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Stanislaus deputy charged in Modesto woman’s shooting death early last year in Ripon
BY DEKE FARROW
jfarrow@modbee.com
Updated 31 minutes ago
The San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges of voluntary manslaughter against former Stanislaus County sheriff’s Deputy Justin Wall in the the February 2017 shooting of Evin Olsen Yadegar, a Modesto woman.
Prosecutors: Modesto police officers used reasonable deadly force in Turlock drug bust
BY ROSALIO AHUMADA
rahumada@modbee.com
Prosecutors have determined that two Modesto police officers acted in self-defense or in the defense of others two years ago when they shot a 21-year-old man during a drug bust in Turlock.
Omar Villagomez, of Tulare County, was shot to death on June 7, 2016, by Modesto police Sgt. Alex Bettis and Officer Joseph Lamantia, the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release Friday.
Prosecutors said the officers fired their guns when Villagomez rammed an undercover police vehicle in an attempt to escape.
The District Attorney’s Office review of the shooting determined that Bettis and Lamantia reasonably used deadly force to prevent the escape of a dangerous suspect, according to an April 2 letter to the police chiefs in Modesto and Turlock.
