Crime

Volunteers try to get signatures to knock down wall in Rancho Cordova

Sunday, February 27th, 2011, 3:26am

RANCHO CORDOVA, CA - A group of 30 Rancho Cordova residents are going door-to-door Saturday morning to get signatures on a petition to knock down a wall on the corner of Mills Park Drive and Olson Drive.

On New Year's Day, a neighbor found the body of Rajneet Kaur Singh, 37, behind the wall when he was looking over his fence in the backyard.

Neighborhood Association representative Ryan Lundquist said many residents don't realize how bad it looks behind the wall, and the types of shady activities that happen there.

"We need to do something in order to curb that sort of negative activity from occurring in this neighborhood," said Lundquist.

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Three teens killed in Rancho Cordova drive-by

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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011, 8:36pm

RANCHO CORDOVA, CA - Rancho Cordova police and Sacramento County sheriff's detectives are asking for help in a drive-by shooting that left three young men dead on Malaga Way in Rancho Cordova Sunday evening.

Neighbors and family members said two of the victims were 15-year-old cousins and the third was a 20 year old who'd married the sister of one of the cousins.

Neighbors reported at least three shots shortly after 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Several people came outside and tried to help and comfort the victims as they waited for paramedics.

"They were holding the blood in so it wouldn't bleed out and they wouldn't lose a lot of blood," said teenager Saleai Polk who lives nearby.

One of the victims died at the scene and two others were taken to local hospitals where they were later pronounced dead, according to emergency responders.

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Suspects charged in Rancho Cordova triple murder

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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011, 7:19pm

SACRAMENTO, CA - Two men arrested in the murders of two teenagers and a 20-year-old man in Rancho Cordova Feb. 13 were arraigned in Sacramento County Superior Court Wednesday.

Juan Isidoro Aucencio, 24, and Francisco Ignacio Delgado, 20, were each charged with three counts of murder in the drive-by shootings of Jamir Miller, 15; Richard Ward, 16; and Robert Corpos, 20. The three were shot in broad daylight on Malaga Way. Corpos died on the scene. Miller and Ward were pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Aucencio was also charged with using an assault weapon, an AK-47.

In addition, both suspects were charged with firing from a moving vehicle and having street gang ties.

Aucencio was represented by private counsel. The court appointed a private attorney to represent Delgado because the public defender's office said it did not have the resources to help him.

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Rancho Cordova neighborhood prays for peace

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Sunday, February 20th, 2011, 8:14pm

RANCHO CORDOVA, CA - Friends and neighbors gathered Sunday to help their Rancho Cordova neighborhood recover one week after a drive-by shooting that left two teenagers and one young adult dead in the street.

Victory Outreach organized a rally complete with live music at the intersection of La Loma Drive and Malaga Way, just down the block from where the three victims were killed a week earlier.

The rally included an interfaith prayer service, with neighbors praying they'd see no more violence on their usually peaceful streets. Organizers said they hoped to help people recover from the shock of the killing, acknowledge their grief at the losses, and move forward peacefully.

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Two arrested for Rancho Cordova triple murder

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Saturday, February 19th, 2011, 2:54pm

SACRAMENTO, CA - Sacramento County Sheriff's Department arrested two men in connection to the murder of two teens and a man last Sunday.

Juan Isidoro Aucencio, 24, and Francisco Ignacio Delgado, 20, were arrested at their home in Sacramento County Saturday morning, said Sacramento County Sheriff's Department Spokesman Jason Ramos.

Deputies responded to a shooting in Rancho Cordova on Feb. 13 where three people were shot. Robert Corpos, 20, died at the scene. Richard Ward, 16, and Jamir Miller, 15, were taken to the hospital, where they later died.

Detective also found a 1999 Saturn, which they believe was used in the shooting, said Ramos.

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Man questioned in Singh murder had active warrant; could have been arrested before

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Thursday, February 17th, 2011, 12:08am

SACRAMENTO, CA - Demetrius Shaffer, the man being questioned in the murder of Rajneet Singh on New Year's Day and charged with a Thanksgiving Day rape, has a much more violent past than previously reported.

A News10 investigation revealed the long paper trail that begins in Fresno County.

In 2003, an ex-wife of Shaffer said he was convicted of corporal spousal abuse after beating her when she was pregnant.

"We were outside and started hitting me in my head, in my face, in my forehead and he kicked me in my stomach and he kicked the window out of my car," she said.

A few years later, the ex-wife said Shaffer was in trouble again, this time for molesting his then 6-year-old stepdaughter.

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Detectives seek serial robber in Sacramento-area stick-ups

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Thursday, February 17th, 2011, 12:06am

SACRAMENTO, CA - Sacramento County sheriff's detectives have released store security camera photos of a suspected serial robber they hope someone will come forward and identify.

Sheriff's spokesman Deputy Jason Ramos said the man is believed to have most recently robbed a Union 76 station near Watt Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard on Jan 10. His targets have been gas stations and convenience stores, usually in the early evening.

In each case, Ramos says the robber has picked up merchandise, brought it to the store counter and pulled a black semi-automatic handgun on the clerk or assaulted the clerk when the register is opened. The robber demands cash, gets it and leaves.

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