Gang member convicted of homicide in 2020 Riverside park slaying

A Riverside gang member was convicted of homicide on Friday, June 14, within the 2020 taking pictures dying of a person in Riverside, Superior Court data present.

A Riverside County jury additionally discovered to be true sentencing enhancements of committing a criminal offense to learn a felony avenue gang, being an lively gang member and discharging a firearm inflicting nice bodily damage.

Arthur Lawrence Akins III, who turned 53 on Friday, is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 9 on the Riverside County Hall of Justice in Riverside.

Cedric Omarr Dempsey, 32, was discovered dead from a gunshot wound to the top in a canal space behind Bordwell Park on Martin Luther King Boulevard on Dec. 22, 2020, police mentioned. Akins was arrested 17 months later at his condo in Riverside.

Akins was additionally charged with homicide within the June 7, 2020 slaying of 43-year-old Kevin Henderson of Moreno Valley. That case was later consolidated into the homicide trial that concluded Friday. The standing of the costs within the Moreno Valley case was unclear Friday.

Darnell Frederick Tate, 34, of Moreno Valley, is accused of the identical crimes as Akins in reference to each slayings. His trial is scheduled for Aug. 9. Tate has pleaded not responsible to all fees and stays jailed with out the potential of bail.