Why Did the Sheriffs Deputies Raid the Ochoa Home To Begin With?
What has not been clear until now is why the Sheriff’s Deputies raided the Ochoa home to begin with. Mr. Ochoa has never been charged with or convicted of any crime, however police that day were looking for weapons as part of charges that were filed against his son, Santiago Rodriguez Ochoa, Jr. Deputies were looking for gang paraphernalia, weapons, among other evidence against Ochoa Jr., 19, who was charged with committing a gang-related drive-by shooting and arraigned on June 16, 2009. Ochoa Jr. was acquitted on all charges on December 8, 2009. This was a strange case that was tried in Colusa County but prosecuted by Yolo County’s District Attorney’s Office. The Vanguard previously reported on this case back on December 1, 2009. Records reveal that Mr. Ochoa, Jr was charged with two counts of assault with a firearm, shooting at a vehicle and brandishing a gun at a person or vehicle as well as four gang enhancements. Prosecutors had originally believed that the crime occurred in Dunni
