A 29-year-old parolee was charged today with the attempted murder of a Fullerton police officer, who remains hospitalized.
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Marcos Allen Bush of Santa Ana also faces one count each of shooting from a vehicle, assault with a semiautomatic firearm on a police officer, possession of a firearm by a felon and street terrorism, and three counts of shooting at a residence — all felonies — stemming from the Sunday morning shooting that followed a traffic stop.
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The complaint contains sentence-enhancing allegations of criminal street gang activity, shooting a gun causing great bodily injury and having a 2009 prior strike conviction for making criminal threats.
Bush was being held without bail, with arraignment scheduled for this afternoon.
Arraignment was also scheduled today for co-defendant Sjanee Roshawnta Duhart, 27, of Riverside, who is charged with being an accessory and faces a sentence-enhancing allegation of gang activity.
Duhart was allegedly with Bush at the time of the shooting and is accused of attempting to get rid of the vehicle, prosecutors said.
She was arrested within two hours of the shooting by California Highway Patrol officers near Market Street and the Moreno Valley (60) Freeway in Riverside while driving the Grand Prix, police said.
Bush faces up to 60 years to life in prison if he is convicted, while Duhart would face up to seven years behind bars.
Anaheim police documented Bush as a gang member, according to prosecutors, who said the defendant was paroled after doing time for assault with a deadly weapon with force likely to cause great bodily injury, criminal threats and domestic violence.
The new charges were filed less than two weeks after a jury acquitted Bush of attempted murder, Fullerton police Sgt. Jeff Stuart said.
Bush also was acquitted March 6 of carjacking and second-degree robbery in a case that involved a fistfight with a man accused of carrying on a relationship with the underage niece of Bush’s girlfriend, according to his trial attorney, Doug Myers.
The wounded officer, whose name has not been made public, is scheduled to mark his eighth anniversary on the force in April, Stuart said.
He is the recipient of a “Distinguished Medal for Bravery” for helping to save a suicidal suspect who led police on a “harrowing” pursuit from stabbing himself, Stuart said.
The officer’s survival is due to a bullet-resistant vest he was wearing during the traffic stop at Woods and Knepp Avenues about 12:15 a.m., Sunday March 17, Stuart said, noting that the bullet that hit the officer’s chest slammed into him with the force of a baseball bat.
Bush sustained two bullet wounds to an arm and one shot to a leg, according to authorities, who allege he was behind the wheel of the 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix and leaned out the driver’s side window to shoot the officer.
Later that day, detectives developed information that led them to a home in the 3500 block of Cornelia in Anaheim.
Bush was arrested following a foot chase, during which he allegedly tossed aside a semiautomatic handgun that police recovered.
Ballistics tests are pending to determine if it was the gun used in the shooting of the officer, Stuart said.
Bush pleaded guilty on Oct. 2, 2008, in a domestic violence case and was sentenced to three years in prison. He was placed on three years of informal probation for a DUI conviction in 2011, according to court records.
Bush was charged with attempted murder, carjacking, robbery and street terrorism, as well as sentence- enhancing allegations of assault with a gun and inflicting great bodily harm, after a June 8, 2010, arrest, according to court records.
He was acquitted of all those charges earlier this month after a jury trial.
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Is the officer going to recover sufficiently to go back to work? I know that is one of the top things on their minds, like a Fireman, Paramedic, serviceman its in their blood.
I am shocked a jury let this murdering menace to society off of those charges just weeks ago? Is it because he had a full jury of parents of gang bangers down there in Orange County? That is my guess.
I pray to God this officer is able to return to full duty in the future and that this animal, who heavens knows what all other crimes he has committed and not been charged for, is found guilty, hook, line and sinker and does not see blue skies for the rest of his life.
For the Defense Attorney, Doug Myers, who would defend this piece of trash, who yes we know is innocent until proven guilty, is worse then the criminal because you are helping him stay OUT of jail and able to keep robbing, beating, shooting people, etc. etc. Hope next time he doesnt unknowingly pick one of your family members as a victim then you might think twice whether or not you believe your client is guilty or not right?
idiot!!! Not marcos bush the person u posted the other comment
YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!! (caps for dramatic effect) Read it all before flagging~
Point 1.REGARDING THIS GUYS prior record: The police and the DA almost always file bogus “extra charges” in an attempt to get you to plea bargain; but the main reason is police officers and Deputy DA’s get recongintion and promotions by the amount of felony arrests and convictions they make. Regardless of the human toll this takes, it’s just the facts of life in Southern California. This also creates an enormous cost to you as a tax payer from extra court costs and housing prisoners for extrordinary amounts of time compared to the actual crime committed. The jury probably found him innocent from his June 2010 case because the police filed exaggerated reports, (this rouine encourages the deputy DA to tack on as many extra charges as possible) and it didn’t add up to the jury. The guy probably wised up from his conviction from the 2008 case, and refused to plead guilty in 2010,
Point 2. Being ,(whats the word?) OVERLY convicted before and going through the 2 year hell of facing a lenghty prison term can and does drive many people over the edge and hate the system. I do not condone his actions whatsoever, but I understand how he might have wanted revenge. He fell into the trap of perpetuating hate. The police officer did not deserve to be injured, EVEN IF HE IS ONE OF THOSE POLICE OFFICERS WHO ROUTINELY FILE EXAGGERATED REPORTS TO GET PROMOTIONS AND RECOGNITION.
Point 3. If it has never happened to you or a loved one, you will probably never understand, unless YOU wake up. We are in this together. There has got to be a better, much cheaper and smarter way to rehabilitate most people than locking them up like animals without any help in learning how to be better citizens. I was raised by baboons and I’m lucky to have made it without ever having been to prison, But, I could’ve easily been another perpetual burden to taxpayers like this guy. Some people are just unreachable and need to spend the rest of their lives in prison, but, I’ll bet it’s less than ten or twenty percent of our current prison population. Continuing on our current path only invites further crime and violence in our society. I heard the country of Isreal is getting it right. Aren’t we, at least, equal to them?
Lastly, YES, I have been a victim of crime and violence. Last year, just about everything I own was stolen. In the past, I’ve been swindled, attacked, threatened and sexually abused. The truth will set you free.