People v. Mendez CA2/6

Facts On the evening of September 19, 2011, Randy ("Johnny") Telles, Christine Telles (Randy's cousin), and Quennie Reyna "burglarized" Mendez's house in Bell Gardens. Randy waited in a U-Haul truck while Quennie and Christine removed the window air conditioner, entered Mendez's house and took a laptop computer. A neighbor saw the women jump a fence and run to the U-Haul truck. When Mendez returned home, a neighbor said that Quennie and 2 Christine had "burglarized" his house. Mendez falselytold the police that that he did not know the identity of the burglars. Police investigators could not look for fingerprints because he did not have his house keys. After the police left, Mendez told Jorge ("Spokes") Guevera that Christine and Quennie broke into his house and stole his laptop. Mendez suspected that a U-Haul truck was used. Guevara knew where Randy and the two women lived and offered to help Mendez get the laptop back. Mendez said that he needed Salazar's help and picked him up several hours after the burglary. Mendez, Salazar, and Guevara drove to Quennie's house in South Gate looking for the U-Haul truck.

2 Christine and Quennie knew Mendez and Randy…