RIVERSIDE: One of LAPDs most-wanted fugitives captured psurowski@pe, A fugitive on the Los Angeles Police Departments most wanted list was captured in Riverside Thursday, Nov. 13. Eduardo Rodriguez, 35, was taken into custody by U.S. marshals, in the 3500 block of Farnham Place, the L.A. Times reported. Rodriguez has been wanted since 2003 when he was indicted on four counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder, the paper reported. The suspect was the second in command of the Toonerville street gang. He has been living in Riverside under a false identity for five years. Friday morning, Nov. 14, Farnham Place was quiet, and the house where Rodriguez was arrested, with its well-groomed landscaping and clean, well kept car and truck in the driveway, was tidy and gave no hint of the scene that happened the previous evening. A womans voice said from behind an unopened door that she had no comment when a reporter knocked. At about 6 p.m. some 10 law enforcement vehicles flooded the quiet cul-de-sac and surrounded the house, said neighbor Sylvia Garcia. She said her family suspected law enforcement was surveilling the area because they noticed an unmarked cream-colored van siting in front of their house all day. It was street sweeping day, and when the street sweeper came by, the van didnt get a ticket. A Riverside Police Department helicopter hovered overheard as marshals made the arrest, said Riverside police Lt. Mike Cook. All the activity alarmed some neighbors living on the street. There were lots of lights, a helicopter, but I didnt know what was going on, said Genoveva Garcia in Spanish. The suspect lived at the house with a woman and three children -- a grade school-aged girl and two middle or high school aged boys -- but only the children seemed to be present when he was arrested, said neighbor Alex Barron. Neighbors said they never suspected anything was unusual about the man, who they described as a good, friendly person to live around. He was just regular. He goes to work, comes back at the same time every day, said Sylvia Garcia, he kept a clean lawn, a clean house. He was real low-profile. Next door neighbor Francisca Garbay would often see him as he took the children to school in the morning. He was very friendly, she said, and often invited them over on weekends when he would hold small parties -- though they never accepted. The revelation that their neighbor was wanted on suspicion of such an egregious string of crimes was a shock, some said. He didnt seem like that type of guy, Barron said. He seemed like a hard-working guy.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 20:54:41 +0000
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