THREE LOCALS INDICTED FOR HELPING FUGITIVE

The US attorney’s office has indicted seven people on charges of helping a suspected cop killer make his way from Stanislaus County to Lamont, including three Kern County residents. They are Bernabe Castaneda, Maria Moreno and Erasmo Suarez, who were arrested December 28th. Gustavo Arriaga is charged with gunning down Newman Police Officer Ronil Singh two days earlier at a traffic stop.

Suzanne Grant