By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Maria detectives and SWAT team members arrested a man this week for allegedly murdering his co-conspirator during a botched robbery
Santa Maria detectives and SWAT team members arrested a man this week for allegedly murdering his co-conspirator during a botched robbery in the northern Santa Barbara County late last year.
Responders found two victims at the scene. They attempted lifesaving measures on one of the men, 33-year-old Joshua Anthony Maldonado, but could not save him.The investigation revealed the shooting resulted from a botched armored robbery, according to the police department. Detectives also determined that 44-year-old Arnulfo Villavicencio-Ramirez and 34-year-old David Olaf Barajas participated and conspired in the robbery. Subsequently, police sought and obtained multiple search and arrest warrants.
As a result of the operation, authorities took Garcia and Villavicencio-Ramirez into custody on their arrest warrants and booked them in Santa Barbara County Jail. Barajas is currently in a California prison for unrelated offenses. He will be charged in this case, as well.
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