INMATE CHARGED IN GUARD ATTACK PRISONER ACCUSED IN PUSHING INCIDENT.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - A state prison inmate accused of slaying his cellmate cell·mate n. A person with whom one shares a cell, especially in a prison. has also been charged with attempting to kill a correctional officer. Frank Perez, 31, who was serving a 12-year sentence for carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger when he was accused of the two crimes, is charged with trying in April to push the officer over a second-story railing with a 12- to 15-foot drop. ``The officer said that when he was transporting Perez, Perez tried pushing him over a railing,'' Deputy District Attorney Fred Mesropi said. ``He was pushed into the railing and had one foot off the ground and was close to falling over.'' Perez was handcuffed and used his body to push the officer against the railing, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. testimony. The officer was able to put Perez on the ground, an alarm was sounded and other officers came to his aid, Mesropi said. Perez later told a medical technician that he was feeling suicidal when the officer came and got him and he wanted to be shot or fall and kill himself, according to testimony. Perez has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. of a peace officer. Prison officials said they could not comment on the case. Perez already has pleaded not guilty to charges of using a bedsheet to strangle Strangle An options strategy where the investor holds a position in both a call and put with different strike prices but with the same maturity and underlying asset. This option strategy is profitable only if there are large movements in the price of the underlying asset. his cellmate, 27-year-old Eddie Arraiga, in September 2004. Perez has admitted killing Arraiga, officials said, but has given differing explanations. He has said he was ordered to kill Arraiga for the Mexican Mafia The "Mexican Mafia" (MM) or "La eMe" (eMe) is a Mexican-American criminal prison gang in the United States. History It was formed in the late 1950s by Chicano street gang members incarcerated at the Deuel Vocational Institution, a youthful offender facility located in and, alternately, that the victim had poor hygiene. Arraiga was serving a five-year sentence for second-degree robbery and was scheduled to be released in July 2004, prison officials said. Perez and Arraiga were in the prison's administrative segregation administrative segregation n. Solitary confinement. unit for inmates who are disciplinary problems, could be in danger among the general prison population, or are there for other reasons. Both were undergoing psychological treatment. Arraiga had been put in administrative segregation after he destroyed another inmate's television set, prison officials said. Prison officials didn't say why Perez was in the segregation unit. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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