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Go to OntarioNewsPress.com for Ontario Specific News MONDAY, DECEMBER 9 - DECEMBER 15, 2019 VOLUME 3, NO. 49
RIVERSIDE MURDER SUSPECT WANTED
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n Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at 7:13 PM, deputies from the Moreno Valley Station responded to a call of an assault with a deadly weapon at a hotel in the 24000 Block of Sunnymead Blvd, in the city of Moreno Valley. Deputies arrived at the scene and found a male suffering from a gunshot wound. Deputies rendered medical aid until emergency medical personnel arrived. The male was transported to a local hospital where he died. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit responded and assumed the investigation. The deceased male was identified as James Black, 42 years old of Lake Elsinore. This is an active investigation and no additional details are currently available. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department encourages anyone with information or video regarding the incident to contact Central Homicide Investigator Manjarrez at (760) 393-3530 or (951) 955-2777. During the course of the investigation, it was learned that victim James Black was working as a Bail Bondsman attempting to apprehend suspect Chad James Green, when Green fatally shot Black. Green remains considered armed and dangerous. The Central Homicide Unit continued its investigation into this case and identified the suspect as Chad James Green, 41 years old of Riverside. Green should be considered as armed and dangerous and should not be approached. If anyone should come across Green, please call 911, as there is an active arrest warrant issued for his arrest.
The first installment payment deadline of secured property taxes is Tuesday, December 10. Payments not received or bearing a USPS postmark by the deadline will incur a 10 percent late penalty. More than 870,000 secured property tax bills totaling approximately $7.2 billion were mailed in September. “The easiest, least expensive, most secure and fastest way to pay these taxes is by eCheck, our online property tax payment method using your bank account,” Treasurer Shari L. Freidenrich said. “Every year we see an increase in taxpayers utilizing this payment option.” Taxpayers who want to use eCheck should go to ocgov.com/octaxbill and enter their parcel number or property address. Secured property tax bills dating back 10 years are available for viewing and printing. Taxpayers will be prompted to click through to a secure payment website page where a lock icon will be viewable next to the web address. On this page, taxpayers can utilize our no-cost eCheck option or pay with a credit or debit card with a 2.29 percent service charge. Taxpayers may also scan the QR code on Chad James Green. - Courtesy photo
Ontario Man Arrested Pursuant to Federal Indictment Alleging International Methamphetamine Trafficking Operation An Ontario man was arrested for allegedly playing a key role in an international drugtrafficking organization that was responsible for shipping more than 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine across the globe. Jorge Gomez Torres, 66, was named in an eight-count indictment that was unsealed this afternoon when he arrived at United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles for an arraignment. The indictment charges Torres with three counts – one count of drug trafficking and two counts of money laundering. Torres pleaded not guilty to the charges. A January 28 trial date has been scheduled in this matter. Torres – who was also known as “the Filipino,” among other aliases – allegedly coordinated drug shipments to the Philippines, and from there methamphetamine was illegally imported into the United States. On Christmas Day in 2013, law enforcement seized approximately 84 kilograms (185 pounds) of methamphetamine from a rooster
Secured Property Tax Payment Deadline is Dec. 10 in Orange County
ranch Torres owned in the Philippines. In shipping the methamphetamine around the globe, the criminal organization employed a variety of means to conceal the contraband. Members of the conspiracy used shell companies to obtain shipping documents that were used to send drugs to countries such as the Philippines to Australia. The methamphetamine was often hidden in machinery, including an industrial asphalt roller that was recovered in Manzanillo, Mexico and computer equipment that was seized in Memphis, Tennessee. The indictment charges a total of 17 defendants, most of whom are fugitives believed to be in Mexico. An indictment contains allegations that a defendant has committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in court.
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FOURTH DEFENDANT SENTENCED FOR RUNNING SOPHISTICATED REAL ESTATE FRAUD SCHEME BY LOS ANGELES COURT A woman was sentenced for helping run a sophisticated real estate fraud scheme that resulted in the theft of more than $1.4 million from 2014 to 2016, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Latrese Gevon Breaux (dob 6/23/72) was sentenced to 212 days in county jail. She also is required to complete 200 hours community service and was placed on formal probation for five years under the terms of a plea agreement. Breaux, pleaded no contest on Feb. 14 to one felony count each of grand theft and identity theft, and she admitted an allegation of fraud and embezzlement. In October, Angela Grace Cotton (dob 3/8/72) was sentenced to 12 years in state prison after pleading no contest to three counts of identity theft, two counts of grand theft and one count each of forgery and money laundering, all felonies. Denaysha Coleman (dob 1/13/92) was
sentenced to three years and eight months in state prison after pleading no contest to one felony count each of grand theft and money laundering. Lawrence Edward Cotton (dob 11/7/66) was sentenced to two years in state prison after pleading no contest to one felony count each of grand theft and money laundering. All four defendants are required to pay more than $1.4 million in restitution under the terms of a negotiated plea agreement. Deputy District Attorney Daniel Kinney of the White Collar Crime Division’s Real Estate Fraud Section prosecuted case BA472018. From July 2014 through September 2016, Angela Cotton, assisted by her co-defendants, used fictitious escrow and title companies that she had created to deceive a lending company into believing
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