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Four men are accused of stabbing Desean McKenzi, 26. His family says he mostly stayed home, playing video games and mixing and producing hip-hop beats under the name “Y-Magic So Fly-God.” “He was a good guy. He don’t mess with no one on the street. He didn’t bother nobody,” said his father, Willard McKenzie, 63.
By City News Service Photo: Getty Images SANTA ANA (CNS) - A 24-year-old man was convicted today for his role in the fatal shooting of a drug dealer in Placentia, an attack allegedly ordered by the head of the Orange County branch of the Mexican Mafia. Augustine Velazquez was convicted of murder, conspiracy, burglary and attempted robbery in the Jan. 19, 2017, killing of 35-year-old Robert Rios. Jurors, who deliberated for about a day, also found true special circumstances allegations of murder during a robbery. Velazquez, who is scheduled to be sentenced July 23, faces life in prison withou...
By City News Service May 15, 2021 SANTA ANA (CNS) - Orange County prosecutors have been dealt a legal setback in their murder case against at least one of five defendants, including reputed Orange County Mexican Mafia chief Johnny Martinez, due to fallout from the Orange County sheriff's evidence booking scandal. Unlike his co-defendants, Augustine Velazquez, 24, has pushed for a trial and does not want to waive any more time in the case so he will go on trial first. His trial is scheduled to begin next week. On Monday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Patrick Donahue granted a motion to d...