Just had a friend with a sheriff's Department near Richmond County send me this one.


Wednesday March 16, 2005

News

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Arrests made in Monday shooting

Tuesday, March 15, 2005 11:03 PM EST






Tom MacCallum

Richmond County Daily Journal

Two men have been arrested in connection with the shooting attack on two 19-year-old women at a stoplight Monday night in Rockingham, Police Chief Robert Voorhees said.

One of the women, Mandy Robinson of Billy Covington Road, Rockingham, was treated at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital. The other, Lauren Emily Pace of Fairwood Drive, Rockingham, was taken to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, where she is in stable condition.

Both suspects are believed to be Mexican nationals and are being held in the Richmond County Jail under $1 million bond each.

Rodrigo Renteria, 27, of Monroe, is believed to be the man who allegedly shot the women with a .9-mm handgun. He was arrested on felony charges of two counts of attempted murder, two Class C felonies of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injuries, attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle.

Julio Cesar Hernandez, 16, of Monroe is believe to be the driver of the vehicle. He was arrested on the same charges.

"We have recovered their vehicle and the weapon used," Voorhees said.

"The investigation is continuing, and there could be more arrests," he said. "There may have been others in the suspects' vehicle."

The Rockingham Police Department put out a bulletin on the identification of the suspects' car and a possible license plate number. Voorhees said the car was spotted late Monday night by officers of the Monroe Police Department. He said the State Bureau of Investigation was also involved in the search for the suspects.

Rockingham investigators went to Monroe where all the agencies worked to arrest Hernandez first and later Renteria.

Voorhees said at 8:50 p.m. Monday, the two women were traveling north on Long Drive, Rockingham, and stopped at the stoplight at Rockingham Road.

He said an unknown blue vehicle pulled up along the left side of the victims' vehicle and stopped.

An unknown suspect got out of the blue vehicle and attempted to open the door of the women's vehicle, which was locked, Voorhees said.

The unknown suspect then pulled out a gun, he said, and shot into the vehicle with bullets striking both women. The women drove to the parking lot of Winn-Dixie grocery store on Rockingham Road for help.

Lauren's father, Freddy Pace, said his daughter is in stable condition and is expected to be fine.

"She will be here (Carolinas Medical Center) four to five days. It was a lot less severe than they initially thought," he said.

She suffered a stomach injury and minor colon injury, he said.



did a seach and found this on it:

http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/article ... ry/top.txt