People v. Tiscareno CA2/6

Facts The victim, Ginie Samayoa supported herself by committing identity theft using a laptop computer equipped with a program that could generate credit card numbers. She became acquainted with Michael "Ghost" Bonfiglio and his girlfriend, Monic Barnett because they purchased dogs from the same litter. Samayoa lived in a studio apartment in San Pedro while Bonfiglio and Barnett lived in Whittier. Barnett occasionally dog sat for Samayoa, who paid her with fraudulent gift cards. She also sold the couple other fraudulent cards at a steep discount. Bonfiglio had recently been released from prison and was unemployed. Eventually, he asked Samayoa to give him a computer with the same card-creating program. Samayoa told her friend Arlene Cachu that she wasn't going to give Bonfiglio the computer. Samayoa's upstairs neighbor and friend, John Ramsden, sold her the laptop she used to create the gift and credit cards. On January 29, 2009, Ramsden heard a loud banging sound from below his apartment. After walking outside and half-way down the staircase, Ramdsen saw two Hispanic men banging on Samayoa's apartment door. Ramsden had never seen the men before. One of the men…