Crime & Safety
Suspect in Teen's Killing in Long Beach Ordered Held Without Bail
Edgar Miguel Espinoza, 18, was arrested Thursday in suspicion of killing of Nick Cubas, whose body was found near the San Gabriel River.

LONG BEACH, CA — One of two men charged in the shooting death of a 19- year-old man in Long Beach appeared in court today but did not enter a plea.
Edgar Miguel Espinoza, 18, of Downey, was arrested in San Diego Thursday in connection with the killing of Nick Cubas.
Cubas, also of Downey, was found dead about 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 4 in the area of Willow Street and the San Gabriel River, according to the Long Beach Police Department, which has not released additional details.
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Espinoza appeared in a Long Beach courtroom Monday where a judge ordered him held without bail. His arraignment was postponed to Sept. 14.
Espinoza and co-defendant Rueben Alexander Ortega, 19, of Lakewood, are both charged with six felony counts: murder, kidnapping for carjacking, kidnapping to commit another crime, carjacking, second-degree robbery and shooting at an occupied vehicle.
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Both are also facing a special circumstance allegation that the murder was committed in the commission of a robbery, carjacking and kidnapping, according to the District Attorney's Office.
Ortega, who is also being held without bail, pleaded not guilty Aug. 22 and is scheduled to return to court for a preliminary hearing Oct. 17.
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