In addition to being charged with murder of Daniel Peter Colegrove, Rodney and Vincent Ortiz have also been charged with the attempted murders of Francis Colegrove and Roger Surber.
Surber was the first witness to take the stand today at the joint preliminary hearing today. The second witness was Francis Colegrove. His testimony will continue tomorrow morning.
Surber said an argument over four ounces of weed lead to Rodney Ortiz shooting Daniel Colegrove, Francis Colegrove and himself. According to Surber's testimony, Vincent Ortiz allegedly shorted Daniel Colegrove on his purchase of one pound of marijuana and from both Surber's and Francis Colegrove's testimony, the argument was over money.
Rodney Ortiz is charged with the murder of Daniel Colegrove and two separate counts of attempted murders. There are special allegations with the counts that he used a handgun during the commission of the crime, that he inflicted great bodily injury, that he is convicted felon in possession of a firarm and that he has a prior strike conviction.
Vincent Ortiz is charged with murder of Daniel Colegrove and attempted murder of Francis Colegrove and Roger Surber.
HCSO's Detective Todd Fulton sat in with Ms. Pizzo as the lead investigator on this case. Both prosecution witnesses were very credible and unshakeable on cross.
Both on direct questioning by DDA Jackie Pizzo, both prosecution witnesses denied any alcohol or drugs except a small amount of marijuana that they were going to smoke. Surber said he had no knowledge of Daniel Colegrove having any firearms or buying or selling marijuana.
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