Crime & Safety
Man Arrested at Newark Home Now Faces Charges for Two Homicides
Robert Joseph Yim, 21, is facing murder charges for the deaths of Samuel Nava III, 17, and Vernon Eddins, 14.
A man after being arrested while leaving a Newark home has been arrested on suspicion of another murder, authorities said.
Robert Joseph Yim, 21, was among six men arrested and charged on suspicion of fatally shooting 14-year-old Vernon Eddins, who was slain in front of Barnard-White Middle School on Dec. 21, 2007 for the benefit of a street gang, according to Inside Bay Area.
Online court records indicate Yim was arrested on suspicion of Eddins’ murder on Wednesday while in custody at Santa Rita Jail.
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According to the IBA report and court records, Yim’s co-defendents include:
- Eric Anthony Camacho
- Jovencio Luis Camacho, 22, who was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Union City
- Richard Antonio Corona, 21, who was arrested Wednesday morning in Hayward
- Alexis Alfonso Pamiroyan, 22, who was arrested Wednesday evening in Hayward
- Derek Justin Rodriguez
Arrest records for Camacho and Rodriguez were not online Thursday evening. Records do show that the other four appeared at the Hayward Hall of Justice at 2 p.m. Thursday.
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