ANTONOVICH AND MOLINA EXTEND $20,000 REWARD IN MURDER OF SHERIFF'S DEPUTY JUAN ESCALANTE

 

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

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

  

  

 October 14, 2008                                                                                                For Immediate Release

 

ANTONOVICH AND MOLINA EXTEND $20,000 REWARD

IN MURDER OF SHERIFF’S DEPUTY JUAN ESCALANTE

 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY – Los Angeles County Supervisors Michael D. Antonovich and Gloria Molina extended 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. 

 

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