Petaluma Woman Arrested, Headed To Court For Alleged Role In Kidnapping, Murder of Santa Rosa Man

A Petaluma woman is scheduled to be arraigned in Napa County Superior Court today on charges related to the murder of a Santa Rosa man in March.

Angela Martinez Arias, 41, is charged with kidnapping and carjacking in connection with the murder of 44-year-old Reynaldo Pacheco, who disappeared on March 24.

He left his residence in a black Range Rover and was reported to be heading to an unknown location in Napa, Sonoma County sheriff’s Sgt. Shannon McAlvain said.

Pacheco intended to return to Santa Rosa in time to pick up his child from school at 3 p.m., McAlvain said.

The Range Rover was captured on a video at the 7-Eleven store on First Street in Napa where Pacheco’s debit card was used around 2:30 p.m., McAlvain said.

Pacheco called a friend 10 minutes later and asked that his child be picked up from school because he was unable to return in time, McAlvain said.

Napa County sheriff’s detectives found his body in a rural area of Napa County near Lake Hennessey on April 3. Napa County Sheriff’s Capt. Doug Pike said his battered body had been smashed with rocks.

Arias, who owned Botanica Ile Oshun Elegua in Rohnert Park, a business that sold religious items, had a business relationship with Pacheco that failed, Pike said.

Pacheco went to Arias’ business on March 24, and she and Pacheco drove in Pacheco’s Range Rover to a rural area near a Petaluma ranch, Pike said. There they met Mauricio Tovar-Telles, 24, and Miguel Angel Garcia, 32, both of Napa who were waiting for them.

It’s believed the two Napa men beat Pacheco, tied him up and dropped Arias off in Sonoma, Pike said. They then picked up Norberto Guerrero Gonzalez, now 29, and drove Pacheco to the Lake Hennessey area where he was killed, Pike said.

Garcia then sold Pacheco’s Range Rover in Vallejo, but it has been recovered, Pike said.

On April 1, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office tried to serve a search warrant from Napa County to Garcia for possession of weapons and stolen property and child endangerment offenses at a trailer on Hoff Road in Kenwood. During a standoff with Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies, Garcia admitted his involvement in Pacheco’s murder, according to the Napa and Sonoma County sheriff’s offices.

The standoff ended when Garcia fatally shot himself. The Napa County Sheriff’s Office then found Pacheco’s body on Sage Canyon Road in Napa County on April 3.

The Napa County District Attorney’s Office filed murder, kidnapping and second-degree robbery charges against Guerrero Gonzalez and Tovar-Telles on April 24. Tovar-Telles also was charged with carjacking.

Their preliminary hearing is scheduled for Thursday in Napa County Superior Court.

Arias was arrested last Wednesday on suspicion of carjacking and kidnapping.

--Bay City News

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• Police: SWAT Standoff Death in Kenwood Was Suicide.
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• Petaluma PD Addresses Wednesday’s Fatal Standoff at Trailer in Kenwood
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