Michael Martinez: A Case Study

Angel Gonzalez was convicted of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping on ______________. As a result of these two crimes, Angel Gonzalez was sentenced to 40 years in prison. In this particular case, the victim informed the police that she had been abducted from her apartment and raped by two Hispanic males, and provided physical descriptions. When doing so, the victim’s boyfriend provided the police with a possible description of the offender’s vehicle.

This case involves Suspect Jose Guadalupe Arevalo verbally threatening to kill Victim Cecilia Aguilar Parra with a firearm in violation of PC 422-Criminal Threats. Suspect Arevalo is Victim Parra’s rear neighbor.

In another account of rape on April 4, 2014, a sheriff’s deputy was convicted of rape where he pleaded no contest. Jose Sanchez was found guilty and sentenced to nine years in prison. He originally pulled over a woman in her car for an outstanding arrest warrant and then came to find she was drunk driving. Rather than arresting her there, he put her in the back of his patrol car and drove her out to the desert where he abused her and then drove her back to her car where he continued to sexually harass her. Two days later he pulled over a woman in her mid-thirties and bribed her in the form of a sexual activity .

SA Jose Ramirez contacted the DCF Central Florida Criminal Justice liaison and obtained the following information in regards to this case:

Rory Martinez was born in Riverside, California. Son of Anita and Anthony Martinez. Mother is a teacher for kids with disabilities at Jurupa school district. Father is. Rory is married to Lucilene Martinez with a one year old boy.

"I received from Mr. Rachell the newspaper article about other sexual assaults. Since there were very few similarities and connection between the sexual assaults and the sexual assault Mr. Rachell was accused of committing, I did not believe that this information from Mr. Rachell merited much investigation.” Roma Khanna. "Assaults on kids continued after jailing of inmate later cleared." Houston Chronicle. N.p., 18 Dec. 2008. Web. 03 May

P alleges false arrest. P alleges that she was hanging out with her friends after school when defendant MOS Jose Peinan became flirting with her. P alleges that she did not respond to MOS Peinan causing MOS Peinan to become angry. P alleges that MOS Peinan ordered two male MOS to arrest P and her friend, Marie Gonzales (non-party). P alleges that one of the male MOS patted her down and touched her breast. P alleges she was handcuffed and placed in a police van and taken to the 52 precinct. P alleges that she was denied food bought by her mother at the precinct. P also alleges that her request to have the handcuffs loosen was denied. MOS stated that they were conducting a UC buy and bust narcotics operation when P and Ms. Gonzales approached

At approximately 1450 hours I texted MENDOZA I was at the Pilot in Madera(22717 Ave 18 1/2, Madera, California 93637). Chavez observed at approximately 1530 hours MENDOZA arrived at his house driving a 2006 black Pontiac GS CA: 6BSW960. After only being inside the residence a few minutes MENDOZA got back into his Pontiac and left his residence driving northbound onto Fairway Dr. and then right onto northbound Westbury Blvd. Agent Forestiere and Agent Gordon conducted a traffic enforcement stop on MENDOZA’s vehicle on Westbury Blvd just north of Cleveland Ave. MENDOZA was subsequently taken into custody and driven back to his residence for the execution of the search warrant. MAGNET and MADNET Agents executed the search warrant at 1488 Penny Way at approximately 1600 hrs. Agents recovered in MENDOZA’S bedroom approximately half an ounce of cocaine in his room along with a scale. No other evidence/narcotics were located either on MENDOZA or inside his vehicle. MENDOZA was booked into the Madera County Jail on 6 counts of 11352(a) H&S(Sales of Narcotics) and one count of 11351(a) H&S(Possession of narcotics with intent to sell) along with one count of 12022.1 PC(Commission of a Felony while on

Upon arrival, I met with Arias, Elsa DOB 02/07/82, who related that she is a witness in a pending Cicero Police case (refer to 15-16482). Elsa related she had been in contact with Salgado, Brian J. DOB 10/23/00 through Facebook Messaging regarding the pending case. Six (6) photos were taken of the messages and they were placed into inventory. Elsa further related she feels threatened by Brain and his friends who are Latin Kings due to the fact she is a witness on the case.

Upon my arrival, I was met by a Hispanic female adult verbally identified as Martha Paredes. Paredes stated that about 1530 hours her son Stephan Paul (06/06/2001) was "jumped" by six students from school (Mojave High School) as he was walking home. Paredes stated that Paul identified one of the students as Christian Medrano(04/18/2002). Paredes then stated she found Medrano's facebook page and was able to locate his address(57 Rosa Rosales Ct). Paredes went on to say that she spoke with Medrano's mother (Alma Fuentes) who stated that Medrano has a history of miss behaving and that if Paredes needed to press charges on Medrano to do so. Paredes then stated that she was going to go to the school on Wednesday in an effort to try and identify the other juveniles involved. Paredes completed a voluntary statement and emailed me a screenshot of Medrano's Facebook page.

In November, 2015, I was assigned 3 different cases involving Mr. Gustavo Nunez a seventeen year old T.C. Williams High School student. This supplement is for cases 15-173149, 15-176960 and 15-177925.

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” -Helen Keller. Mob mentality is “the tendency for people's behavior or beliefs to conform to those of the group to which they belong”. It describes how people believe that they are stronger in numbers instead of alone. One example of mob mentality in text is in “To Kill a Mockingbird”.

June 20th 1975, Hollywood director Steven Spielberg released Jaws to the public. This deep sea thriller was based off the novel of the same name written by Peter Benchley in 1974 with a budget of only seven-million USD and was incredibly successful, grossing around 470.7 million USD. The movie takes place in the fictional town of Amity. Everything is going well that is until a there is a mysterious chain of disappearances, People are either found horribly mutilated or not found at all. Sheriff Martin Brody is called on the scene and it’s concluded that a man eating great white has been stalking Amity’s waters, eating anybody who crosses its path and it’s now up to Brody and young oceanographer Matt Hooper to deal with the shark.

In Los Banos Community, I am pleasingly surprised that so many people are willing to help others. The Empty Bowls Organization celebrates 25 Years anniversary (Empty Bowls, n.d.). In the Empty Bowl fundraiser, participants receive the bowl that was created by community volunteers (children, school students, and adults) after they share a simple meal of soup together (Spevak, 2014). People appreciate the bowls and grace of the volunteers. “ In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:16). The Empty of Bowl is a wonderful gathering event because they share the moment of good deeds, have cheerful time together, and are helping the others. Essentially, children

On a summer day in 1979 a teenage women working at a gas station told the police that Diaz was the man who attacked her a few nights before, lacking evidence no charges were made. First the rapist persuaded the women to pull over after flashing their headlights, he then forced them into his car at gunpoint and made them perform acts,later raped them. The one women that led to his arrest had said he was the only man that look relatively to the attacker, she asked for more pictures but police told her to keep looking at the first batch. She described Diaz as 5’3 and 134 lbs, much shorter than the original attacker. Arrested in 1979 after another rape victim picked him out in a photo spread. Six more victim then came forth and picked him out in lineups as well,