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When Jesse Leal Rodriguez was charged successful May successful connection to a car-to-car shooting connected a Norco street, authorities said they believed helium was liable for astatine slightest 7 of the estimated 100 freeway BB-gun shootings that terrified Southern California motorists for 2 months.
But until Monday, Dec. 6, the Anaheim nonmigratory had not been formally accused of immoderate of those further crimes.
That changed astatine the Riverside County Hall of Justice erstwhile the District Attorney’s Office charged him successful transportation with 2 shootings that happened connected the aforesaid time successful Riverside arsenic the Norco attack.
Attorney Roger H. Chien, left, speaks with his lawsuit Jesse Leal Rodriguez of Anaheim, who had been charged with a fig of BB weapon shootings of vehicles connected section freeways successful the Riverside Hall of Justice successful downtown Riverside connected Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Jesse Leal Rodriguez of Anaheim, who had been charged with a fig of BB weapon shootings of vehicles connected section freeways, turns from being photographed arsenic helium sits successful the Riverside Hall of Justice successful downtown Riverside connected Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Jesse Leal Rodriguez of Anaheim, who had been charged with a fig of BB weapon shootings of vehicles connected section freeways, turns from being photographed arsenic helium sits successful the Riverside Hall of Justice successful downtown Riverside connected Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Jesse Leal Rodriguez of Anaheim, who had been charged with a fig of BB weapon shootings of vehicles connected section freeways, turns from being photographed arsenic helium sits successful the Riverside Hall of Justice successful downtown Riverside connected Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Jesse Leal Rodriguez of Anaheim, who had been charged with a fig of BB weapon shootings of vehicles connected section freeways, turns from being photographed arsenic helium sits successful the Riverside Hall of Justice successful downtown Riverside connected Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Attorney Roger H. Chien, left, speaks with his lawsuit Jesse Leal Rodriguez of Anaheim arsenic helium sits successful the Riverside Hall of Justice successful downtown Riverside connected Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Attorney Roger H. Chien, left, speaks with his lawsuit Jesse Leal Rodriguez of Anaheim, who had been charged with a fig of BB weapon shootings of vehicles connected section freeways, arsenic helium sits successful the Riverside Hall of Justice successful downtown Riverside connected Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Jesse Leal Rodriguez of Anaheim sits successful the Riverside Hall of Justice successful downtown Riverside connected Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Jesse Leal Rodriguez of Anaheim, who had been charged with a fig of BB weapon shootings of vehicles connected section freeways, sits successful the Riverside Hall of Justice successful downtown Riverside connected Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Jesse Leal Rodriguez of Anaheim, who had been charged with a fig of BB weapon shootings of vehicles connected section freeways, appears tribunal successful the Riverside Hall of Justice successful downtown Riverside connected Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Rodriguez, 34, was charged Monday with battle apt to origin large bodily wounded and battle with a deadly non-firearm weapon.
He pleaded not blameworthy to those charges and had antecedently entered the aforesaid plea to attempted murder successful the Norco case.
Deputy District Attorney Phil Joo said Monday that the shootings Rodriguez was charged with connected Monday took spot connected the 91 successful Riverside, 1 adjacent a Magnolia Avenue exit and the different adjacent a Tyler Street exit.
Rodriguez was arrested adjacent astatine astir 9:45 p.m. May 25 aft motorists reported the gunfire. The statement of his car — a reddish SUV with nary licence plates — matched the statement provided by the Norco victims.
In April and May, the windows of astir 100 motorists were damaged, mostly connected the 91 successful Corona, Riverside, Anaheim and Cerritos, authorities said.
Other shootings near vehicles damaged on the I-5 successful Irvine, the I-105 successful Downey and the 55 successful Santa Ana, California Highway Patrol officials said.
No 1 has been reported earnestly injured.
Rodriguez, successful a jailhouse interrogation with the Southern California News Group, denied firing adjacent 1 shot.
He acknowledged having a BB weapon and ammunition successful his car erstwhile helium was arrested but said helium had taken those distant from his lad for safekeeping.
His attorney, Roger H. Chien, reaffirmed his client’s innocence connected Monday.
“In airy of the caller charges, we are afloat committed to his defense,” Chien said.
Rodriguez remained jailed astatine the Cois M. Byrd Detention Center successful French Valley successful lieu of $1 cardinal bail. His adjacent proceeding is scheduled for Jan. 31.
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