Results tagged “kidnapping” from Inland Empire Courts

Riverside County prosecutors intend to extradite convicted child killer Joseph Edward Duncan and try him in the death of a 10-year-old Beaumont boy, despite objections from the father of one of Duncan's other victims.

Earlier this week, a federal judge in Idaho sentenced Duncan to three life prison terms for kidnapping and sexually abusing two children. Those federal terms were in addition to three more life terms, imposed the same day in state court, for the murders of the children's mother, her fiance and the children's 13-year-old brother.

Duncan was sentenced to death in August for the kidnapping, sexual exploitation and murder of 9-year-old Dylan Groene in 2005. The 45-year-old convicted pedophile also kidnapped the boy's younger sister.

Meanwhile, Riverside County prosecutors have been waiting for their chance to prosecute Duncan on charges in the abduction and death of Anthony Martinez.

Four San Bernardino gang members and associates were charged Thursday with the kidnapping of two women, one of whom was bound in an apartment closet for several days.

Daniel "Psycho" Mendivil, 29; Angelica Romero, 32; Albert "Laughing Boy" Gutierrez, 36; and Dellaery Limon, 26, were charged with two counts of kidnapping for ransom, according to San Bernardino Superior Court records.

Limon also faces an assault with deadly weapon charge for attacking one of the victims with a knife, records show.

The upcoming trial for a Victorville man suspected of kidnapping a Riverside woman for ransom, and keeping her in a padded box in his van, has been delayed to next year.

Defendant Mark Herbert Warren appeared Wednesday to begin a criminal trial in Riverside Superior Court, when his lawyer made a motion to continue the proceedings, according to court records. Warren is scheduled to return to court Jan. 14 for the trial.

No reason was given for the delay.

A federal judge has set the sentencing date for convicted child molester Joseph Edward Duncan III in an federal capital case in Idaho for later this fall.

Duncan is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 3 on a jury's recommendation of the death penalty for the 2005 kidnapping, torture and murder of a northern Idaho boy, according to federal court records. Jurors deliberated only three hours before reaching their decision.

Riverside County prosecutors have been waiting for their chance to prosecute Duncan on charges stemming from the 1997 abduction and death of 10-year-old Anthony Martinez, of Beaumont.