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A 23-year-old man was arrested in Denver for the shooting death of a man at a party in Fontana two years ago.
Michael Malfavon fled to Denver and was living with a relative when the police there picked him up, said Fontana police Sgt. Jeff Decker.
"He was transported by our folks and booked into West Valley yesterday," Decker said.
Malfavon's bail has been set at $2,225,000, according to San Bernardino County booking records.
Malfavon is suspected of being involved in the shooting death of Diego Diaz, 20 in October of 2007.
- Jannisse Johnson
The viewing and funeral for Griselda Gonzalez is planned for this weekend.
A viewing for the 37-year-old mother of two will be at 5 p.m. Friday at Dickey Mortuary, 8030 Mango Avenue in Fontana. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the same mortuary, followed by a burial at Forest Lawn Covina Hills in Covina.
Griselda Gonzalez was stabbed to death July 22 in the back parking lot of the salon at 17069 Valley Blvd., where she had worked for about 17 years.
Police arrested her estranged husband, 39-year-old Horacio Gonzalez, on suspicion of killing her with a machete.
- Lori Consalvo
Horacio Gonzalez, whose bail is set at $2 million, pleaded not guilty Friday to the charges.
Nearly seven years after Michael Hernandez was fatally shot following a car wreck in Fontana, a Superior Court judge has determined the victim's cousin should be held to face murder charges.
Hernandez suffered gunshot wounds as the driver of a Chrylser Sebring that crashed head-on into a Toyota pickup about 3 a.m. in July 2002 near Cedar and Slover avenues in Fontana.
The driver's cousin, Christopher Paul Figueroa, was a passenger and has told police he blacked out. When he regained consciousness, Figueroa told detectives he was outside the car and emergency personnel were there.
For years, no one was charged in the case. But in May 2008, prosecutors in the county's Cold Case Unit filed charges against Figueroa based on gunshot residue evidence.
Hernandez suffered gunshot wounds as the driver of a Chrylser Sebring that crashed head-on into a Toyota pickup about 3 a.m. in July 2002 near Cedar and Slover avenues in Fontana.
The driver's cousin, Christopher Paul Figueroa, was a passenger and has told police he blacked out. When he regained consciousness, Figueroa told detectives he was outside the car and emergency personnel were there.
For years, no one was charged in the case. But in May 2008, prosecutors in the county's Cold Case Unit filed charges against Figueroa based on gunshot residue evidence.
A variety of witnesses testified during a two-day hearing, and Judge Ingrid Uhler ruled Thursday there was sufficient evidence to hold over Figueroa to face charges in Fontana Superior Court.
The defendant returns to court May 5 to be formally arraigned on charges of murder and attempted murder. His bail remains at $2 million.
In a statement to detectives, Figueroa said he and Hernandez went to a store to buy cigarettes after drinking beer and socializing at a relative's house, Sheriff's detective Robert Alexander testified.
At the store, Figueroa asked some girls where to get methamphetamine and the pair followed them to a Bloomington house. When the drug buy took too long, he and Hernandez left, Figueroa said.
"As they were leaving, a car started following them, and a chase ensued," Alexander testified that Figueroa told him. The defendant insisted he blacked out in the crash.
The defense argued that Hernandez was shot by someone else through the car's passenger window. Prosecutor John Thomas countered, during the court proceedings, that two witnesses testified that they didn't see any vehicles on the passenger side of the Sebring.
Thomas also argued there were was a lack of bullet holes and evidence of a chase, such as skidmarks.
The defense explained that Figueroa could have gotten gunshot residue particles when the bullet passed through the window or while he was in a patrol car.
mike.cruz@inlandnewspapers.com
The defendant returns to court May 5 to be formally arraigned on charges of murder and attempted murder. His bail remains at $2 million.
In a statement to detectives, Figueroa said he and Hernandez went to a store to buy cigarettes after drinking beer and socializing at a relative's house, Sheriff's detective Robert Alexander testified.
At the store, Figueroa asked some girls where to get methamphetamine and the pair followed them to a Bloomington house. When the drug buy took too long, he and Hernandez left, Figueroa said.
"As they were leaving, a car started following them, and a chase ensued," Alexander testified that Figueroa told him. The defendant insisted he blacked out in the crash.
The defense argued that Hernandez was shot by someone else through the car's passenger window. Prosecutor John Thomas countered, during the court proceedings, that two witnesses testified that they didn't see any vehicles on the passenger side of the Sebring.
Thomas also argued there were was a lack of bullet holes and evidence of a chase, such as skidmarks.
The defense explained that Figueroa could have gotten gunshot residue particles when the bullet passed through the window or while he was in a patrol car.
mike.cruz@inlandnewspapers.com
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