eMe: December 2007 Archives

First a letter, then some comments. It's all coming together now on Editor's Corner.

The gist of it is that Ralph "Perrico" Rocha, who did time in the Federal Eme case, is ruffling some feathers now that he's returned to civilian life in the SGV.

Apparently the case unveiled today involves six members of a criminal gang involved in a conspiracy to murder. Wiretaps were used to make the case.

The target was Rafael Gonzalez Munoz Jr. AKA Cisco noted as an Emero in the charging documents.

Named in the case are David Sahagun , Yvonne Colleen Montes, George Bravo, Anthony Palacios, Angelita Martinez.

They discussed meeting their victim at Margarita Jones in West Covina....

Another wiretap in the case took place at 307 south Vermont in Glendora.

More TK

some in the case are related to Jacques Padilla,  a man named by the cops as an Emero.  Another potential victim maybe in protective custody at Cochrane state prison. 

5:26 p.m. update. There is some confusion about Mr. Padilla's nickname. We deleted it from the post.

5:29 p.m. update, sheriff's used the nickname "Jocko"  when referring to Mr. Padilla.

Visits by sheriff's homicide detectives to Soledad Prison during their investigation of the March 2006 Robert Whitehead murder in West Valinda apparently opened up a whole can of worms for LA Eme.

We dont' know the full reach of this but it sounds like it may be fairly extensive. Press conference on the deal at 11 a.m.

 UPDATE:

Here's the sheriff's press release:

District Attorney Steve Cooley, Supervisor Gloria Molina, Sheriff’s Chief Richard Castro and other top sheriff’s officials, will announce the arrests of numerous members of a street gang.
The arrests were made during the service of search warrants by a multi- agency task
force.