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Gang Members Charged in Canoga Park Murder

By Walin & Klarich

Why you need an experienced criminal defense attorney. Three Canoga Park men believed to be members of a Latin street gang have been hit with various California murder charges stemming from a December 22, 2008 shooting outside Canoga Park Bowl, a neighborhood bowling alley. Richard Bordelon, 21, Martin Sotelo, 23, and a third 15-year-old suspect are being prosecuted for the shooting and killing of James Shamp, a 48-year-old worker at the bowling alley. Bordelon and Sotelo are being charged with one count of murder and conspiracy to commit a crime because of race as well as one count of attempted second-degree robbery stemming from a separate incident. Sotelo was also charged with one count of unlawful driving or taking of a vehicle and one count of evading an officer...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on February 15, 2009 (boomark / email).