{"id":80048,"date":"2016-06-28T21:30:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T01:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=80048"},"modified":"2016-06-28T21:32:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T01:32:09","slug":"california-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-of-ten-sheriffs-deputies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/california-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-of-ten-sheriffs-deputies\/","title":{"rendered":"California Man Charged with Attempted Murder Of Ten Sheriff\u2019s Deputies"},"content":{"rendered":"
LOS ANGELES — A Burbank man was charged today with the attempted murder of 10 Los Angeles County sheriff\u2019s deputies followed by an eight-hour standoff in Bellflower late Thursday night, the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office announced.<\/p>\n
Juan Manuel Martinez, 39,\u00a0is scheduled to be arraigned today in Department 2 of the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Bellflower. Prosecutors will ask that his bail be set at $11 million in case VA142260.<\/p>\n
Deputy District Attorney Garrett Dameron with the Crimes Against Peace Officers Section is prosecuting the case.<\/p>\n
Martinez is suspected of shooting and wounding a motorcycle deputy who pulled him over during a DUI checkpoint on Lakewood Boulevard. After abandoning his vehicle, Martinez allegedly fired on four other deputies who arrived to assist the downed deputy.<\/p>\n
Martinez then allegedly wounded a second deputy as he fled the scene, firing at a second set of deputies before hiding in a small structure for nearly eight hours. He was arrested after a SWAT team fired tear gas into the structure.<\/p>\n
Martinez is charged with a total of 13 felony counts, including 10 counts of attempted murder of a peace officer, and one felony count each of false imprisonment of a hostage, dissuading a witness by threat of force and possession of a firearm by a felon. The complaint alleges he discharged a firearm causing great bodily injury to two deputies.<\/p>\n
If convicted, Martinez faces up to life in state prison.<\/p>\n