ROBBERY, SLAYING SUSPECT SURRENDERS TO AUTHORITIES.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - A man believed to be the accomplice who drove the getaway car in the alleged robbery and slaying of a Valencia man surrendered voluntarily Wednesday. Anthony Graham turned himself in at the Lost Hills sheriff's station in Calabasas. The surrender had been prearranged pre·ar·range tr.v. pre·ar·ranged, pre·ar·rang·ing, pre·ar·rang·es To arrange in advance. pre with sheriff's homicide detectives, officials said. ``He came in with his attorney at 11 a.m.,'' said Sgt. Richard Longshore long·shore adj. Occurring, living, or working along a seacoast. [Short for alongshore.] , homicide detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. . ``He was not the shooter. We'll do this sometimes.'' Graham has been charged with one count of murder and one count of robbery in the Sept. 30 slaying. Primary suspect Phaynes Reeda, 30, of West Los Angeles
Reeda has been charged with first-degree murder and two counts of robbery. One count of robbery against Reeda stems from an assault on a West Los Angeles woman the day after Hunsche's death. Officials said that Reeda took the woman's purse as she walked in a shopping center. The two are scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. Officials said that Graham and Reeda watched Hunsche winning at a blackjack blackjack, one of the world's most widely played gambling card games; also known as twenty-one or vingt-et-un. Despite contesting claims between the French and Italians, its origins are unknown. table at a Hollywood Park casino, then followed him on the freeway, robbing him at a gas station. There, Reeda demanded money and other valuables and Hunsche's and his girlfriend complied, investigators said. When Reeda demanded more, Hunsche refused. Reeda then took keys from the front seat of the truck and ordered Hunsche into the back of the vehicle, according to sheriff's reports. Then the two began to struggle, a gun fired and Hunsche was hit. The victim screamed for help, staggered to the station store and collapsed at the door. He died a short time later at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. Reeda, deputies said, ran to a nearby parking lot where Graham waited in a car that Reeda's mother had rented. Homicide detectives said Reeda and Graham were captured thanks to a series of videos taken from surveillance cameras at the casino and at the gas station. Reeda was released from prison about two months ago after serving three years for selling narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. . |
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