Crime & Safety
Police Arrest Three More Suspects in Connection with Sahagun's Shooting Death
Carlsbad Police arrested the trio at a home in a Serra Mesa neighborhood.
Carlsbad Police and San Diego Police arrested Joseph Verkade, 34, Heather Strauch, 32, and Michael Gault, 30, at a home in the 2300 block of Ron Way in San Diego's Serra Mesa neighborhood about 4:40 p.m. Monday. Evidence from the was found at the home, Sgt. Mickey Williams with Carlsbad Police said.
Sahagun was found in his detached garage in Carlsbad about 1:30 a.m. Friday, April 1, with a . The next day, police searched a on Plaza Drive in Oceanside and arrested Grant Hunter, Mercedes Yorba and Gary Gomez. On April 6, Hunter, 23, and Yorba, 19, pleaded , attempted robbery and second-degree burglary charges, while Gomez pleaded not guilty to being an accessory after the fact.
Verkade, Strauch and Gault were each arrested on suspicion of various murder- and robbery-related charges, Williams said.
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