up to over $530.00. With surveillance video and proof of the theft, Deputies were able to identify the suspect as John Conlon Jr.

During a traffic stop in Sunnyvale, Conlon was identified as a passenger in the car, and a Probable Cause Felony Affidavit was filed into the Wanted Persons System. Conlon was soon located at his home and arrested and booked into the Santa Clara County Main jail.

At his Nov 21 hearing, Conlon acknowledged his sentence of 5-years and 8-months to serve his time consecutively in prison for the auto burglary and credit card theft. He has already served eight months for the crime.

November 24 – Ventura County – It’s a rare occasion indeed—and perhaps the perfect Thanksgiving story–when the wheels of justice grind to a halt and shift into reverse gear, but on November 19^th, Ventura District Attorney Greg Totten made public the official release from prison of Michael Ray Hanline after his 36 years of incarceration.

Hanline, now 68 years of age, was sentenced by a Ventura County jury in 1980 to a sentence of life without the possibility of parole for the 1978 shooting of J.T. McGarry, a Ventura resident.

January 2014

After decades of work by a dedicated team of lawyers at the California Innocence Project which revealed unmatched DNA evidence, the suppression of exculpatory evidence by police and prosecutors at Hanline’s trial, as well as other prosecutorial and judicial errors, in 2010 U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Wistrich issued a recommendation that Hanline’s conviction be overturned, saying “the prosecution was so successful in violating the trial court’s orders and its constituionial obligation that by the time the exculpatory evidence came to light nearly three decades later many of the important witnesses had died or disappeard.”

Four more years of prosecutorial wrangling ensued, during which time DNA testing and investigations were conducted, and on November 24^th , while granting his release, D.A. Totten announced that “the conviction integrity process has not concluded that Hanline is factually innocent” and that his team will “continue to evaluate the evidence to determine how to proceed.”

Be that as it may, Michael Ray Hanline walked into the light of freedom after serving 36 years behind bars, whispering “It’s hard to believe.”

Indeed it is.

Photos: Courtesy California Innocence ProjectHanline, Ventura County Jail Booking,

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Fire Department Tried Life Saving Procedures

WATSONVILLE—On the evening when many people are heading out of town to gather with family, the Watsonville Police Department was investigating the pre-Thanksgiving Day murder of a teenager.

On Wednesday November 26, at 6:20 p.m., the Watsonville Fire Department notified the Watsonville Police that a young man had been shot multiple times and was found near the intersection of Ross Avenue and Airport Boulevard.

The Fire Department was the first to respond because they heard the shots from the firehouse located on Airport Boulevard. As they went outside to investigate, they saw the victim attempting to wave down vehicles for help.

While notifying the Police Department, they immediately started emergency procedures in an effort to save the young man’s life. The victim was life-flighted to a Bay Area trauma center, but was pronounced dead prior to their arrival.

A preliminary investigation concluded that Watsonville Police Department Investigators are looking for an older model two-door Honda Civic seen leaving the scene with a heavyset dark skinned male passenger inside.

The shooting appears to be gang related but the exact motive has yet to be determined.  The name and age of the victim has not been released until his family has been notified.

“We are also working closely with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, who is also investigating a shooting the happened an hour earlier, near Bowker Road.” Watsonville Police Lieutenant Saul Gonzalez wrote,” No one was hurt in that incident and it remains unclear if the two are related.”

The Watsonville Police Department is asking that if anyone has information about this incident should call the Watsonville Police Department’s Investigation Unit at 831-768-3350.

The second suspect sought by Woodland police in a case of cat abuse and child endangerment was taken into custody and charged on November 19.

Katrina Emma Gamble, 38, pleaded not guilty to felony charges in Yolo Superior Court on that date, according to court records, reported The Davis Enterprise. She is scheduled to return to court on December 10 for a preliminary hearing. Her co-defendant in the case, Jack Louis Dearing III, 41, will also appear in court on that date.

The residence in located on a large towing and auto dismantling yard next to the railroad tracks.

Gamble and Dearing stand accused of confining more than 40 domestic felines in their business and residence on North Pioneer Avenue in Woodland. Dearing runs, or is employed by LJ’s Towing in Woodland. The residence was also at the time occupied by two children, ages 3 and 4. The abused animals were discovered by Yolo County Child Protective Services during a welfare check on September 30.

Authorities allege that Gamble and Dearing “did inflict…unjustifiable pain and suffering” on the children. The animal abuse charge addresses the fact that the couple did not care properly for the cats. According to Yolo County Chief Animal Services Officer Vicky Fletcher, the cats were “closed up in a very small room with no ventilation.“ Fletcher also stated that all but five of the cats have now been placed in homes.

Gamble, court records show, has previously been convicted of animal abuse, for which she served probation as punishment. Gamble is currently lodged in the confines of the Yolo County Jail in lieu of $90,000 bail, The Davis Enterprise reported.

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Last February Armando Arias Gonzalez, 39, was arrested following an accident in Davis which resulted in the death of an elderly woman driver. He faces a single murder charge as well as charges of felony hit-and-run along with five counts of perjury.

Gonzalez was driving along Covell Boulevard near Baywood Lane in North Davis when he struck the vehicle driven by Ruth D. Morales, 85, of Vacaville. Her car subsequently ran into a roadside tree. Firefighters extricated her from the car using “the jaws of life.” She was transported to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. She died of her injuries there hours later.

In the midst of responding to that emergency, Davis Police officers learned of another collision that had taken place minutes later at the intersection of Covell Boulevard and Pole Line Road a few blocks away. Two people received non-life-threatening injuries in that crash. Upon responding to the second accident, officers discovered Gonzalez attempting to flee that crime scene. The officers determined that Gonzalez also had fled the scene of the first accident in which Ms. Morales’s car was hit and did not aid the then grievously injured woman.

After prosecutors stated they needed more time to prepare their case, Visiting Judge Arvid Johnson rescheduled Gonzalez’s trial for February 23, 2015. Meanwhile he remains lodged without bail in the Yolo County Jail.

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Roseville—Police are warning the public to be aware of two recent scams—the “big check” and the “phony warrant” fraudulent schemes—the latter one complete with sound effects.

This past week, a Roseville resident received a call from someone identifying themselves as Lt. Greg Allen of the Placer County Sheriff’s Office. In the background, a radio scanner was heard giving the impression that the call was actually coming from the Sheriff’s Office, when it was not.

The scammer told the Roseville woman that she had failed to appear for jury duty and that a warrant for her arrest had been issued. No such notice had been sent to the woman prior to this call.

The phony Lt. Allen then told her she could pay a fine immediately to rectify the situation by purchasing MoneyPak Green Dot prepaid cash card from a drugstore and reading the numbers to him over the phone. The scam artist also knew details about this woman such as her previous address and names of family members. The woman followed instructions and ended up losing thousands of dollars.

Another Roseville resident—the owner of a dog-sitting service—was the victim of the big check scam. An unsolicited check in a large amount was sent to her requesting her services. She was instructed to deposit the check into her account and to keep a portion for dog-sitting services (that never transpired) and to send the remainder back to the check sender using MoneyPak Green Dot cards.

The check was fraudulent and the scam resulted in this resident losing the money she had spent on the cards.

Victim Trusted Her Instincts And Called Police

SALINAS—This time of the year there are legitimate solicitors looking for donations for all kinds of different charities. But if anyone shows up at your door with no identification, please don’t let them in the house.

On Wednesday November 26, The Salinas Police Department was notified about a man going door–to-door claiming to be testing the water in the area of North Salinas. But a search of the area did not produce any suspects.

In the preliminary investigation, the victim told police that a hispanic man in his late 40’s, around 6-foot, thin build with an acne complexion and wearing a black leather jacket and dark color jeans knocked on her door claiming to be there to test her water. The victim thought this was odd because she did not have any problems with her water. The victim looked at the suspect through a peephole in the door and saw that he did not have any identification. “He called her by name and requested to be let in to test the water” recalled the victim.

She felt very uneasy about this because he knew her name. She recalls that he even told her that it was a good idea not to open the door to strangers, but that it was OK because he was fine. She called the police but the suspect left before they arrived.

“We searched the area but did not fine anyone matching the description. While we do not know this man’s intentions, it is clear that he had no business knocking on this woman’s door requesting to be let inside.”  A Salinas Police Spokesperson wrote in a press release, “She trusted her instincts and refused to open the door.”

The Salinas Police Department reminds people that if you see something suspicious, trust your instinct and call police.

RANCHO MURIETA—Police have arrested a 21-year-old Sacramento man responsible for an early morning shooting on Wednesday, November 26 at a bonfire gathering.

Julian Ikaika Sebalabarraza was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail for felony assault with a deadly weapon and an outstanding felony warrant. At least one person was injured by the gunfire at the gathering that occurred on the outskirts of Rancho Murieta and Sloughhouse in Sacramento County. Detectives are reportedly not authorizing the release of his booking photo at this time due to the immediate need of the photograph for follow up investigation.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a shooting in the area of Meiss and Dillard Roads just after 3:00 a.m. on Wednesday.

When deputies arrived, they discovered an illegal bonfire on private property near the location, and several vehicles involved in a crashes. The driver of one vehicle had been shot in the arm. One passenger, a pregnant woman, was not injured in the accident.

Investigators determined that 10 to 20 people, ranging in ages from 17 years to 24 years, had gathered on the property without the owner’s permission. An argument erupted that resulted in one man being shot in the arm and another being pistol whipped by the shooter.

One of the women at the gathering, Micaela Pauls, told media they were about to leave the bonfire when they discovered their car tire had been slashed. Pauls heard multiple gunshots while she was attempting to change the tire.

As people started rushing to leave the area, one vehicle slammed into the open driver side door of Pauls’ vehicle. On Meiss Road, four cars ended up crashing into each other injuring at least seven people. In all eight people were injured, all with non-life-threatening injuries. One suspect — a Hispanic man in his early 20s, later identified as Sebalabarraza — was reportedly identified and arrested as being responsible for the shooting and physical assault.

Sebalabarraza had been arrested in May this year on a list of charges including carrying a loaded weapon while in a street gang, carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle, driving while intoxicated, driving with a suspended license for DUI, giving false information to an officer and false impersonation, along with conspiracy.

Sheriff’s Deputies are reportedly seeking statement information from numerous witnesses who fled the scene prior to their arrival. Anyone with information related to this incident is urged to contact (916) 874-5115 or Crime Alert at (916) 443-HELP. Tip information may also be left anonymously at www.sacsheriff.com.

Corrie Pelc contributed to this story

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TEHACHAPI —A routine traffic stop on Wednesday of a carfull of people in Tehachapi resulted in the arrest of the driver and two of his passengers, one of whom was a wanted felon.

The driver of the vehicle, 20-year-old Angel Vidaca, 32-year-old Victoria Wilson and 34-year-old Jesus Caldera, were all booked into the Kern County Jail.

Angel Vidaca (image Facebook)

Vidaca was booked on charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle and violation of parole. He is being held without bail. He had been arrested in December of last year on charges of burglary, possession of stolen property, and carrying a loaded firearm.

Wilson faces charges of being under the influence of a controlled substance, a prisoner possessing a weapon and possession of ammunition by someone prohibited from owning/possessing a firearm. Her bail has been set at $50,000. Caldera is being charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle and false identification to a peace officer. He is also being held without bail.

According to the Tehachapi Police Department, Caldera and Vidaca are both believed to be active gang members from Stockton, where Caldera is wanted on charges of kidnapping and mayhem, and for a shooting.

The incident began when Tehachapi Police officers pulled over the vehicle Vidaca was driving near Highway 58 and Mill Street on Nov. 26. During a search of the vehicle, officers said they discovered narcotic paraphernalia and a 22-caliber revolver.

Officers also learned that Vidaca and Caldera both had warrants for their arrests, while Wilson was taken into custody after being found to be under the influence of a controlled substance.

Three children in the vehicle, ages one, eight and sixteen were released to Kern County Child Protective Services.

ROSAMOND — A 19-year-old Rosamond woman was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of stabbing a man to death. Melissa Shaw was booked and is being held without bail at the Kern County Jail for one count of first degree murder.

According to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, the incident began when deputies responded to a call of a stabbing in the 7200 block of Dawn Road in Rosamond at around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 26.

When they arrived, deputies said they found a 48-year-old man suffering from a stab wound to his back. Paramedics arrived and pronounced the man dead at the scene.

An interview of Shaw, who remained at the scene, quickly uncovered evidence that the victim was involved in an altercation with Shaw and her boyfriend at the residence, which they both shared with the victim. During the exchange, Shaw allegedly stabbed the man once in his back.

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