It’s been a year since a gang-related homicide in Maxwell Farms Regional Park, and sheriff’s deputies are keeping a wary eye on the Springs with unmarked cars and beefed-up patrols.
“Last year, retaliation was threatened,” Sonoma County sheriff’s Sgt. Dave Pedersen said yesterday, explaining that agents of the department’s Multi Agency GaNg Enforcement Team (MAGNET) have been operating in the Valley this week and will do so at least through next week.
Seventeen-year-old Luis Miranda of Boyes Hot Springs was shot and killed in Maxwell Farms Regional Park on the evening of last Oct. 22. Awaiting trial in Santa Rosa for murder charges with gang enhancements are suspects Juan Carlos Perez of American Canyon, Javier Ceja of Sonoma, and Juan Calderon of Boyes Hot Springs. Perez and Ceja were both 19, and Calderon 17, when the crime was committed.
Vigilance tight as murder anniversary nears
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