4 MEN WILL BE TRIED IN SLAYING VICTIM STRANGLED AND SET ON FIRE.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - Four men have been ordered to stand trial on murder charges in connection with the gang-related slaying of a young Lancaster man who was strangled stran·gle v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles v.tr. 1. a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle. b. and set on fire beside a dirt road dirt road n (US) → camino sin firme dirt road n → chemin non macadamisé or non revêtu dirt road dirt n . Aaron Sobalvarro, 25; Sobalvarro's cousin, Diego Sobalvarro, 23; Nicolas Koufos, 22; and Dewayne Strong, 21, are accused in the August 2002 killing of 22-year-old Carlos Ochoa Carlos Augusto Ochoa Mendoza (born March 5, 1978 in Apatzingán, Michoacán) is a Mexican footballer, who currently plays for Monterrey. He started his acreer as a substitute for Necaxa, but rose to fame for playing with UANL Tigres, where he reached the final. , whose body - burned beyond recognition - was found in a field on the outskirts of west Lancaster. Officials say Ochoa's killers believed he was going to give investigators information pointing to them as possible suspects in a crime and killed him before he could turn over any more information. Ochoa was killed 10 days after he was released from jail after an arrest on suspicion of burglary. The three-day preliminary hearing for the four men ended Friday. They were scheduled to be arraigned June 27 in Lancaster Superior Court. Ochoa's body was found Aug. 30 propped in a sitting position against a utility pole A utility pole, telegraph pole, telephone pole, power pole, or telegraph post is a post or pole upon which telecommunication network equipment is situated. on Avenue M near 70th Street West. Strong and Koufos were arrested in November during a search of a Lancaster apartment complex by sheriff's deputies looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a rape suspect Noun 1. rape suspect - someone who is suspected of committing rape suspect - someone who is under suspicion . They were at the apartment where the rape suspect was seen. Strong had been arrested in Lancaster on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs less than two hours before Ochoa's body was found. Aaron Sobalvarro had been arrested in January near a relative's home in Beaverton, Ore., by a special FBI task force that had been searching for him. Diego Sobalvarro was arrested some time later in Nevada, prosecutors said. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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