Image via WikipediaVAN NUYS – Four
Van Nuys residents were arraigned today on
a superceding
indictment charging them with conspiracy and murder in
the 2009 shooting death of a 19-year-old
Granada Hills man after he
sent a text message, the District Attorney’s Office announced. Zareh Manjikian, 24, who surrendered to police in July following
an international manhunt, and Vahagn Jurian, 24, pleaded not guilty
to one count each of conspiracy to commit a crime and murder in the
Nov. 18, 2009, fatal shooting of Gombert Yepremyan. The indictment also charges Hovik Dzhuryan, 19, and his sister,
Khatun Vardanian, 22, with one count each of conspiracy. Dzhuryan
and Vardanian each pleaded not guilty. Bail was set at $30,000 for
Vardanian and $45,000 for Dzhuryan. All four were arraigned on a two-count
Grand Jury indictment
returned Thursday and unsealed today by
Superior Court Judge
Patricia Schnegg.
Deputy District Attorney Ed Nison is prosecuting
the case. The indictment alleges the four conspired to kill Yepremyan after
he sent a text message to his girlfriend in which he insulted
Vardanian. Vardanian allegedly saw the message, called her brother
Dzhuryan and told him to beat up Yepremyan. The indictment alleges Yepremyan began receiving phone calls from
Dzhuryan, Jurian and others who told him to meet them at a
Sears
parking lot in
North Hollywood at Victory and Laurel Canyon
boulevards. At the parking lot during a confrontation, the
indictment alleges Jurian struck Yepremyan in the face with his fist
and Manjikian shot him in the back of the head with a 9 mm handgun. Manjikian had been a fugitive until July when he turned himself
in following his arrest then release in
Puerto Rico. He remains in
custody on $8 million bail. Jurian, who also had been a fugitive
until his arrest earlier this year, remains in custody on $4 million
bail. All four return to court Monday in Van Nuys, Department G, for
pretrial. Prosecutors are expected to dismiss two separate cases
filed earlier against the defendants.
Image via WikipediaVAN NUYS – Four Van Nuys residents were arraigned today on
a superceding indictment charging them with conspiracy and murder in
the 2009 shooting death of a 19-year-old Granada Hills man after he
sent a text message, the District Attorney’s Office announced. Zareh Manjikian, 24, who surrendered to police in July following
an international manhunt, and Vahagn Jurian, 24, pleaded not guilty
to one count each of conspiracy to commit a crime and murder in the
Nov. 18, 2009, fatal shooting of Gombert Yepremyan. The indictment also charges Hovik Dzhuryan, 19, and his sister,
Khatun Vardanian, 22, with one count each of conspiracy. Dzhuryan
and Vardanian each pleaded not guilty. Bail was set at $30,000 for
Vardanian and $45,000 for Dzhuryan. All four were arraigned on a two-count Grand Jury indictment
returned Thursday and unsealed today by Superior Court Judge
Patricia Schnegg. Deputy District Attorney Ed Nison is prosecuting
the case. The indictment alleges the four conspired to kill Yepremyan after
he sent a text message to his girlfriend in which he insulted
Vardanian. Vardanian allegedly saw the message, called her brother
Dzhuryan and told him to beat up Yepremyan. The indictment alleges Yepremyan began receiving phone calls from
Dzhuryan, Jurian and others who told him to meet them at a Sears
parking lot in North Hollywood at Victory and Laurel Canyon
boulevards. At the parking lot during a confrontation, the
indictment alleges Jurian struck Yepremyan in the face with his fist
and Manjikian shot him in the back of the head with a 9 mm handgun. Manjikian had been a fugitive until July when he turned himself
in following his arrest then release in Puerto Rico. He remains in
custody on $8 million bail. Jurian, who also had been a fugitive
until his arrest earlier this year, remains in custody on $4 million
bail. All four return to court Monday in Van Nuys, Department G, for
pretrial. Prosecutors are expected to dismiss two separate cases
filed earlier against the defendants. 
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