CASE OF INTEREST

Date:       August 30, 2004
Case:       People v. Raymond Lopez and Titus Wilson, 03F06489
Contact:    Andrew Soloman, Gang Unit, (916) 874-8840

District Attorney Jan Scully announced the sentencing of Titus Wilson and Raymond Lopez on two counts of attempted first-degree murder, along with various gun use enhancements and gang allegations. 

On August 1, 2003, the two defendants went on a shooting spree in the Rancho Cordova area of town.  Defendant Raymond Lopez shot the first victim, Anthony Ciancio, once in the back due to what the defendants perceived as the victim’s being from the wrong gang.  Their next stop was just a few houses down on Norcade Circle.  There, defendant Titus Wilson shot the next victim, Michael Fielding, four times because he was selling narcotics on their turf.  Mr. Fielding stopped breathing en route to U.C.D. Medical Center and was only revived through open-heart surgery.

The Honorable Greta Fall, in Department 10 of the Superior Court, sentenced both defendants to multiple consecutive life sentences.  Deputy District Attorney Andrew Soloman, who prosecuted the case, stated, “The sentences imposed today represent in real terms 80-years to life for each defendant.  These two gang members went on a rampage for no other reason than they are violent gang members. Their conduct was egregious and the punishment that they just received assures our community that they will not be allowed to walk our streets again.”