A California decide has launched a second homicide suspect with out requiring a cent in bail to be posted, simply weeks after releasing one other accused killer.
Agustin Sandoval and Vicente Aguilera-Chavez had been each charged with homicide in reference to a June 8, 2017, taking pictures that left a 21-year-old useless and a 24-year-old injured, in response to KTVU. The Sunnyvale, California, nightclub parking zone taking pictures was allegedly gang-related and resulted within the dying of 21-year-old Edu Veliz-Salgado, in response to Mercury Information.
The case went chilly till 2024, when detectives with the Sunnyvale Division of Public Security recognized the suspects in 2024. Each males had been charged with the homicide of Salgado, however a spokesman for the Santa Clara County District Legal professional informed Fox Information Digital that Sandoval was the driving force of the automotive that pictures had been fired from.
Throughout a court docket listening to on Friday, Decide Hector Ramon launched Sandoval on his personal recognizance, which means he doesn’t must pay bail, the spokesman stated.
Aguilera was additionally charged with homicide. Ramon launched him throughout an Oct. 31 listening to.
Santa Clara County District Legal professional Jeff Rosen informed Fox Information Digital that two accused murderers are actually roaming via the group.
“It was dangerous sufficient that an accused assassin with a violent previous was set free of custody, now there are two. The percentages of re-offense or fleeing from justice simply doubled. Individuals’s lives experience on these odds,” Rosen stated.
Rosen stated he was “shocked” by Ramon’s preliminary determination to launch Aguilera.
“That is a person who not solely dedicated a homicide, who’s not solely been to jail as soon as, however has been to a jail twice, and is a documented gang member, this can be a harmful particular person, and I’m the district legal professional and because the chief legislation enforcement officer, my job is to guard this group’s security,” Rosen stated. “This particular person is totally a hazard to our group.”
“I feel that there’s a variety during which judges could make choices which can be cheap and cheap folks can disagree. The rationale I’m talking out about this case is this isn’t an inexpensive determination. That is outdoors the bounds of what’s acceptable and it’s harmful to the general public,” he added.
The district legal professional’s workplace additionally stated it tried to get Ramon to vary his thoughts concerning the determination to launch Aguilera, however was unsuccessful.
“The court docket is playing he doesn’t pose a threat to public security as a result of he has not been arrested for the previous couple of years,” the DA’s workplace stated within the submitting asking Ramon to rethink Aguilera’s launch. “The court docket ought to give equal weight to his prison historical past … and the truth that he openly murdered a stranger in entrance of a crowd as a result of the stranger was drunk and mouthing off.”
In line with The Mercury Information, Deputy Alternate Defender Kristin Carter, who represents Sandoval, argued in court docket that her shopper “hasn’t dedicated a felony and hasn’t damage anybody” for the reason that alleged homicide.
Deputy Public Defender Jennifer Redding, Aguilera’s protection legal professional, filed the movement in search of his launch from pre-trial custody in October and stated that her shopper wasn’t concerned within the taking pictures and has sturdy ties to the group.
“There is no such thing as a proof that Mr. Aguilera, particularly with (supervised launch) circumstances, would current any threat of bodily hurt to others,” Redding wrote. “Mr. Aguilera is motivated to clear his title. … There is no such thing as a compelling curiosity in detaining Mr. Aguilera on public security grounds or out of concern he’s a flight threat.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to Sandoval’s legal professional and to court docket directors for remark.
