Crime & Safety
Machete Used in Deadly Attack on Marin Teen: Complaint
The Marin County Sheriff's Office amended a complaint in the case against one of the three accused in the murder.
The Marin County Sheriff's Office has amended the complaint against one of the three defendants charged with the murder and attempted murder of two Novato High School teenage boys last week.
The new complaint alleges 19-year-old Javier Guevara used a machete in the murder of Edwin Josue Ramirez Guerra, 17, of San Rafael, and the attempted murder of the teen who was shot and stabbed but survived the attack in Novato on May 25.
Sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant on South Norfolk Street in San Mateo on Wednesday for Javier Guevara, the brother of co-defendant Edwin Guevara, 16.
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WANTED MURDER suspect Javier GUEVARA considered ARMED & DANGEROUS is a known MS-13 gang member. pic.twitter.com/Rzxl60uwhT
— Marin County Sheriff (@MarinSheriff) June 1, 2016
Javier Guevara, who is still at large on a $100,000 warrant, should be considered armed and dangerous and is a known member of the MS-13 gang, sheriff's officials said.
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SEE ALSO:
- Manhunt For Gang Member, Suspect No. 3 In Novato Homicide: Marin Co. Sheriff
- Novato H.S. Students Charged As Adults For Murder, Attempted Murder
- Coroner IDs Teen Killed in Novato Double Shooting
- UPDATE: Two Suspects Now in Custody in Novato Student's Death, Police Say
- Double Shooting in Novato Leaves 1 Dead, 1 Injured: UPDATE
The third defendant is 17-year-old Juan Carlos Martinez Henriquez. He and Javier Guevara also are charged with aggravated mayhem on the surviving victim and the murder victim for intentionally causing permanent disability and disfigurement.
The two victims, as well as Martinez Henriquez and Edwin Guevara, were students at Novato High School.
The three murder defendants are charged with premeditated murder while lying in wait.
The two juvenile defendants are being prosecuted as adults, and all three murder and attempted murder defendants face mandatory state prison terms if convicted.
A fourth suspect, Elmer Fernando Machado-Rivera, 20, of San Rafael, is charged with being an accessory to the murder by harboring or concealing Martinez Henriquez.
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Image shows Marin County Sheriff's officials and San Rafael police at the scene where a search warrant was served in San Mateo on Jun 1, 2016. Courtesy: Marin County Sheriff's Office on Twitter.
– By City News Service.