Riverside police Officer Ryan Bonaminio.
UPDATE:
The man arrested in the shooting death of Riverside police Officer Ryan Bonaminio was convicted of battery on an officer in 1990 and numerous other crimes, including domestic violence, court records showed today.
Earl Ellis Green, 44, of Rubidoux, was given a year and four months in jail in the 1990 case, which also included a felony for receiving stolen property.
In 1997, he was convicted of vehicle theft.
His latest conviction, in 2007, was for vandalism and he could have gotten three years in prison, but a judge dismissed some prior convictions in considering his sentence, records showed.
Green was arrested about 8 p.m. Tuesday outside a Riverside Target store. He was booked at Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside on suspicion of murder and a parole violation, Riverside police Sgt. Dan Russell
Earl Ellis Green, 44
said.
Green was denied bail. He has a court appearance scheduled Monday in Riverside Superior Court, the jailer told City News Service.
ORIGINAL STORY:
The man arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Riverside police Officer Ryan Bonaminio has been booked on suspicion of murder, authorities said today.
Earl Ellis Green, 44, of Rubidoux, was arrested Tuesday night outside a Riverside shopping center. He was booked at Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside on suspicion of murder and a parole violation, Riverside police Sgt. Dan Russell said in a statement issued this morning.
Green was held this morning without bail, a jailer in Riverside said. He has a court appearance scheduled Monday in Riverside Superior Court, the jailer told City News Service.
The Riverside County District Attorney will ultimately decide whether to seek the death penalty in the case, or life without the possibility of parole.
The suspect’s cousin, Eddie Green Jr., told KNX newsradio that the suspect has a violent past, and had accused him of stealing some heavy equipment. Eddie Green said he sought a restraining order against the suspect about a month ago.
“He threatened me,” Eddie Green said. “And I went down and … went to put a restraining order on him. He just got out of hand for a minute, you know. He wasn’t thinking clearly and stuff like that. And … I didn’t want him around the family and stuff like that until he got some help.”
Officers with police and FBI insignia detained Green and an unidentified woman about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday outside at the Target store in the 3300 block of Arlington Avenue.
Green fits the description of the gunman who shot Bonaminio at about 9:50 p.m. on Sunday near the entrance of Fairmount Park, off Market Street and just north of downtown Riverside, according to police.
“We like this guy, but there’s still a lot of work to do,” Riverside Police Chief Sergio Diaz said, speaking to reporters in the Target parking lot shortly after the arrest that involved at least a dozen officers.
Witnesses described a wild scene in which a small army of officers swarmed in and made the arrest, overwhelming the couple before taking them in without incident.
The man had been in an older-model Chevrolet flatbed truck, which was impounded by police.
Earlier Tuesday, rewards totaling $490,000 were offered for the capture of the truck thief who killed Bonaminio during a foot chase in Fairmount Park.
Diaz said the 27-year-old patrolman was trying to catch a trucker involved in a hit-and-run crash in the area. The big rig cab had been stolen minutes earlier from a rental facility just outside the city, according to the chief.
When the suspect ran, Bonaminio chased him, leading to an altercation during which Bonaminio was shot and killed, Diaz said.
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