BREAKING NEWS: Two guilty in Carson gas station slayings
Prosecutors have now convicted two more men for killing Arteaga and Eduardo Roco, 74, a retired military man working the overnight shift at a Carson gas station.
This just came in from the District Attorney's Office:
A 24-year-old Los Angeles man and his teenage co-defendant were convicted of murder today in the 2006 fatal shootings of two gas station employees in Carson.Denise is working on a story....
Deputy District Attorney Mia Wood of Compton Branch Office, who took the verdict, said jurors deliberated for eight days before finding Julio Perez guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and guilty of three counts of attempted robbery.
Co-defendant Eric Elmo Sanford, 17, of Los Angeles also was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and guilty of two counts of attempted robbery.
Judge John T. Doyle of Compton Superior Court ordered the defendants back for sentencing on Sept. 18. The defendants each face a life sentence with the possibility of parole.
This was a retrial for Sanford, who was tried earlier this year with a third defendant, Adam Loza, 25. Loza of Los Angeles was convicted May 19 of two counts of first-degree murder and attempted robbery. Jurors deadlocked on a verdict for Sanford at the time. Loza will be sentenced on Aug. 28.
On Nov. 4, 2006, Eduardo Roco, 74, of Carson, and Esther Arteaga, 32, of Wilmington, were shot to death in a pre-dawn attempted robbery of a gas station in Carson.
The three defendants were arrested days later and have remained in custody without bail.
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I think that it's good what they got. I know that it's not going to gave back to the familys.But we know that they will be in jail forever. I fill for the kids that the men have but they are better off with out them.
A comment to jurors: make solid decisions based on the law and the facts. This jury was able to do that and got proper convictions for these two criminals. I was a member of this jury, and, although the law seemed harsh, we followed it. I became more convinced as we deliberated that we made the right decisions- these criminals should remain in jail forever. My heart goes out to the families of the victims- I hope you can find some measure of peace now.
Before I make my opinion towards these issues, I want to first, give my regards to the family member’s of the victim. Second, just wish there can be better judgment towards the 'possibility of parole'. I personally believe there shouldn’t be any parole in fact they should be sent to death penalties. People, who desire to take life, have not rights on their own life!
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