24-year-old man charged in Newport Coast dwelling invasion

A 24-year-old Pomona man is scheduled to be arraigned Monday on expenses of breaking into a house this week in Newport Beach the place a home-owner shot him, whereas a second suspect apparently took his personal life.

According to police, two suspects entered the home in what investigators consider was a focused assault, and a resident fired photographs at them.

Andrew Miguel Rosas was charged Thursday with housebreaking, theft, carrying a loaded gun in public and conspiracy to commit a criminal offense, all felonies. He is accused within the break-in about 4:45 a.m. Tuesday within the 100 block of Vista Luci within the Newport Coast space of town.

Two suspects entered the home in what investigators consider was a focused assault, and the home-owner fired photographs at them.

“We know that there’s a relationship between the 2 suspects and the victims, the residents,” Sgt. Steve Oberon instructed reporters on the scene. “It was a house invasion. Whether it was a theft or what their different intentions are, I don’t know right now.”

An arraignment in Rosas’ hospital room was initially tried Thursday, however rescheduled for Friday within the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach. Rosas, who was not taken to courtroom, didn’t enter a plea on the listening to, which was rescheduled for Monday.

Rosas was being held with out bail. He was accused of conspiring with Gao Ming to commit the theft, in line with the prison grievance.

Officers arrested a wounded Rosas on the scene and commenced trying to find a second suspect, who was discovered dead in bushes outdoors the house from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the pinnacle, Oberon stated. The identify of that suspect has not been launched as authorities have been working to inform his household.

Police stated there have been 4 folks inside the house when the obvious home-invasion came about — a person, two ladies and a toddler. It was unclear who fired the photographs.

According to the prison grievance, Rosas was allegedly dropped off on the sufferer’s home sporting darkish clothes and face masks.

The suspects introduced zip ties and twine and tried to take the sufferer’s cellphone to stop them from calling police, the grievance alleges.

Rosas “has prior convictions as an grownup and sustained petitions in juvenile delinquency proceedings of quite a few and of accelerating seriousness,” the grievance alleges.

Reporter Nelson Espinal contributed to this report