Tuesday, May 29, 2007

SUSPECT MAY VISIT GT: Arrested


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Man arrested in High Desert slayings

A Grand Terrace resident was arrested Saturday in connection with the deaths of two people in the High Desert earlier this year, officials said.

Jose Garcia Alvarado, 37, was tracked to Pomona and arrested on two felony homicide warrants, said San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Beavers.

He had been charged in the March 28 slaying of Juan Sotelo in Adelanto and the May 25 shooting of Francisco Sanchez-Lemus at a Victorville apartment complex.

Detectives found Alvarado in a car on Garey Avenue with a large quantity of drugs, according to a sheriff's news release. He was booked into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga on suspicion of two counts of murder and witness intimidation.

On the day of his arrest, Beavers said that Alvarado had told an ex-girlfriend who had cooperated with investigators that he was on his way to Huntington Beach to kill her and her family.

--Paul LaRocco
plarocco@PE.com
Regional briefs 08/14/2007
WANTED: Victorville homicide suspect
Jose Garcia Alvarado FROM STAFF REPORTS Daily Press
VICTORVILLE — Jose Garcia Alvarado is wanted on a warrant by San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies in connection with a homicide on Friday, according to a flier issued this morning.

Alvarado, who is known to frequent Apple Valley, Hesperia, Victorville, Oro Grande and Grand Terrace, was last seen driving a red 1994 Dodge Ram pickup, license number 7N83801, according deputies at the Victorville station.

Deputies had responded to a call Friday night in the 16500 block of Avalon. They found a victime with two gunshot wounds. The victim died at the scene.

Alvarado is considered armed at dangerous. He is also known as Jose Garcia, “Huero” and “Wedo.”

If you have any information, contact Sheriff’s Dispatch at (909) 387-8313, Sgt. Boldt at (760) 245-4211, or Sheriff’s Homicide at (909) 387-3589

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