Armando Andres Carachure
Orange County District Attorney, Press Release
For Immediate Release, Case # 13CF2054: July 11, 2013
SANTA ANA – A member of a criminal street gang will be arraigned tomorrow for the unprovoked murder of a 14-year-old rival gang member. Armando Andres Carachure, 25, is charged with one felony count of special circumstances murder committed for a criminal street gang purpose and one felony count of street terrorism with sentencing enhancements for the personal use of a deadly weapon and criminal street gang activity. Carachure has two prior prison convictions for buying or receiving stolen goods in 2006 and battery in 2007. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in state prison without the possibility of parole. The special circumstances in this case make Carachure eligible for the death penalty, and the District Attorney will make this determination at a later date. He is being held without bail and is scheduled for a continued arraignment tomorrow, July 12, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. in Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana. Continue reading