Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Suspect in Slaying of Soccer Goalie Also Faces Robbery Charge

Arraignment for Jason Schumann and girlfriend Elizabeth Ibarra is postponed until February 7.

A Calabasas man charged last month with murdering a popular El Camino Real High School student and soccer goalie shot outside his family's home appeared in court Wednesday, along with his girlfriend, in connection with an unrelated armed robbery case.

Arraignment was postponed to Feb. 7 for , 24, and 19-year-old , who are charged with one count each of second-degree robbery for allegedly taking a man's cell phone behind a San Fernando
Valley market.

The criminal complaint alleges that Schumann personally used a handgun during the commission of the robbery.

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Schumann is also awaiting arraignment on a murder charge stemming from the Jan. 11 shooting death of 17-year-old , who was killed in front of his home in the 6900 block of Cozycroft Avenue in Winnetka.

Rodriguez had returned home from a soccer game during which El Camino Real played Taft High School to a scoreless tie. Police said a red-haired woman or girl knocked on the family's door around 6 p.m. and asked for the teen by name. When he went outside, he was shot and fatally wounded.

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Rodriguez was buried in Chatsworth's .

Ibarra is also a suspect in the slaying, but has not been charged with that crime, according to the District Attorney's Office. She has been jailed on an alleged probation violation.

While announcing the arrests last month, Los Angeles police Deputy Chief Jorge Villegas declined to give a motive for the killing, saying only, "We believe it was personally motivated." He said the shooting was not believed to be gang-related.

Police sources told the Daily News and Los Angeles Times, however, that Rodriguez may have been in a love triangle -- becoming involved with a woman who had a jealous male friend.

The deputy chief said investigators were led to the suspects by anonymous tips and help from the victim's family, Los Angeles School Police and Los Angeles Unified School District officials.

A 15-member LAPD task force made the arrests after tracking down the green Ford Explorer witnesses saw fleeing the murder scene, according to the Times.

"This case is far from being over," Villegas said last month. "There's a specific anonymous tip that came to us, and we need that person to come forward, identify himself or herself, and provide us with additional information that we need to further solidify this case."

Schumann and Ibarra "have extensive rap sheets and both are currently on probation," Villegas said. Schumann's criminal history includes assault with a deadly weapon, battery, drug charges and forgery, while Ibarra's rap sheet lists forgery, battery on police officer, resisting arrest and identity theft.

-- City News Service


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