People v. Grace CA2/5

Facts On January 17, 2012, at about 9:15 a.m., Harry Yasuda and his wife left their home at 1274 Ridgecrest Street in Monterey Park. At about 9:15 or 9:20 a.m., Darwin Sen, who lived at 1083 Ridgecrest, noticed a metallic orange car heading up the street at about forty miles per hour. Fifteen or twenty minutes later, Sen noticed the car go by again. About ten minutes later, Sen called 911. He told the operator that a 2010 or 2011 metallic orange Dodge Charger with out-of-state license plates was driving around the neighborhood and had driven down Ridgecrest twice in a fifteen minute span. Sen also told the 911 operator that there had previously been some burglaries in the neighborhood. At 10:36 a.m., Monterey Park Police Department Officer Danny Salazar responded to Sen’s 911 call. As Officer Salazar drove north on Ridgecrest, he saw an orange Dodge Charger parked just north of the Yasuda residence. Kiara Camacho was in the driver’s seat, and the engine was running. Sen later identified Camacho from a photographic line-up at the driver of the car he had seen and reported. Officer Salazar

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