VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today the grand jury indictment of Daniel Alvarez (DOB 3/25/93), of Oxnard, and Justin DeSantiago (DOB 9/4/88), of Oxnard. The indictment charges Alvarez with first degree murder and alleges special circumstances that the murder was committed by a street gang member, and that it was committed during the course of an attempted robbery. The charges DeSantiago with the crime of accessory after the fact and alleges that DeSantiago committed this crime for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a criminal street gang.

Arraignment on the indictment is scheduled for January 8, 2015, at 1:30 p.m. in courtroom 13 of the Ventura Superior Court, County of Ventura.