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3RD SUSPECT ARRESTED IN LANCASTER KIDNAP-SLAYING CASE.


Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer

The last of three Lancaster men sought in the execution-style slaying of a man who was kidnapped, shot to death and dumped in a field has been apprehended in New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). , officials said Friday.

William Allen William Allen may refer to:
  • William (Orgain) Allen (1829-1875), Civil War-era Virginia landowner and financier
  • William Allen (biographer) (1784–1868), evangelical Congregationalist
 Fisher III, 25, is awaiting extradition to Lancaster to face murder charges in the death of 26-year-old Roger Arciga, who was kidnapped Oct. 30 from an acquaintance's home in the 43300 block of Echard ec·hard  
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 Avenue and found the next day in a field in the 47600 block of Division Street in Lancaster.

Fisher was arrested shortly before midnight Dec. 28 by Albuquerque police, who had received information from Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  County sheriff's homicide investigators that Fisher might be in their city, where his sister lives.

After talking with Fisher's sister and her boyfriend and searching for more than two hours, officers found Fisher using a pay telephone outside a grocery store, police spokesman Tony Herrera said.

``They knew it was him from the description, and he was taken into custody without incident,'' Herrera said.

Fisher was being held without bond at the Bernalillo County Detention Center A detention center or a detention centre is any location used for detention. Specifically, it can mean:
  • A prison
  • A structure for immigration detention
  • An internment camp or concentration camp
.

Two co-defendants, Omar Torres Solorzano, 20, and Dale Leroy Weidner Jr., 18, have pleaded not guilty to murder and are scheduled to appear for their preliminary hearing next week.

Homicide investigators said the victim knew his three assailants. Authorities described the three defendants as members, former members or associates of a San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley

Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills.
 street gang. They said Fisher is a member of the Antelope Valley-based Nazi Low Rider street gang.

The three defendants could get the death penalty if convicted. They are charged with the special circumstance of murdering Arciga during the course of a kidnapping, which makes them eligible for the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Prosecutors will decide whether to seek the death penalty after the preliminary hearing.

Weidner was arrested in mid-December in Van Nuys by the sheriff's fugitive apprehension team, which spent three days watching an apartment in the 14200 block of Victory Boulevard Victory Boulevard is a major thoroughfare on Staten Island, measuring approximately 8.0 miles (12.87 km) and stretching from the west shore community of Travis to the upper east shore communities of St. George and Tompkinsville. .

Solorzano was arrested Nov. 20 after a high-speed chase that began in Lancaster and ended with a crash in Acton. Solorzano suffered a broken arm in the crash at Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling  and Crown Valley Road.
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