Murder plot of Redlands gang member foiled, charges filed
By Stacia Glenn on October 24, 2008 3:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |
Redlands police said they helped foil a murder plot after a gang member called his girlfriend from prison to order a fellow gang member's death.
Charges were filed Thursday against David Martinez, 34, and his girlfriend, 29-year-old Erika Hernandez, for solicitation to commit murder.
Hernandez was arrested that same day at her home in the 700 block of Baldwin Avenue. Martinez was already in custody at Calipatria State Prison, where he made the phone call in July ordering the murder of a 26-year-old Highland man who is a fellow gang member.
Prison officials recorded the call, where Martinez asked his girlfriend to connect him via a three-way conference call to another gang member to order the murder.
The third suspect, who has not been identified, was arrested in late July on unrelated charges, including possession of a firearm. He has not been charged in connection with the murder plot.
Martinez was transferred Thursday to West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga to face the new charges.
Anyone with further information is asked to call Officer Chad Mayfield or Redlands Police Dispatch at (909) 798-7681.
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