{"id":69561,"date":"2016-12-26T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=69561"},"modified":"2016-12-26T08:58:18","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T13:58:18","slug":"murder-charges-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=69561","title":{"rendered":"Murder charges in California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in May, 2015, Deshon Cooper, 47, and Theotis Watkins, 47, Carnell Taylor Jr., 26, and Jason Johnson, 28, forced their way into a home in an invasion-type assault in Pittsburg, California<\/a>. The resident was watching TV with friends when the four broke in and began beating him. The victim was able to get his hands on a gun and he shot Taylor and Johnson who were subsequently DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived. Watkins, the getaway driver, had a GPS ankle bracelet on, which put him at the scene of the crime.<\/p>\n

They had threatened to “kneecap” the victim which put him in fear, so he shot the pair. Now, even though they didn’t fire a shot, Watkins and Cooper are looking at murder charges for the deaths of their accomplices under California’s \u201cprovocative act\u201d doctrine – committing an act that provokes a victim to kill criminals.<\/p>\n

The robbery occurred around 9 p.m. when the Jewett Avenue resident was watching TV with two friends. According to police testimony, Cooper \u2014 an acquaintance of one of the resident\u2019s sons \u2014 stopped by the home and spoke with the resident. A few minutes later, Taylor and Johnson barged into the home and began a brutal robbery, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n

The robbers threatened to kill the resident, while holding him at gunpoint, and demanded more money after some was handed over, according to testimony of Pittsburg police Detective Joseph Terry.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Taylor) said he was going to shoot (the resident) in his leg or knee cap, and began to count to five,\u201d Terry said under oath.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Both of the crooks have entered pleas of not guilty, but they remain in jail until they each post a million-dollar bail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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