Crime Voice

SACRAMENTO – 62 year-old Kenneth Cervellin and his 47 year-old Ronald Cervellin were sentenced for a credit card scam that they had been running.

Kenneth was sentenced to spend 15 months in prison for his mail fraud conviction, while his son, Ronald, has been sentenced to three years’ probation for concealing a felony from law enforcement.

Prosecutors say that in order for the father and son to perpetuate the fraud Kenneth would give out false $25 debits each month to 500 of his 1,200 merchants and then rotate them so not to arouse suspicion.

In the event that someone discovered the $25 debit the Cervellins would refund the money along with a false explanation.

They would then mark the client’s file to make sure to not falsely bill that client again.

Ronald helped to conceal the fraud and made false statements to the FBI agent that was investigating the case.

They both pleaded guilty in April 2007.

The Charred remains of a man and a woman were found inside a burning pickup and are suspected of being linked to two men who were pulled over by deputies for driving a stolen car. A tip and several hours of questioning led to the men becoming both suspected and arrested.

The bodies were discovered in a parking lot on the 7400 block of Holworthy Way at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. According to Sacramento County investigators, the victims were first shot inside there home and then moved two miles away to the intersection of Walerga and Antelope roads were they were found inside the burning vehicle.

Several minutes before the burning car was reported, a sheriff and his trainee stopped a stolen car that had four people in it. While the occupants were being questioned the police received an anonymous call that a homicide had taken place inside a home on 3700 clock of Bolivar Avenue.

After the home was investigated the police came up with a list of suspects and then announced them on the sheriff’s department radio broadcast. The name of one of the suspect announced was recognized as one of the occupants of the stolen car by the deputy who had pulled the car over.

As a result, 34-year-old Thomas Meece and 31-year-old Alan Eisman were arrested on suspicion of two counts of murder.

15-old-boy, whose name could not be released do to his age, was arrested for the suspected killing of two men whose bodies were found on a Sacramento Street Friday night. As well as the two men who were killed there was another who was seriously injured on 3900 block of 73^rd Street.

The two men who were killed we known as Isidro Rivas, 18, and Rigoberto Aguirre, 22, both who lived in Sacramento. The man who was injured on 73^rd Street was shot in the neck and is the brother of the other victims. He is expected to live through the experience.

The teenager is being held without bail and is the sixth juvenile boy who has been arrested in connection with a Sacramento slaying this year. The name of the 15-year-old will be released if the court decides to try him as an adult.

The motive appears to have been gang related and happened during the heat of an argument between two gangs. The shootings created a calm that has blanketed the city for the first 10 days of 2008.