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Marqel Cockrell Charged For Shooting 9 Year Old

Marqel Cockrell has been arrested and charged for accidentally shooting a nine year old at the mall. According to police reports Marqel Cockrell is the co owner of a shoe store called Sole Addicts at the Mall Of Victor Valley in Victorville California and he was chasing two shoplifters out of his store when he opened fire accidentally hitting a nine year old girl. The nine year old girl who was in line to see the Easter bunny was rushed to the hospital and is expected to survive her injuries. As for Marquel Cockrell he was arrested and now faces attempted murder charges among others.

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The 20-year-old co-owner of Sole Addicts was arrested for attempted murder following a shooting inside the Mall of Victor Valley that left a 9-year-old girl wounded after he allegedly chased shoplifters and fired multiple rounds striking the victim, officials said.

On April 12, 2022, at 6:28 p.m. Sheriff’s Dispatch received multiple calls reporting gunshots heard inside the Mall of Victor Valley with a reported juvenile gunshot victim.

According to a sheriff’s news release, the first deputy arrived on scene at about 6:31 pm, and units from around the area along with the California Highway Patrol responded to assist in searching and clearing the mall.

Deputies rendered the area safe around the young victim who was treated by medical personnel and transported by air to Loma Linda University Medical Center.

“Through investigation, deputies determined the suspect Marqel Cockrell is the co-owner of Sole Addicts who chased two shoplifters out of his store. Cockrell fired multiple shots at the shoplifters. Cockrell’s shots missed the shoplifters and instead hit the 9-year-old female victim,” stated the sheriff’s news release.

The young girl was getting ready to take pictures with the Easter Bunny when she was struck.

After the shooting, Marqel Cockrell fled the scene. At about 9:00 p.m., Nevada Highway Patrol located Cockrell in his vehicle and took him into custody. Cockrell, a resident of Adelanto, was booked in at the Clark County Jail on an extraditable warrant, for attempted murder, in the amount of $1,000,000.

Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact the Victorville Police Department at (760) 241-2911 or Sheriff’s Dispatch at (760) 956-5001.

Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463) or you may leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.

https://www.vvng.com/store-owner-arrested-after-shooting-inside-the-mall-of-victor-valley-and-striking-a-9-year-old-victorville-girl/

Anessa Paige Gower Charged With Multiple Counts Of Molestation

Anessa Paige Gower was a teacher at a California school that has been charged with nearly thirty counts of molestation and sending explicit photos online. According to police reports Anessa Paige Gower was a teacher at Making Waves Academy in Richmond California which catered students from grade five to grade twelve and was a biology teacher. However once the allegations came forward Anessa Paige Gower would be fired. Police in Richmond have not released the ages of the students where the molestation allegations occurred. What we do know is Anessa Paige Gower has been charged with 29 counts of child molestation.

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A teacher at a Richmond charter school was arrested on suspicion of child molestation on Wednesday and is now charged with 29 counts of child molestation, according to the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office.

Anessa Paige Gower, 35, is a biology teacher at Making Waves Academy. She was arrested on Wednesday morning in Sacramento as she returned from a vacation in Hawaii, according to the district attorney’s office.

Prosecutors allege that Gower engaged in “numerous” acts of a sexual nature with seven minors between 2021 and 2022, according to a statement released by the district attorney’s office on Friday.

The allegations include sex acts with minors, inappropriate touching, and sharing sexually graphic photos over online platforms.

Gower is in custody with bail set at $1.9 million.

Making Waves Academy Chief Executive Officer Alton B. Nelson, Jr. issued the following statement after news of the arrest became public.

There is nothing more important than the health, safety and well-being of our students. During the course of an investigation into allegations that one of our teachers violated school policy, we learned of additional highly concerning allegations involving that teacher’s conduct. We immediately shared that information with authorities who are reviewing the matter. That teacher is no longer employed by Making Waves Academy and we have reached out to parents, students and faculty to provide support where it might be needed. At this time we can make no further comment.

This is not the first time the charter school has had a teacher arrested on molestation charges.

In 2017, sixth grade science and math teacher Ronald Guinto was convicted of molesting over a dozen victims for several years, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office.

In 2002, Guinto lured his first victim, a then 12-year-old boy, through an AOL chat room to sneak out of his home. Prosecutors said Guinto proceeded to molest the boy on multiple occasions in Santa Clara and Solano counties.

Guinto was found guilty on 87 of the 90 counts he was charged with, including forcible child molestation, witness dissuasion and kidnapping, according to prosecutors. He was later sentenced to over 900 years in prison

Twelve of his former students at Making Waves Academy received a combined settlement of $10.9 million after suing the the school, an attorney said.

The Making Waves Academy is currently closed for spring break.

Courtney Williams Charged With Killing 2 Children

Courtney Williams is a woman from Yuba County California who has been arrested for drowning her two children. According to police reports Courtney William’s husband had arrived home for lunch and was told by his wife that she had hurt their children. The two children who were aged two years old and five month olds old were drowned in the bathtub. The husband would call police and Courtney Williams would be arrested. At this time no motive is known for the double murder.

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Authorities arrested a mother in Linda who is suspected of drowning her infant and toddler children in the family’s bathtub, the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.

Courtney Williams, 25, was arrested at the family’s home on Sunshine Avenue just before noon Wednesday after the father of the children called 911 to report possible drownings.

Deputies who responded to the home found the unresponsive children — five-month-old Holden and 2-year-old Ronin — in the bathroom. Despite CPR attempts, the children were declared dead at the scene, authorities said.

“The tragic loss of five-month-old Holden and his two-and-a-half-year old brother Ronin reverberates throughout our department and into the community,” Yuba County Sheriff Wendell Anderson said Thursday. “There are no words to adequately describe the sadness we feel for the family at this time.”

Investigators said the children’s father arrived home from work for lunch just before noon when Williams allegedly told him she had hurt the children. He then reportedly found the two boys in a bathtub full of water.

Investigators said the drowning appears to be intentional at this time, but the investigation remains active in the very early stages.

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Connie Escamilla and Kylie Beasley Sentenced In Childs Murder

Connie Escamilla and Kylie Beasley have just been sentenced to 22 years to life for the murder of a three year old boy. Connie Escamilla who is the mother of the murdered child and her fiance Kylie Beasley would call 911 to report an unresponsive child. When the paramedics showed up they would find the three year old boy unresponsive with a series of injuries.

The child would be rushed to the hospital and die the next day from his injuries. The two women attempted to explain away the numerous injuries on the child that ranged from burns on his limbs, head trauma, broken bones and bruising to his internal organs. Connie Escamilla and Kylie Beasley would be arrested and charged with murder and child abuse. The pair would be convicted at trial and a judge would sentence the two to 22 years to life in State prison.

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A Modesto mom and her fiancée were sentenced this month to 22 years to life in state prison for torturing and killing her 3-year-old son in 2017. Gilbert Escamilla, 3, was found with extensive injuries to his body when Modesto Police and medical personnel responded to a report of a child not breathing at the Emerald Pointe apartments on the 300 block of Standiford Avenue on March 1, 2017. The toddler was taken to Doctors Medical Center then flown to Valley Children’s Hospital in Madera for further treatment but died the next day.

Hospital personnel documented injuries including severe burn marks on his legs, bruising and abrasions over his entire body and various broken bones, according to a news release from the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office. Doctors also found internal damage consisting of bleeding on the brain, a bruised lung and bruised liver. Modesto Police arrested Connie Marie Escamilla, 29, and her fiancée Kylie Mykaela Ann Beasley, 25.

When detectives interviewed Connie Escamilla and Beasley in separate rooms, both claimed Gilbert suffered some of the injuries during a car accident. When investigators pressed them for specifics, each was inconsistent with the other about when the crash occurred and there were no law enforcement or other records to back it up, according to the news release.

The pair further blamed his severe leg burns on hot water spilling on him, but doctors determined that could not have caused the injuries they saw. Additional excuses included falling off his bed, blaming an unknown male whom law enforcement was never able to locate and negligence by the medical professionals who administered CPR to the unresponsive child.

When told that Gilbert had died, both Connie Escamilla and Beasley admitted to being untruthful and blamed the other for the child’s injuries and death, according to prosecutors.

In December, Escamilla and Beasley each pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder and one count of torture and waived two years of earned custody credits.

On March 9, both were sentenced by Judge Linda McFadden to serve 15 years to life for the murder charge plus an additional seven years for the torture count to run consecutively.

Deputy District Attorney Erin Schwartz, who prosecuted the case, said no one attended the sentencing to give victim impact statements on behalf of Gilbert. She said the boy’s father was never in the picture and a step-grandmother attended hearings in the early stages but hadn’t come in years.

At the time of Gilbert’s death, he had a 7-year-old half-sister who was taken by child protective services. Schwartz said the child was adopted by “a really wonderful family.” She said they were informed of the sentencing but are very protective of their daughter and declined to give statements.

https://www.modbee.com/news/local/crime/article259571154.html

Noel Herrera Sentenced To Death

Noel Herrera has been sentenced to death by the State of California for multiple murders. According to court reports Noel Herrera was responsible for the murders of three men from 2010 to 2017 with two of them being gang related. The first murder was in 2010 when a 26 year old man was shot and killed. In 2014 another man was shot and killed in a drive by shooting and in 2017 Noel Herrera shot and killed a 25 year old man. Noel Herrera would be arrested and convicted of all three murders and sentenced to death. However California has not executed anyone since 2006 and has no plans to start up executions in the State again.

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A gang member with the moniker “Guilty” was found just that by a jury of his peers on Feb. 3.

The Tulare County District Attorney’s office announced on Feb. 15 that Noel Herrera, 32, was found guilty of multiple murders committed from 2010 to 2017. The jury went so far as to recommend a death sentence as well.

Herrera committed his first shooting murder on Jan. 9, 2010. The victim was a 26-year-old male. In a drive by shooting on April 24, 2014, Herrera shot and killed a 25-year-old male. On Feb. 15, 2017, Herrera was again involved in a drive by shooting. No one was injured in this incident. Three days later on Feb. 18, 2017, Herrera shot and killed a 20-year-old male victim. After being stopped by law enforcement the next day for speeding, a search of his vehicle revealed a firearm that eventually led to ballistic evidence linking him to the Feb. 15, 2017 shooting. All of the crimes took place in the city of Visalia.

After a complete investigation, law enforcement and prosecutors filed the entirety of the case against Herrera in March 2018

On Jan. 18, a jury began hearing evidence in the criminal phase of the case. On Feb. 3, the jury found Herrera guilty of three counts of premeditated first-degree murder with special circumstances and allegations that the crimes constituted multiple murders, and that Herrera personally used a firearm. In addition, the jury convicted Herrera of premeditated attempted murder and shooting at an occupied motor vehicle.

Noel Herrera Sentenced To Death