河滨县Home Gardens帮派命案：两名Corona居民被裁定受审 一人谋杀指控被撤销
位于加州河滨县的 Home Gardens 社区一宗帮派命案有了新进展：被控枪杀 47 岁 Corona 居民 Carlos Villa 的 Hector Saldana（48岁）与 Rachel Denise Arredondo（43岁）本周被法官裁定须接受审判。河滨县高等法院法官 Jerry Yang 在周四（10月22日）预审听证结束时作出上述裁定。
法官认定，有足够证据将 Saldana 送交审判，其罪名包括一级谋杀，以及埋伏杀人、为犯罪街头帮派利益杀人的特殊情节指控，另有持枪与致人重伤的量刑加重指控。两人今年6月在河滨县警长局调查后被捕。
对 Arredondo，法官撤销了此前对她提出的谋杀指控，并裁定没有足够证据让她就特殊情节指控受审；但法官同时认定，有理由让她就致人重伤的袭击罪与参与犯罪街头帮派活动的指控接受审判。
据 City News Service 报道，此案被检方定性为一起有预谋的帮派相关袭击。案件后续开庭日期有待法院排期。
Two Corona Residents Ordered to Stand Trial in Home Gardens Gang Killing in Riverside County
A gang-related killing in Home Gardens, an unincorporated community in Riverside County, California, moved forward this week: Hector Saldana, 48, and Rachel Denise Arredondo, 43, both of Corona, were ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of 47-year-old Corona resident Carlos Villa. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Jerry Yang issued the ruling on Thursday, October 22, at the end of a preliminary hearing.
The judge found sufficient evidence to hold Saldana for trial on first-degree murder, with special-circumstance allegations of lying in wait and killing for the benefit of a criminal street gang, as well as sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations. The pair were arrested in June following a Riverside County Sheriff's Department investigation.
As to Arredondo, the judge dismissed the murder charge previously filed against her and ruled there was insufficient evidence to try her on the special-circumstance allegations. He did find grounds for her to face charges of assault resulting in great bodily injury and criminal street gang activity.
According to City News Service, prosecutors characterize the slaying as a premeditated gang-related attack. Future court dates are to be scheduled.
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