Deputy District Attorney Eric Siddall addressed a Los Angeles Superior Court jury hearing final arguments in the trial of 35-year-old Monolito Guerra, who is charged with attempted murder of a peace officer and other counts and was brought into court in a wheelchair.
“He didn’t want to go back to prison; he didn’t want to be violated for parole,” Siddall told the panel in urging that they find Guerra guilty of all charges. But defense attorney Tony McAuley, asking for a complete acquittal of Guerra, countered that the case abounds with bias and conflict of interest, in large part because the Sheriff’s Department investigated an incident that involved their own people.
“We can’t let our admiration and respect for deputies affect our job; we can’t just say we trust the system,” McAuley said, adding that there was an absence of any video images of the confrontation.
The wounded deputy, Albert White, is now a detective. Siddall used a PowerPoint presentation to display White’s bloodied uniform shirt taken as evidence after the Nov. 28, 2017, shooting. “By some miracle the bullet goes through his neck and did not sever any artery,” Siddall said.
Guerra initially complied with White’s orders, but quickly changed course, according to Siddall. “The minute he sees an opportunity to escape he takes it,” Siddall said.
Siddall’s PowerPoint display also depicted Guerra assaulting a jail custody assistant on an unspecified date while Guerra was being escorted down a hallway. Guerra told the jail employee that “he wanted to kill deputy sheriffs because of what they do,” according to Siddall.
White testified during trial that he had approached a white Ford Fusion while checking a row of parked vehicles outside the apartment complex on Bottletree Lane following a 911 call from a woman who said a man had pointed a gun at her. White said he saw a sunshade propped up in the back of the car and subsequently spotted a man on the back seat of the vehicle. He said that it was “pretty dark” at the time and that he could see the man’s eyes fluttering back and forth, but didn’t remember seeing his face.
White said he opened one of the vehicle’s back doors and ordered the suspect to freeze, and subsequently saw him tuck a revolver into his waistband. White said he raised his face to yell at other sheriff’s deputies to alert them and fixated on the weapon — not the suspect — when he saw it about five to six inches from his chin before the “gun goes bang.”
Guerra had been involved in two other gun-related confrontations — one involving the woman the same day and another involving a family who was allegedly shot at while driving in Northridge four days earlier, with a bullet nearly hitting an infant, according to Siddall.
McAuley said Guerra is “no saint as you all have heard — he’s been to prison,” but said he believed every prosecution witness who testified against his client appeared to want him convicted.
The District Attorney’s Office concluded under Jackie Lacey‘s administration in 2019 that White and three other sheriff’s deputies acted lawfully in shooting at Guerra.
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taurus bulba says
the only difference between this guy and your typical gun nut is that he was brutally honest about who he wanted to put out, didn’t care about the consequences to himself
oh wait, that is like the J6 nuts behavior
never mind
Yvonne French says
Why are our tax dollars allowing people like this out on the streets. There is no consequences to any of these serious crimes therefore it happens day in and day out. Look at all the smash and grabs all the shootings they get out and do it over and over and over again ITS RIDICULES!!!!!!!! Let’s not forget that the highest supreme judges don’t have to follow any law of ethics either JS
Old Man says
Thank you Progressives
Bee says
You can also thank the progressives for the man that killed a family of 5 in Texas. The number 5 repeats itself oddly cause it’s also the amount of times the guy got deported and was able to return effortlessly over our open borders that the left created.
Tim Scott says
I take it that your right wing “news sources” made a big deal about the number without telling you that he last entered under the Trump administration.
You are like a garbage chute in so many ways.
Beeee says
Might have, but that’s still the open border that was created by the left due to a bevy of law suits and tying up the trump border policies in court…
Actually, you are the trash chute that keeps taking cylinders up it. Williams that is.
Tony Bouglona says
Why is this despicable monster allowed to live? One good reason?
Tim Scott says
What makes this guy a ‘despicable monster’? We live in a world with people who shoot gums in their back yard and when the neighbor asks for a little peace and quiet shoots their entire family. We love in a world where people ‘wanna break the record’ so they randomly shoot into crowds trying for body count. I could go on and on listing potential ‘despicable monsters,’ but you are all up in a snit about some dude that apparently didn’t even kill anyone. What’s your deal?
timmah scott says
so einstein, where was that killer from? how many times was he supported? who let him in? your heroes the pedocrats so..i’d close my felonious garbage hole if….toolio.
degh says
once again, your censor loving masters at this rag won’t let me post what i have to say about you again…puss.
Tim Scott says
Yeah, they have rules about personal attacks. They are posted. You should read them.
M-7 says
Zat u, bece sonyaa?
always complaining,never sober.
Tim Scott says
His latest entry to the US was under the Trump administration. Thanks for asking.
Beec says
That might be possible, but a trump administration who’s policies were constantly halted due to leftist lawsuits and lawfare.
You guys thought he’d be a future democrat voter, but instead you got 5 folks killed.
Tim Scott says
The five folks killed were just as likely to be democrat voters, so you are probably happy about their deaths.
John says
“You guys thought he’d be a future democrat voter, but instead you got 5 folks killed.”
We all know dead people vote democrat.
Anonymous says
Same reason you are
Tim Scott says
What a great answer!
fred says
slap yourself felon.so hows that voting thing workin out for ya? will you participate or just leak from your jaws as usual?
Tim Scott says
LOL…sorry coward, if you want me slapped you’ll have to quit cowering in your hidey hole and try it yourself.
Truth says
Guilty.
Debra says
He looks like a gang member and someone who would try to kill again, I hope they don’t let him free, he’s a would be killer
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ACE says
ANOTHER POOR MISUNDERSTOOD AND TROUBLED YOUTH…
FAILED BY THE SYSTEM…
SOBB.,.
NO HE’LL ROT IN PRISON UNTIL HE’S LET BACK OUT AFTER HE’S REHABILITATED…
POOR LAD…
SO SAD…
LOL…
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Calvin says
Not guilty
Hobbs says
Guilty
Annoynmous says
Maybe get the correct facts instead of believing false articles before you comment. It’s due to you going based on just pictures(profiling)and paid reporters statements that human being go behind bars for things they didn’t do but by all means I hope you never have to go thru anything like this as God don’t like ugly
Because Of What They Do says
Guilty.