Crime & Safety

Two More Arrests Made in Shotgun Death of Carlsbad Man

The two U.S. residents are deported from Mexico and booked into the Vista Detention Facility.

Police have arrested two more suspects in connection with the in April, after being advised on Saturday that the U.S. citizens were being deported from Mexico, according to Carlsbad police. Eight people are now in custody in the death of Michael Sahagun, who was gunned down in a garage outside his home on April 1.

Jason Breer and Marilyn March were arrested after Carlsbad police detectives contacted them with the assistance of customs and U.S. Marshals Service agents. Breer was arrested on suspicion of homicide, residential robbery and conspiracy. March was arrested on suspicion of being an accessory, according to Carlsbad police. Both were booked into the Vista Detention Facility, and their ages and hometowns were not released by police.

There are no outstanding suspects in Sahagun’s murder, according to Carlsbad police.

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Sahagun died of a . The 63-year-old was found lying in a detached garage at his home in the 3500 block of Valley Street. The next day Carlsbad police served a search warrant on a room at a Motel 6 in Oceanside and arrested Grant Hunter and Mercedes Yorba on homicide and robbery charges, and Gary Gomez on accessory and drug charges.

on April 11 in San Diego, and a search of a residence on Ron Way turned up evidence associated with Sahagun’s slaying, according to Carlsbad police. Joseph Verkade, Heather Strauch and Michael Gault were arrested with the assistance of San Diego police officers.

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