Beloved grandmother murdered in home invasion in Riverside; 19-year-old in custody
By Mary Stringini article
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A beloved grandmother was killed last weekend in a random act of cowardice to one of our more vulnerable community members, Riverside Police Chief Larry Gonzalez said in a statement Thursday.
Sixto Jesus Garcia Pena, 19, of Palm Springs, was booked Wednesday on charges of murder, home invasion robbery and burglary in connection with the death of 78-year-old Denise Irene Wong, of Riverside.
Sixto Jesus Garcia Pena, 19
Investigators said that on the evening of Jan. 6, police officers responded to a home in the 200 block of E. Manfield Street, to check the welfare of an elderly resident. Wong s out of town family members had called authorities to check on her because she lived by herself and was not answering their calls.
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The investigation is ongoing by deputies stationed out of the Lake Elsinore Sheriff s Station. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
MURRIETA, CA A man suspected of running an illegal indoor marijuana cultivation operation in the La Cresta community in unincorporated Murrieta was arrested by sheriff s deputies but is no longer behind bars pending a February court date.
Fuxian Liu, 32, of Long Beach was taken into custody at 4:40 p.m. Tuesday in the 35000 block of Avenida La Cresta, and booked into Southwest Detention Center on suspicion of cultivating less than 50 marijuana plants a misdemeanor jail records show. The residence was used as an illegal marijuana cultivation site, the Riverside County Sheriff s Department stated, which noted that the investigation is ongoing.