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Parolee prenotato in uccisione del funzionario di polizia Riverside

Earl Ellis Green è stato sequestrato nel parcheggio di un negozio di Riverside dopo la sua impronta digitale come riferito è stato trovato in un semi-camion rubato che ufficiale Ryan Bonaminio era a caccia prima che fosse sparato.

Da Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times

Novembre 11, 2010

Un criminale violenta sulla parola dal carcere di stato è stato prenotato Mercoledì con l'accusa di fatalmente la ripresa di un ufficiale di polizia di Riverside - possibilmente con pistola dell'ufficiale - dopo un inseguimento ad alta velocità, hanno detto le autorità.

Earl Ellis Verde, 44, è stato arrestato dopo che la polizia identificato un'impronta digitale all'interno del semi-camion rubato che Funzionario Ryan P. Bonaminio era a caccia prima di essere ucciso. Se giudicato colpevole delle accuse, Verde potrebbe affrontare la pena di morte, hanno detto le autorità.

A team of police officers and FBI agents swarmed Green as he checked under the hood of his car in the parking lot of a Riverside Target store Tuesday night, startling customers. He was taken into custody, along with his girlfriend, who was questioned and released, ha detto la polizia.

Detectives later recovered Bonaminio’s .40-caliber handgun during a search of Green’s residence. Three rounds had been fired.

“It possibly could have been the gun used against our officer,” ha detto il. Ron Sanfilippo.

Green’s criminal record spans two decades, and includes at least 13 arrests in Riverside County and multiple convictions for spousal abuse as well as car theft, spaccio di droga, receiving stolen property and battery of a police officer.

“We have an awful lot of conversations about how much it costs to keep people in prison, e molto poco discussione su quanto costa far fuori,” Il capo della polizia Sergio Diaz ha detto ai giornalisti in una conferenza stampa pomeridiana. “Questo è quanto costa per permettere alle persone con la cieca speranza che la gente curarsi, riabilitarsi. Non lo fanno.”

Secondo il suo record di parole di stato, che è stato ottenuto dal Times, Verde sfoggiava una serie di tatuaggi banda, tra cui uno sulla sua mano che dice, “BK = Sangue Killer.” Una delle condizioni della sua libertà vigilata è stato quello di non associarsi con i membri delle bande Crip.

Joseph Bonaminio, padre dell'ufficiale ucciso che è apparso con Diaz alla conferenza stampa, ha detto che non è stato sorpreso di apprendere che un criminale condannato violenta stava camminando per le strade.

“Non mi interessa chi sia. Voglio solo giustizia per mio figlio,” ha detto. “He shouldn’t have been out on the street. But it’s not surprising.”

Bonaminio said his son, an Iraq war veteran who would have turned 28 on Thanksgiving Day, would have been proud of the job his fellow officers had done to catch his alleged killer. Ryan Bonaminio began his career with the department in 2006.

“He was a man of honor,” his father said, “and I’m sorry that he’s gone.”

Green was paroled from state prison in February 2009 after serving over half of a three-year sentence for vandalizing a former girlfriend’s property, secondo i documenti del tribunale. The girlfriend, reached in Moreno Valley on Wednesday morning, said she was too terrified of Green to comment about his arrest.

Green was living in a trailer in back of an isolated home owned by his uncle, Moses Green, in the working-class community of Rubidoux.

Police raided the home about 3 am. Mercoledì, after Earl Green was in custody, setting off flash grenades and breaking the doors down, according to Green’s cousin, who was inside with his son and girlfriend at the time.

The cousin, who declined to provide his name because he feared police retribution, said Earl Green had been living on the property for only a few months, and most of the family had little to do with him because of his shady past. Their uncle has been hospitalized for the last few weeks and was not home, ha detto.

The cousin said that on Saturday, Earl Green allegedly tried to attack a second uncle, Percy Green, at a family business in town, threatening to kill him.

“He came down and chased him around with a spear, and then chased him around with his vehicle, trying to kill my uncle,” ha detto.

He said a report was filed with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. But a department spokesman could not confirm that the incident had been reported.

Police believe Green shot and killed Bonaminio on Sunday night after the officer pursued a stolen semi-truck believed to have been involved in a hit-and-run collision near the 60 Autostrada senza pedaggio.

The suspect jumped out of the big rig in front of Riverside’s Fairmount Park. Investigators believe that Bonaminio chased the suspect on foot and was jumped, and possibly had his gun wrestled away, before he was shot. It’s unclear if the officer fired his weapon before he was shot and mortally wounded.

“I do believe that this was an ambush,” Diaz said. “That this individual led the officer down a path to hurt him and disarm him. That’s not something a criminal with no experience does.”

Green’s arrest came less than five hours after the chief announced at a Tuesday afternoon news conference that $390,000 in reward money had been raised for information leading to an arrest and conviction of Bonaminio’s killer. That reward grew to $490,000 by Tuesday night.

The department also released a seven-second video of the suspect jumping into the big rig after the shooting and fleeing the scene.

Ma Sanfilippo ha detto che era la prova fisica - non è un suggerimento da parte del pubblico - che ha portato all'arresto di verde. Gli investigatori sono stati allertati Martedì pomeriggio che una delle impronte digitali di Green era all'interno della cabina del big-rig rubato, e una corsa tutta la città per trovare Verde rapidamente seguita.

Una volta in carcere, Verde ha parlato a lungo con Sanfilippo e altri detective, ma i dettagli della sua dichiarazione non sono stati rilasciati. Verde si terrà presso Robert Presley centro di detenzione della contea, nel centro di Riverside senza cauzione. E 'programmato per essere chiamati in giudizio Lunedi.

phil.willon @ latimes.com

Tempi scrittori personale Stephen Ceasar e Richard Winton contribuito a questo rapporto.