Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - The man accused of stabbing two family members to death, a portion of the crime that was witnessed on a live Zoom meeting, was officially charged Monday.
Robert Anderson Cotton, 32, faces two counts of murder with an allegation of using a knife as a deadly and dangerous weapon. Cotton’s arraignment was continued to April 5. He is accused of killing mother Carol Brown, 67, and uncle Kenneth Preston, 69, at the house they all shared in the 3000 block of North Marengo Avenue March 22. The bodies were discovered after police were called around 2:50 p.m. in the 3000 block of North Marengo Avenue. Brown was a 15-year-member of Pasadena City College and was reportedly in the middle of a work meeting on Zoom when a suspect, later identified as Cotton, entered the room and kidnapped her. Coworkers called 9-1-1. Cotton was not at the scene when deputies arrived, but returned in a vehicle either belonging to Brown or Preston, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide investigators. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor PASADENA - Two unidentified suspects were arrested Thursday night after police opened fire on the men when the driver drove in the direction of the officers. The driver and his passenger fled officers in an SUV during a traffic stop in the 1300 block of North Raymond Avenue May 2 just after 10 p.m., according to the Pasadena Police Department. The pursuit ended in the Altadena area outside Mountain View Mortuary when the suspect’s SUV crashed into a gate at Woodbury Road and Raymond Avenue. The SUV stopped pointed towards Pasadena officers. The suspects refused to comply with orders to exit.
The SUV was then driven towards the officers who opened fire on the SUV, Pasadena Police said. No one was injured. Altadena deputies assisted Pasadena Police with traffic control. |
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