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This poor family took this amazing Christmas photo last night, unaware it would be their last together. Officer Singh would be shot and killed 5 hours later. Prayers for the Newman Police and their families.
He was a member of a street gang and had outstanding warrants against him.
Gustavo Perez Arriaga, 32, was arrested in the small town of Lamont, just east of Bakersfield and about 200 miles from where he’s suspected of killing Cpl. Ronil Singh after a traffic stop early Wednesday morning in east Newman.
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Arriaga was on his way to Mexico, said Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson at a noon news conference Friday in Modesto as several of Singh’s grieving family members, along with other county employees and media from throughout California listened to details of the arrest.
Five others,, — but not present when the shooting occurred — were arrested in Lamont, Hanford and Modesto. All are believed to be illegals.
Three adults there were arrested for aiding and abetting: Bernabe Madrigal Castaneda, 59, Ermasmo Villegas, 36, and Maria Luisa Moreno, 57, all from Bakersfield.
Also arrested for aiding and abetting on Thursday were the suspect’s brother, Adrian Virgen, 25, and a co-worker, Erik Razo Quiroz, 35. Virgen was arrested in Hanford and Quiroz in Modesto.
“We had them in custody and asked for their cooperation and they lied to us,” Christianson said of Virgen and Quiroz.
Also arrested for accessory were the suspect’s brother, Adrian Virgen, left, 25, and a co-worker, Erik Razo Quiroz, 35. Virgen and Quiroz were arrested Thursday.
In addition to the home in Lamont, Kern County Sheriff’s deputies set up surveillance at locations in Buttonwillow and Hanford in Kings County. They got a search warrant for the home in Lamont and SWAT moved in.
https://www.modbee.com/news/local/crime/artic...70960.html