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Court Junkie

Ep 150: The Top Prospect

Court Junkie

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True Crime, News, Talk Radio, Government

4.88.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Shortly after 9am on September 18, 2015, Corona, California police officer Shannon Velasco spotted

0:10.3

a suspect vehicle, a stolen Ford Raptor pickup truck that was wanted in connection with a

0:17.0

triple homicide that had occurred in the area the night before.

0:21.8

The suspect was listed as younger in his early 20s and African American male adults.

0:29.2

Mr. Velasco saw the driver through the window and turned on her overhead lights.

0:34.1

The vehicle continued on but eventually came to a stop.

0:38.7

She got out and stood behind her door for protection as she waited for additional units

0:43.6

to arrive.

0:45.4

She yelled at him through her PA system to put his hands outside the window.

0:51.0

The driver complied.

0:53.4

As soon as backup arrived, they were about to have him get out of the vehicle when he took

0:58.1

off.

0:59.1

So at this point, the subject disengaged his, well, he was no longer complying with

1:07.4

your commands.

1:08.4

Is that correct?

1:09.4

Yes.

1:10.4

And then you said that the truck left the scene.

1:14.2

Yes.

1:15.2

And we described the jury, the manner in which that truck left.

1:20.5

Yes, I remember it leaving at a high rate of speed that was concerning for me given

1:27.5

more in a residential community, given the hour.

1:30.8

I'm familiar with that area that there's a people that go out to that sharan if you will

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