Bay Area Homicide Suspect Drove stolen 350Z
Bay Area Homicide Suspect Drove stolen 350Z
Makes me wonder if the car belonged to anyone on here.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/top-stories/ci_12495954
A cell phone dropped during a Pinole house burglary led authorities to a man wanted on suspicion of three East Bay killings — after he dialed his own number to find it, police said.
"One of the officers hears a phone ringing over by the broken window. He finds it, and answers it," Pinole police Chief Paul Clancy said. "The voice says, 'Hey, did you find my phone?'"‰"
The officers had been summoned to the scene after an Alice Way resident interrupted a burglary at the home about 9:30 p.m. May 23. The burglar apparently entered by breaking a window and exited the same way, rapidly, before zooming off in a car, Clancy said.
Police searched but had no luck, making the call from "Tony" on a previously undiscovered phone in the bushes all the more welcome, the chief said.
"Tony" turned out to be 23-year-old Anthony Ramirez, who has been linked to slayings in Rodeo, Emeryville and El Sobrante in recent months, Clancy said.
"Our guy says, 'Yeah, I've got your phone,' and arranged to sell it back to him the following day," Clancy said. "They made arrangements to meet at a laundromat on Appian Way."
Ramirez turned up at the appointed time in a stolen Nissan 350Z with a 17-year-old from El Sobrante in the passenger seat, police said. Perhaps alerted by the numerous police cars in the area, the 350Z sped off before undercover officers could approach.
Officers chased it to the corner of Appian and Garden Way, where the driver lost control, crashed against the curb and ran off. He left behind the passenger, articles reported missing after several recent burglaries in the area, and a handgun and a rifle with sawed-off stock, both within easy reach of the driver's seat, police said.
Detectives developed information about the driver's identity and where he lived and, on Wednesday, served a warrant at a house on Samuels Street in Pinole. Ramirez ran out the back as police entered, Clancy said, but officers behind the house arrested him.
The Contra Costa Sheriff's Office sought Ramirez in connection with two homicide cases: the April 5 beating death of El Sobrante resident Bruce King and the Sept. 28 shooting death of De Anza High School sophomore Ryan Valdez, Ramirez's half-brother.
King, 55, died two weeks after a vicious assault in his May Road home. The longtime city of El Cerrito employee fell victim to a botched robbery or interrupted burglary, authorities said. In April, the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office charged 45-year-old Raymond Gardner with murder in connection with the case. Ramirez is an additional suspect in the killing, sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said, though as of Monday no charges had been filed against him.
Sheriff's detectives sought Ramirez for months in connection with the death of his 17-year-old half-brother, saying he fired a round — either accidentally or intentionally — that pierced the boy's neck as he lounged in patio furniture at the family's home on Rodeo's Lake Avenue.
"This has completely destroyed my life," Marla Valdez, mother of both men, said in a recent interview. "Tony and Ryan were really close. If you knew Tony, you would know that it was an accident."
Both cases remain under investigation, Lee said, and Ramirez remains the primary suspect in both. While Contra Costa authorities investigate, Ramirez will face a murder charge in Alameda County in connection with the April 20, 2008, shooting death of 38-year-old Chad Clark, found dead inside his apartment on the 5500 block of Beaudry Street in Emeryville, authorities said. Emeryville Detective Sgt. Dante Diotalevi confirmed the charges but said he could not discuss the case.
Ramirez remained in Contra Costa County Jail in Martinez on Monday, Diotalevi said, though he will shortly transfer to Santa Rita Jail in Dublin.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/top-stories/ci_12495954
A cell phone dropped during a Pinole house burglary led authorities to a man wanted on suspicion of three East Bay killings — after he dialed his own number to find it, police said.
"One of the officers hears a phone ringing over by the broken window. He finds it, and answers it," Pinole police Chief Paul Clancy said. "The voice says, 'Hey, did you find my phone?'"‰"
The officers had been summoned to the scene after an Alice Way resident interrupted a burglary at the home about 9:30 p.m. May 23. The burglar apparently entered by breaking a window and exited the same way, rapidly, before zooming off in a car, Clancy said.
Police searched but had no luck, making the call from "Tony" on a previously undiscovered phone in the bushes all the more welcome, the chief said.
"Tony" turned out to be 23-year-old Anthony Ramirez, who has been linked to slayings in Rodeo, Emeryville and El Sobrante in recent months, Clancy said.
"Our guy says, 'Yeah, I've got your phone,' and arranged to sell it back to him the following day," Clancy said. "They made arrangements to meet at a laundromat on Appian Way."
Ramirez turned up at the appointed time in a stolen Nissan 350Z with a 17-year-old from El Sobrante in the passenger seat, police said. Perhaps alerted by the numerous police cars in the area, the 350Z sped off before undercover officers could approach.
Officers chased it to the corner of Appian and Garden Way, where the driver lost control, crashed against the curb and ran off. He left behind the passenger, articles reported missing after several recent burglaries in the area, and a handgun and a rifle with sawed-off stock, both within easy reach of the driver's seat, police said.
Detectives developed information about the driver's identity and where he lived and, on Wednesday, served a warrant at a house on Samuels Street in Pinole. Ramirez ran out the back as police entered, Clancy said, but officers behind the house arrested him.
The Contra Costa Sheriff's Office sought Ramirez in connection with two homicide cases: the April 5 beating death of El Sobrante resident Bruce King and the Sept. 28 shooting death of De Anza High School sophomore Ryan Valdez, Ramirez's half-brother.
King, 55, died two weeks after a vicious assault in his May Road home. The longtime city of El Cerrito employee fell victim to a botched robbery or interrupted burglary, authorities said. In April, the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office charged 45-year-old Raymond Gardner with murder in connection with the case. Ramirez is an additional suspect in the killing, sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said, though as of Monday no charges had been filed against him.
Sheriff's detectives sought Ramirez for months in connection with the death of his 17-year-old half-brother, saying he fired a round — either accidentally or intentionally — that pierced the boy's neck as he lounged in patio furniture at the family's home on Rodeo's Lake Avenue.
"This has completely destroyed my life," Marla Valdez, mother of both men, said in a recent interview. "Tony and Ryan were really close. If you knew Tony, you would know that it was an accident."
Both cases remain under investigation, Lee said, and Ramirez remains the primary suspect in both. While Contra Costa authorities investigate, Ramirez will face a murder charge in Alameda County in connection with the April 20, 2008, shooting death of 38-year-old Chad Clark, found dead inside his apartment on the 5500 block of Beaudry Street in Emeryville, authorities said. Emeryville Detective Sgt. Dante Diotalevi confirmed the charges but said he could not discuss the case.
Ramirez remained in Contra Costa County Jail in Martinez on Monday, Diotalevi said, though he will shortly transfer to Santa Rita Jail in Dublin.
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