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SACRAMENTO—A jury will be selected this week for the case involving a Sacramento man and woman who are accused of sexually abusing two young children and then capturing images of these acts. Stormy Mollissa Myers, 35, and Jason Samuel Wymer, 44, are accused of abusing the girls, ages three and five years old, in 2010. Separate juries will be chosen for each of the accused. They face numerous allegations, including lewd and lascivious acts with a child younger than 14, oral sex with a child 10 years of age or younger, and knowingly using a minor to assist with obscene matter. Prosecutors say the acts took place in October 2010 and August 2011 in Sacramento and San Joaquin counties. When arrested, Myers went by the name Stormy M. Avers. Jolene Davis, 39 of Stockton, was also indicted at the same time for participating with Wymer in producing child porn images. Ten of the 12 counts were alleged to have been committed against the three-year-old child in 2010 by one or both of the adults. Prosecutors say there are two counts of acts that Wymer committed against the five-year-old in 2011. Wymer faces a total of four allegations of lewd or lascivious acts with a child; a count each of oral sex with a child and attempt to commit oral sex; and an allegation that he knowingly used a minor to assist with obscene matter. Myers faces four allegations of lewd or lascivious acts with a child younger than 14 in addition to two counts of oral sex with a child. She also faces a single allegation of transporting a child under the age of 16 for the purposes of a lewd act, and knowingly using a minor to assist with obscene material. In a separate case, the FBI obtained a search warrant for Wymer’s home in 2013 and found thousands of child pornography files at his apartment in Sacramento. Wymer was initially caught in a bizarre situation – a Citrus Heights mother had attempted to send a photo of her fully clothed daughter to her older daughter, but mis-dialed the phone. The message ended up being sent to Wymer, who then requested more images of the child. The mother contacted the FBI, who in turn had an undercover agent respond to Wymer, pretending to be the eight-year-old girl. Over the next few weeks, Wymer allegedly sent the “girl” several sexually explicit messages. This is when the FBI was able to secure a search warrant. Wymer’s arrest led to the identification of Stormy Myers (Avers) in Colfax, and Jolene Davis in Stockton. Both Myers and Wymer are being held without bail in Sacramento County. No statement has been made regarding Jolene Davis.

BAKERSFIELD — Three men were arrested on Tuesday after they allegedly kidnapped and beat a man who had an alleged affair with one of the suspects’ wives. Sergio Medina, 20, 19-year-old Rodrigo Sanchez and 19-year-old Leonardo Ortiz, all of Bakersfield, were booked into the Kern County Jail on charges of robbery, false imprisonment, assault with great bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon and criminal threats. According the Bakersfield Police Department, the incident began on September 20 around 3 a.m. when officers contacted the victim at Mercy Hospital in downtown Bakersfield regarding the report of a kidnapping. The victim told officers he was lured, via social media, to a residence in the 2800 block of Lee Drive, where he was confronted by three masked male suspects. The victim also said that the three suspects bound and assaulted him for 20-30 minutes before releasing him. He suffered from moderate injuries as a result of the attack. Police said they were able to identify and locate all three of the suspects in the 5500 block of Monitor Street on September 22.

Officers Contacted The Suspects Because Of Warrants SAND CITY—Two Sand City police officers are recovering in stable condition at local hospital after they were shot at by two suspects during a confrontation that occurred at the Target Shopping Center in Sand City. The suspects in the incident were killed by police, and have been identified as 27-year-old William Spaits and 23-year-old Tina Money, both of Seaside. On Monday, September 21 police, later identified as Officer Larry Escobar and Officer Jeff Bushnell, contacted the couple outside the Target shopping center in Sand City because security personnel had noticed Spaits, and called for the police. The two had several outstanding warrants for their arrest. The two suspects had a long criminal history, and Spaits was suspected of being involved in a burglary that occurred that morning – a B.O.L. (Be On the Lookout) was issued by law enforcement authorities. Records going back to 2006, when Spaits was 18, show he was arrested for burglary and criminal conspiracy in September of that year. In May of 2007 he was charged with possession of a controlled substance and giving false identification to an officer. Later that year, in November he was arrested for committing statutory rape. A couple years later, in February of 2010, he was arrested once again for burglary, and for passing a forged check. In November 2011 he was charged with displaying an “imitation firearm”, possession of a dangerous weapon and a parole violation. Two months later, in January 2012 he was arrested for reckless driving, being under the influence of a controlled substance, and another parole violation. And in March, he was charged with filing a false emergency report, child cruelty or endangerment, and resisting arrest, along with another parole violation. Last year, on December 23, 2104, he was arrested for domestic violence – inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or co-habitant, possession of stolen property and drug paraphernalia, and driving on a suspended license. And this year, prior to this most recent incident, on July 17 he was arrested for criminal conspiracy and theft by false impersonation of another. Tina Money was also arrested when she was just 19, in 2011. In June of that year she was charged with public intoxication. Then in March of 2012 she was arrested for sexual battery – sexual contact with someone against their will and while being restrained. The next year, in February 2013, she was charged with violating a protective court order. In January of 2014 she was arrested for DUI, and in August for a probation violation. “The suspects were known to the police has have active warrants for their arrest.” Sand City Police Chief Brain Ferrante said, “After the confrontation, apparently there was an exchange of gun fire”. Authorities arrested another suspect, who was found in the back seat of the stolen car that the couple were riding in when they were confronted at the shopping center. He was identified as Gregory Allen Warren, who at this time will not be charged in relation of the shooting, but was booked for a probation violation. Warren, of Salinas, has a history of drug related offenses, and has also been charged in the past with burglary and possession of a firearm. The investigation has been taken over by the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office, and as of this moment it is still an active case and the investigation continues. Meanwhile, friends of Tina Money have set up a GoFundMe account to try to raise money for funeral expenses and to support her 5-year-old daughter, Hannah. CrimeVoice staff contributed to this report

BUTTONWILLOW — Two juveniles and a 29-year-old Shafter man were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly stealing farm equipment in Taft earlier this month. Juan Trujillo was booked into the Kern County Jail on charges of felony theft and conspiracy, while juveniles, also of Shafter, were cited and released to their parents. According to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, after a theft report, detectives from the rural crime investigation unit conducted searches of two locations in the Shafter area, where they said they recovered two trailers valued at over $5,000, which were reported stolen by a farmer in the Buttonwillow area on September 16. During their investigation, detectives were able to identify the adult and two juveniles who stole the trailers. All three suspects were found and taken into custody without incident.

On Wednesday, September 16th, Solano County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a family disturbance on the 500 block of Phillip Street in Vallejo, according to a press release. A call was made to central dispatch from the victim stating that David Gunkel, 44, was involved in an argument and was threatening to shoot the victim and any responding law enforcement. When deputies arrived at the home, they made multiple attempts to contact Gunkel without success. Other people in the home were able to make their way out safely, and spoke to the deputies. Members of the Solano County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team, Hostage Negotiation Team, detectives, and a K9 unit were deployed to the scene of the incident. When efforts to contact Gunkle from outside the home via loud speaker and phone were unsuccessful, the SWAT team entered the home. Deputies located Gunkel hiding in the crawl space under a neighboring home, and he was arrested without further incident. Deputies also found an altered shotgun during the search. David Harlan Gunkel was booked into the Solano County Jail for making threats, resisting a peace officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of an illegally modified shotgun, and possession of a firearm with the serial number altered. Gunkel had been arrested by the Solano County Sheriff’s office a year and half ago, according to available records. He was arrested at the shopping center at 14th and Rice Streets in Vallejo, where the Rite Aid and Harbor Freight Tools stores are located. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and intercepting police radio communications. Prior to that incident, in February of 2014 and August and October 2013 he was charged with making criminal threats. In November of 2009 he was arrested for vehicle theft and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Incident Happened At Local Boulder Creek Restaurant BOULDER CREEK—The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office has made arrests in the Sunday night stabbing incident at a restaurant in Boulder Creek. Deputies arrested a couple from San Mateo for their part in the potentially deadly assault. Boulder Creek is a small town in the wooded hills north of Felton and Santa Cruz, in the San Lorenzo Valley. On Sunday night, September 13 at around 9:22 pm, Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to Scopazzi’s Restaurant, at 13300 Big Basin Highway in Boulder Creek, on a report of a dispute that turned into a stabbing in the parking lot. A waiter and a restaurant patron, who had confronted a couple when they left without paying their bill, were both stabbed by the man. The 24-year-old waiter was stabbed in the neck, and the 68-year-old man was hit twice in the abdomen, according to a story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Deputies responded to the area but did not find the suspects. They interviewed several witnesses at the restaurant, and obtained information regarding the suspects and their vehicle, which had hurriedly fled the scene shortly after the incident. With the information obtained from witnesses, which included the vehicle’s license plate number, deputies were able to identify the suspects. Once the two were identified, Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Detectives issued arrest warrants for them. This Tuesday, about a week after the incident, detectives went to the suspect’s residence in the Shoreview area of San Mateo and arrested them without incident. 32-year-old Kyle Shields was arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon that was not a firearm. His bail has been set at 200,000.00 dollars. His accomplice, Sonia Dawn Jepson, was arrested and charged with battery on a person. Her bail has been set at 200,000.00 dollars as well. She had just turned 41 on the night of the stabbing. The two were transported and booked into the Santa Cruz County Jail. Read More: The Santa Cruz Sentinel

Several People Were Intoxicated HOLLISTER—Hollister Police arrested two males after they assaulted an officer during a large private party going on at the Elks Lodge, located on the 300 Block of Astro Drive, adjacent to the Hollister Municipal Airport. Police arrested 52-year-old Ronald Scott Martin and 47-year-old Alexander James Naccarato, both from Hollister. They are still looking for three other individuals who ran from officers that night. On Friday night, September 11 at about 11:30 pm, Hollister Police were called to the Elks Lodge on the 300 Block of Astro Drive to help break up a large fight that had been going on between several men at a private party. When police arrived, a security officer told them that several men were fighting throughout the night and were heavily intoxicated. The Police had the assistance of San Benito County Sheriff’s deputies, whose office is just a block away, and California Highway Patrol officers. After they arrived, they had security officers turn off the music and turn on the lights to signal that the party was over. As security personnel asked everyone to leave the building, an intoxicated man approached a Hollister Police Officer and struck him. As the officer pushed the man away, another man grabbed the officer by the neck. As other officers attempted to arrest that man, a large group swarmed them, and began kicking, punching, and jumping on the officers. Other officers and deputies were also attacked as they tried to assist their fellow officers. At one point, a Hollister police officer was being punched while another man jumped on his back and tried to get him into a headlock. Several other partiers assisted in pulling away the suspects from the officers, but then helped them escape custody. Several other fights broke out in the parking lot, while some of the people began throwing rocks at the officers. Police were able to arrest Martin and Naccarato, and a warrant has been issued for a man who was identified as initially striking the first officer. The two other wanted men were described as heavy set Hispanic or white males. Police are hoping that some of the people who were there may help identify those suspects. Anyone with information has been encouraged to call Sergeant Ray Celano at 831-636-4330. Persons wishing to remain anonymous can call the WeTip Hotline at 800-87-CRIME. Information provided to WeTip may qualify for a reward.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Four people have been arrested on suspicion of felony assault in the beating of a Vikings fan outside Levi’s Stadium after the San Francisco 49ers’ 20-3 victory over Minnesota on Monday night, September 14, the Santa Clara Police department said. Three men were charged on Tuesday with felony assault for their attack on a Minnesota Vikings fan after the season opening Monday Night Football game at Levi’s Stadium. The fourth person arrested was a juvenile teenage girl, who was cited and released to her parents. The attack, during which the victim was repeatedly punched and kicked in the head even as he lay unconscious on the ground, was captured on a cell phone video. The video, which quickly went viral, and ticketing information helped police quickly identify the defendants. Eric Martinez, 30, of San Jose, Felix Chavira Sr., 32, and Juan Arias, 33, both of Hollister, are charged with assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury. Martinez and Chavira are alleged to have personally inflicted great bodily injury on the victim. Arias faces an additional charge of misdemeanor battery on an 18-year-old security guard who tried to intervene. Martinez, who has been in custody, faced arraignment in the Hall of Justice in San Jose. Arias and Chavira, who have bailed out, are scheduled to be arraigned on November 17. If convicted, Martinez and Chavira could face up to 7 years in prison. Arias could face up to 4 years. “This is not a case revolving around football rivalry, it is a case of senseless and criminal violence,” prosecutor Carolyn Malinsky said. “It is a true credit to the Santa Clara Police Department that they so quickly identified and arrested the attackers.” The altercation happened on that Monday night after the game at around 10:20 pm. The 35-year-old victim was exiting the stadium with the crowd at the end of the game. During a round of dueling sports banter, the victim was tackled and then assaulted by the suspects. The attack continued despite the efforts of a security guard, who was assaulted as well. The victim, who sought medical care, was later diagnosed with a concussion. The video of the beating, posted on YouTube, shows the man in a Vikings jersey getting punched and kicked by the suspects in 49ers jerseys. The yellow-jacketed security guard and other 49er fans eventually stopped the assault and helped the victim. Following increased press coverage of attacks and fights occurring during football games at the Levi’s Stadium, the Santa Clara City Council has been discussing ending the sale of alcohol after the first half of a game to try to reduce the number of alcohol related offenses at the stadium. Currently the sale of alcohol ends after the third quarter.

The Mendocino Sheriff’s Department reported that they were called out to a domestic dispute Sunday evening to a Fort Bragg campground. The Wildwood Campground is located along Fort Bragg-Willits Road, about 4 miles inland from the coast. Deputies arrived there at about 6:20 pm on Sunday, September 20, to find that 25-year-old Bethany Kay Nicole Pacheco had been in a dispute with her boyfriend, a 29-year-old man. Pacheco lives at the campground, and when the deputies arrived they had found that in their dispute, she had ripped the mirror off the man’s car, and pinched the back of his arm so bad that is left a bruise. Pacheco was on probation for an earlier theft related offence in Mendocino County. She has also been arrested before on domestic violence charges. Records show that in February of 2010, while living at a home in central Fort Bragg, she was arrested for inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or co-habitant. She faced the same charge in July of 2011 while living in Vallejo. Bethany Pacheco was booked into Mendocino County Jail on charges for inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or co-habitant and violating her probation. She was released on $30,000 bail on Wednesday.

BAKERSFIELD — A suspect wanted for shooting a man to death in Bakersfield on Wednesday was arrested in Los Angeles on Thursday. Denzil Nutall, 23, was booked into the Kern County Jail for one count of murder. According to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, Nutall is the alleged gunman in the September 23 shooting of a 16-year-old boy in east Bakersfield. At around 7 p.m., deputies responding to a call of a shooting found a victim in the north alley of the 2500 block of Virginia Avenue. “The victim sustained a single gunshot to his upper body,” said Public Information Officer Ray Pruitt. “Deputies administered medical aid until an ambulance arrived and transported the victim to Kern Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.” Detectives responded and initiated an investigation. “During their investigation, detectives discovered that the victim had been involved in a confrontation with two male suspects in the area prior to the shooting” Pruitt said. “During the confrontation, one of the suspects shot the victim.” Detectives were quickly able to identify Nutall as their primary suspect, and developed information that he had left Bakersfield, and was possibly in the Los Angeles area. “At around 2:30 a.m. the suspect was located by LAPD officers on a Greyhound bus in Los Angeles,” Pruitt said. “He was arrested without incident.”

You might think that if someone plans a burglary that requires breaking a window to get into a store, the thief would know what the most valuable merchandise would be, and spend his precious little time grabbing that, getting out, and stashing the loot. But Daric Marcus Pardo of Ukiah seems to be more of the violent and destructive criminal than one who thoughtfully plans out the perfect crime. Though from his Facebook profile, he also looks like a well-loved family man with an attractive girlfriend. Perhaps they are baffled by the two sides of Daric Pardo. Available records going back to 2007 show Pardo was arrested in October of that year for disorderly conduct. In February of 2009 he faced another disorderly conduct charge, along with one for “removing, defacing, or altering a landmark”. Details of that incident were not available, but two months later he was arrested for vandalism of more than $5,000 damage. In July of both 2009 and 2010 he was charged with violating his parole. In September 2010, according to an archived story from the Ukiah Daily Journal, he had come home on a Wednesday “extremely intoxicated” and confronted his mother’s boyfriend. Pardo was 23 at the time. He grabbed a large hunting knife and chased the man though the house, and then attacked with his fists. The man escaped and ran out the door, while Pardo reportedly grabbed a kitchen knife and gave chase, witnesses saying that he yelled he was going to kill the man. Right across the street was the Round Valley Tribal Health Clinic, where the victim ran. Witnesses called for help, and Round Valley Tribal Police arrived first, and detained Pardo after he had punched the victim, and caused him to suffer abrasions and a laceration on his face. The man received treatment at the clinic, and deputies arrived to take Pardo into custody. Both knives were recovered and Pardo was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, exhibiting a deadly weapon in the presence of an officer, threats of violence, and battery, along with possession of stolen property and violating probation. He had only recently moved to Covelo from Ukiah at that time. In October of 2013, while living back in Ukiah, he was arrested once again. In that incident, he had been brought in to the Ukiah Valley Medical Center by police, and while receiving treatment he assaulted the nurse. He was booked once again at the Mendocino County jail on charges of assault on a custodial (non-sworn) officer. And so it was that last weekend, on Saturday, September 19, Parodo, while still residing in Ukiah, was back in Covelo late in the evening. It was after 11 pm, when according to a Mendocino Sheriff’s press release, he is suspected of breaking a large glass window to the June Marie’s Western Wear store on Mina Road. He entered the store through the broken window, and then broke the glass in a display case, reaching in and taking the jewelry displayed there. He apparently cut himself on either the case or the window, as blood was later found on the floor. He left quickly with the items from the case. The problem with Pardo’s plan was that he was apparently unaware that the store had a video surveillance system in place. He was also not very knowledgeable about the merchandise, as the store owner later confirmed the items he took were not very valuable. The damage to the window and case far exceeded the value of the stolen property. When investigators viewed the footage, they saw large man with black, bushy shoulder length hair taking the items. By the next night, while looking for the man in the video, deputies patrolling Covelo spotted Pardo. He was immediately identified as a prime suspect, and any chance of his claiming it was mistaken identity was ruined by the presence of four pieces of the stolen jewelry he had in his pockets. Daric Pardo was booked at Mendocino County jail on charges of felony burglary and vandalism of over $400.00 damage, possession of burglary tools, and once again, violating probation. He is being held in lieu of $20,000 bail. Read More: Ukiah Daily Journal (2010)

CARMEL VALLEY – San Diego police are investigating the theft of an ATM machine from inside a Rite-Aid drug store in Carmel Valley. An employee arriving to work on Monday, September 21 at 4:30 a.m., found the front doors of the Rite Aid on Highland Place demolished, and the store’s stand-alone ATM machine missing. Police said a black, 2000 Chevy Suburban with a rusted roof may have been used in the theft. Police have not yet located the stolen ATM. The incident is similar to an ATM theft that took place at a Rite Aid store in Poway on August 31. In that incident, surveillance video showed at least five suspects enter the store and secure a steel cable to a stand-alone ATM. The suspects then attached the other end of the steel cable to a white pickup truck and ripped the ATM from its foundation. The suspects fled the scene after loading the ATM machine on to the back of the pickup truck. That theft remains unsolved. Read More: CrimeVoice.com – Suspects wanted in ATM Machine Theft

SAN JACINTO- The details regarding a couple arrested on Tuesday, who were allegedly abusing their children, remain cloudy following their release. After a report of abuse from a school official, deputies from the San Jacinto Riverside Sheriff’s Station, along with Riverside County Child Protective Services, arrived at the 1600 block of Santa Fe Avenue in San Jacinto on September 22 at 7:54 A.M. Deputies who investigated the alleged crime reportedly discovered that the two boys, 7 and 8 years old, were deliberately confined to a single room under what they described as deplorable conditions. The boys were believed to have attended school, but each night were imprisoned in a room in their family’s home on the 1600 block of Santa Fe Avenue, Sheriff’s Deputy Mike Vasquez said. The children’s parents, Emily April Tardy, age 29, and Steven Edward Crane, age 38, were arrested for felony child abuse, and bail was set at $35,000.00 each. Riverside County Child Protective Services took custody of both siblings, ultimately turning them over to their paternal grandparents. Neighbors, however, were surprised at the allegations and stated that they often saw the boys playing outside of their room or on their way to their grandmother’s house, according to The Press Enterprise. Teresa Tardy, the boys’ grandmother, told Eyewitness News that the charges didn’t come close to the truth of the actual situation. She said the older sibling was prone to mischief, including starting fires in the middle of the night, which was why they were locked in. She also stated that the children had a habit of urinating in their room because they thought it was funny. The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office dropped the child abuse charges on Thursday to misdemeanor child endangerment, based on what they say was information in the police report. The couple pleaded not guilty to the lesser charges and have been released, but are currently only allowed supervised visits with their children. Read More: The Press Enterprise, ABC7 Eyewitness News

Santa Barbara – Like the late comic George Carlin, most of us are in need of a secure place to put our “stuff,” and turn to commercial storage units to store personal property “too valuable” to discard. We lock the doors to our storage units confident that our “stuff” is safe and sound. That sense of security may not always be justified, as evidenced by the September 18th arrests of James Birchim and Michael Muneio, both 35-year-old residents of Goleta who were apprehended pursuant to a security camera video posted on Facebook by a storage locker lessee, whose belongings had been reported stolen ten days prior. According to Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Kelly Hoover, the video depicted “a white Chevrolet Silverado extended cab pick-up truck” arriving empty at OK Storage in Goleta and departing a short time later “full of property.” When the victim posted the surveillance video on Facebook, citizen reports pointed to Birchim and Muneio as the suspects, which led to SBSD detectives obtaining and serving a search warrant on Birchim’s Goleta residence. Inside the home, deputies discovered “several assault rifles, a handgun, high-capacity magazines, methamphetamine, burglary tools, lock picks, a grenade launcher, nunchakus, cane swords, brass knuckles, and stolen musical equipment.” Additional stolen property was located following a search of Muneio’s truck, earning both men a trip to Santa Barbara County Jail where they were booked on multiple charges of illegal weapons possession and burglary, with Muneio’s bail set at $20,000 and Birchim’s bail set at $500,000. Muneio was also arrested this year on June 8th for burglary, and on March 13th for possession of drug paraphernalia. According to Hoover, “The suspects did this in a way that would maybe go undetected” with storage unit locks “picked and reset.” It might be time to buy a better lock… Photos: Courtesy Santa Barbara County Jail Booking

SAN JOSE – 50-year-old Ronald William Woods was shot by San Jose Police after what was first termed a welfare check became a violent confrontation with the suspect. Woods has been charged with booked into the Santa Clara County Jail for 148 (d) PC – attempting to take a firearm from an officer, and 664/487 (d)(2) PC – attempted grand theft of a firearm. According to San Jose Police, “On Thursday, September 24, 2015, at 6:34 p.m., San Jose Police officers were dispatched to the 6100 block of Monterey Road on a welfare check on suspect Woods, who was threatening to kill himself.” When SJPD Officer Morales located Woods at the Monterey Oaks Mobile Home Park, Woods approached him, and greeted the officer from the right front passenger side of his patrol vehicle. During this initial contact, Woods made a comment to the officer that he wanted his gun. That is when SJPD Officer Morales exited his vehicle to make further contact with Woods. It was then that Woods began to reach into the police vehicle through the open window and started to ransack a bag on the front passenger seat. That is when Officer Morales gave verbal commands for Woods to step back from the vehicle. However, Woods did not comply. Officer Morales tried to use his taser on Woods to try to get him to stop, but the taser had little effect, as he continued to try and reach inside the vehicle for a what he presumed to be a weapon. Woods then advanced towards Officer Morales, who backed away and sprayed Woods with his OC (pepper) Spray. However, it had minimal effect on Woods, and he continued to ignore commands. Woods then moved onto the street towards the open driver’s door of the police vehicle, where he reached inside, grabbed the shotgun and attempted to remove it from the rack. Officer Morales gave the suspect commands to exit the vehicle and get on the ground, but he continued to pull on the shotgun. Officer Morales believed Woods had successfully grabbed the shotgun and he shot Woods as he turned towards him. Woods went to the ground. Other officers arrived on scene, while Woods continued his failure to comply with their commands and attempted to get up. Another officer shot a 40mm non-lethal round at the suspect. An arrest team was formed and Woods was taken into custody. San Jose Fire Department and EMS personnel treated Woods at the scene. He was transported to a local hospital with at least one gunshot wound. He is listed in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries. Woods was turned over to the custody of the Santa Clara County Department of Corrections to be booked into the Santa Clara County Jail for attempting to take a firearm from an officer and attempted grand theft of a firearm. Officer Morales was placed on paid administrative leave. This was the City’s ninth officer involved shooting of 2015.

The Grover Beach Police Department arrested two men on narcotics-related charges after police received a tip on Thursday. According to GBPD, they were notified around 10:46 p.m. of a possible drug transaction on the 100 block of Carmelde Lane. A vehicle associated with the alleged transaction was identified by police and then followed by responding officers as it left the area. The vehicle was a tan Chevy Blazer. An officer pulled over the Blazer on the 200 block of West Branch Street in Arroyo Grande. The driver was identified as Allen Michael Thompson, 26 of Nipomo. Thompson was allegedly driving with a suspended license. The passenger was identified as Jordan William King. Both King and Thompson were on probation at the time of the stop. Thompson was also on SLOPD’s “CrimeStoppers Most Wanted Wednesday” that week. Officers searched the vehicle and discovered illegal narcotics, controlled substances and a firearm. Discovery of these items led officers to conduct a probation search at King’s residence on the 100 block of Carmelde Lane. Assisting GBPD with the search were the San Luis Obispo County Probation Department and the SLO County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Unit. Thompson was arrested for possession and transportation of narcotics and controlled substances, possession of narcotics and controlled substances for sale, transportation of marijuana for sale, being a felon in possession of a firearm, felony probation violations, driving on a suspended license, and on six outstanding warrants for his arrest., which were mostly for failure to appear on previous drugs and weapons charges. King was arrested for possession and transportation of narcotics and controlled substances, possession of narcotics and controlled substances for sale, and for probation violations. Both Thompson and King were transported and booked into San Luis Obispo County Jail. Thompson’s bail was set at $355,000. Read More: Tribune: Nipomo man arrested with drugs in truck

Santa Barbara County – The tranquility of a northern Santa Barbara County mobile home park in the city of Orcutt was shattered on the morning of Friday, September 25th, when, according to Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Kelly Hoover, deputies responded to a 911 Emergency call reporting “a victim who was shot in the leg.” Upon arrival, deputies discovered a 39-year-old male victim indeed suffering a bullet wound to the leg, who reported he’d been engaged in a verbal dispute with his neighbor, Aylett Hauki. It was at the entrance to Hauki’s residence where the victim had allegedly been shot. Deputies determined that Hauki, a 55-year-old native of Oahu, Hawaii who frequently performs as a Hawaiian singer at local venues, and is known professionally as “Big A”, was still inside his home, whereupon “a reverse 911 went out to area residents instructing them to shelter in place.” With the neighborhood then secure, deputies called Hauki on his cell phone and presumably gave him the “easy way or hard way” choice to either step outside on his own or be extricated by force at the hands of those experienced in doing just that. Hauki, apparently not interested in a forcible extraction from his home, then “cooperated with orders to come out” and surrendered himself to armed deputies. At that point the reverse 911 warning was rescinded, and Hauki was taken into custody to be transported directly to Santa Barbara County Jail, where he was booked on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. Photo: Courtesy www.Facebook.com

BANNING – A series of random shootings and a trail of injured and murdered victims on Sunday morning left residents fearful, and with questions about the suspect James Paul Diaz’s motive that remain unanswered. At 11:36 a.m. on Sunday, September 27, a series of random shootings within miles of one another led police on the grizzly trail of a man in a white SUV. The first shooting, which occurred on the 700 block of John Street, left Paul Lesh, 66 of Banning dead in his red Cadillac, his passenger wounded. The passenger was rushed to the hospital and later released. The next shooting occurred seven minutes later at the corner of Nicolet Street and San Gorgonio Avenue. A woman reported that a man in his 30s, driving a white SUV, shot at her vehicle. She sustained cuts to her face and arms from the shattered window, but no further injuries. At approximately noon, a third call came in reporting that a victim at an ARCO AM/PM station on Ramsey Street had been attacked. A man who had been driving a white SUV reportedly jumped out of his vehicle and repeatedly bludgeoned the victim with a gun. Video surveillance confirmed that the suspect fit the description of the suspect in the prior crimes. At 12:13 p.m. another call reported a third shooting. Benjamin Johnson, 34 of Banning, had been shot while driving a white pickup truck on the 200 block of Johnson. Subsequently, the truck crashed into a retaining wall and Johnson was discovered deceased inside. As news of the shootings spread throughout the town via residents and on social media, the stunned community hunkered down and checked on friends. Nicolet Middle School, located near one of the shootings and holding a youth group meeting, was put on an informal lock-down while everyone waited to hear news that the suspect had been found and arrested. Authorities believe that at this time the shooter drove to the neighboring city of Beaumont, where he was reported to have gone house-to-house on the 700 block of America Avenue, banging on doors and demanding his children. At 12:22 p.m. the suspect smashed the window of a vehicle with children in the backseat and spoke with the children’s mother, arguing that the kids were his, before he left. Beaumont police were able to find the suspect who was driving the white Chevy Tahoe, conducted a traffic stop and detained the man without incident. Officers saw a gun in the car and obtained a search warrant in order to seize it. James Paul Diaz, Jr., 34 of Hemet, was arrested and booked into Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility on suspicion of two counts of first-degree murder, one count each of assault with a deadly weapon, shooting at a person from a vehicle, shooting at an inhabited vehicle and attempted murder. “At this point, it seems like it’s random. There is no correlation between the victims and the suspect at this point,” Banning Police Chief Alex Diaz said at an evening news conference. “This isn’t something that happens in small towns like Banning,” he said. Authorities are still unclear on the motive of the Diaz’s rampage. Records show that Diaz was arrested earlier this year, on March 13, for driving under the influence. And in April of 2014 he was charged with battery with serious bodily injury by San Diego police. At that time, he reported his occupation as a firefighter. Details of the incident in San Diego were not available, but the Press Enterprise quoted one of his neighbors as saying he was “laid off from Cal Fire” and was working in construction. It is not clear if his arrest and separation from Cal Fire were related. Read More: Press Enterprise

Police Were Tipped-Off By Resident HOLLISTER—Crime statistics say that 63 percent (2011) of residential burglaries occurred during the daytime while residents are at work. The Hollister Police Department is determined to make a dent in that percentage. On September 23 they did, by arresting two individuals who had committed a daytime residential burglary just two days prior. On Monday, September 21, Hollister Police were called to the 600 block of Seventh Street at about 9:30 am to take a report of a burglary. During their investigation, police discovered that the resident had surveillance cameras located on his property. Somehow the suspects missed the cameras, or just did not care that they were being caught on video. Hollister Police quickly identified the two suspects, as the surveillance footage showed them coming onto and leaving the property during the time frame of the burglary. Before police could get out warrants for the arrest of 20-year-old Austin Robert Duniphin or 18-year-old Joshua Garza, both of Hollister, they received a call from a resident on Seventh Street who was familiar with the burglary, and stated that the two had returned. Both suspects fled the area shortly after being recognized, but were apprehended by officers responding to the scene. Hollister Police were able to recover some of the victim’s property, which was on the suspects when they were arrested. They later recovered more of the property from a local pawn broker. Both Duniphin and Garza were booked into the San Benito County Jail on charges of burglary and conspiracy to commit a crime. Police are still investigating this incident. Both suspects have a history with law enforcement, though not for burglary. Late Wednesday night on April 29 of this year, Austin Duniphin was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon (other than a firearm) likely to cause great bodily injury. He was arrested at his home and booked at 1:28 am Thursday morning. He was released on $30,000 bail that day. Further details of that incident were not available. Joshua Garza had just turned 18 when he was arrested by Hollister Police for disorderly conduct – public intoxication on the night of Wednesday, October 22, 2014. But he faced a much more serious charge this year in August. Still 18, he was arrested for domestic violence – battery on a non co-habitant with whom he has had a relationship. He was picked up at or near the Dunne Memorial Park in Hollister the morning of Tuesday, August 25. (The park is just a block from the location of the recent burglary.) Released that day on $6,000 bail, he didn’t waste much time before getting into trouble once again. Just over 2 weeks later, on Thursday, September 10, he was arrested by Santa Cruz police for vehicle theft. He was captured on East Cliff Drive, overlooking Seabright State Beach. Bail for that offense was set at $10,000. It was just another eleven days later when he was arrested again with Austin Duniphin.

Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara Police Department detectives, working in collaboration with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Task Force and the Oxnard Police Department in an effort to interdict the flow of heroin into Santa Barbara, have been on the tail of Oxnard resident Salvador Cortes Duran, 52, “over the last several weeks,” according to SBPD Public Information Officer Sgt. Riley Harwood. That protracted period of investigation indicated that Duran has been a “major supplier of heroin” to street dealers throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura counties over many months. With suspicions and evidence of Duran’s activities mounting, a search warrant was obtained for a pair of Ventura County residences reportedly belonging to him, one of which is immediately adjacent to an elementary school. The warrant was served on September 16th, at which time Duran was contacted “while he was seated in his car” outside one of the homes and summarily taken into custody. The search warrant of the two houses proved fruitful, as detectives discovered nearly nine pounds of heroin with a street value well in excess of $100,000, four handguns, “two of which were loaded,” a ballistic vest, assorted documents indicating Duran’s active involvement as a distributor of controlled substances, and nearly $100,000 in cash. Duran was transported to Santa Barbara County Jail, where he was booked on charges of possession of heroin for sale, transportation of heroin, possession of heroin within a school zone, possession of a loaded gun while in possession of heroin, and conspiracy to sell and transport heroin, with his bail set at $500,000. Photos: Courtesy Santa Barbara County Jail Booking

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