REWARD -- Sheriff's Deputy Juan Escalante

 

 

SUPERVISOR MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH     Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, 5th District     869 Hahn Hall of Administration ~ 500 West Temple Street ~ Room 869     Los Angeles, CA 90012                                          www.antonovich.com

       

 

PRESS RELEASE

Contact:  Tony Bell, Communications Deputy    Office:  (213) 974-5555   Cell: (213) 215-5176    E-mail:  tbell@bos.lacounty.gov

 

 

   August 5, 2008                                                                                                           For Immediate Release

 

ANTONOVICH AND MOLINA OFFER $20,000 REWARD

IN MURDER OF SHERIFF’S DEPUTY JUAN ESCALANTE

 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY – Los Angeles County Supervisors Michael D. Antonovich and Gloria Molina are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for the murder of Sheriff’s Deputy Juan Escalante.

 

On Saturday, August 2^nd, at approximately 5:40 a.m., twenty-seven-year-old Sheriff’s Deputy Juan Escalante was shot and killed in front of his mother’s home in Cypress Park.

 

Deputy Escalante had been employed with the Sheriff’s Department for approximately 2- ½ years and was assigned to guard some of the most violent inmates housed in the County’s Men’s Central Jail.  He was also a military veteran who had served in Iraq. 

 

The Los Angeles Police Department is seeking the public’s help with information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for this crime.  Supervisor Antonovich encourages witnesses of this crime or anyone with information to contact LAPD Detective Brian McCartin at (213) 485-2531.  

 

###