 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - The man prosecutors claim shot his neighbor July 15 during a dispute entered his plea during a July 17 arraignment. Massimo Barbagallo, 46, pleaded not guilty to one count of murder with an allegation of using a handgun to cause death, according to Ricardo Santiago of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Barbagallo is accused of gunning down his unarmed neighbor, 26-year-old Cristian Jonathan Alarcon.
The shooting may have been the result of a long-standing feud between the two neighbors, homicide investigators said. Barbagallo’s bail has been set at $3 million. He is scheduled to return to Alhambra Superior Court August 9. He faces a possible maximum of life in state prison if convicted as charged.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - A stabbing suspect found guilty on four felony counts will be spending 10 years plus life in prison in an attack against his girlfriend. Matthew Fay Echauri, 25, was sentenced Tuesday to time in state prison. The above sentence includes the possibility of parole, according to Venusse Navid of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Villalobos also imposed a 10-year protective order against Echauri, Navid said.
Echauri was found guilty this February on four felony counts: one count each of attempted murder and mayhem and two counts of dissuading a witness from reporting a crime with force and violence. The jury also found true that Echauri used a dangerous and deadly weapon, a knife, during the crime and that he inflicted great bodily injury, Navid said. Echauri stabbed his then 18-year-old girlfriend multiple times after an argument March 2, 2017 in her Temple City home. Two days into being taken into custody, Echauri called the girlfriend and threatened to harm her if she spoke to police.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - A deputy assigned to the Sheriff’s Temple Station remains hospitalized, but in stable condition after falling down a flight of stairs while fighting with a suspect. The deputy, a 6-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Department, was rushed by ground ambulance to County/USC Medical Center after becoming injured around 5:55 p.m. January 29. The deputy received a head injury in the fall. The deputy responded to a call of a a reported drunk man on the second floor of a business in the 5600 block of Rosemead Boulevard in Temple City. During an arrest attempt, the deputy and suspect, 58-year-old William Gerald Penn began fighting and eventually fell down some stairs, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
Penn, an Arcadia man, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer. He is being held in lieu of $75,000 bail. Penn was briefly hospitalized for minor injuries, the Sheriff’s Information Bureau said. |
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