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Manteca man and Stockton teen charged in June 28 shooting of Tracy resident on Grant Line Road.

Jesse Najera

Jesse Najera, 20, drove his car up to Jack in the Box, 611 W. Grant Line Road, on June 28, and a 17-year-old passenger shot Johnny Alvarado, according to reports.

The bullet shot through Alvarado’s cheek, and he lived.

Either the shooter or Najera shouted a Norteno catch phrase as they sped off, Alvarado’s girlfriend told police. She was in the car with him when he was shot.

The alleged shooter, who wasn’t named because of his age, faces charges of attempted murder, gang enhancement, use of a firearm and another for shooting at an occupied car.

He was already at San Joaquin County Juvenile Hall in Stockton for an unrelated crime.

After he was shot, Alvarado drove off with his girlfriend, lost control of the car, sheared a fire hydrant and rammed into a nearby apartment building.

He recovered after spending several days at Doctor’s Hospital in Manteca

Tracy police compared suspect descriptions with Manteca police and the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Department to find the men.

Manteca detectives recently found Najera’s car in front of his Manteca home and issued warrants to search the place and arrest him. Tracy police also searched the teen’s Stockton home.

Tracy detective Tim Bauer led the investigation.

Police will hand over the case to Deputy District Attorney Ronald Freitas, who specializes in gang cases.

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written by fortheunderdog , July 31, 2008

Det Bauer and TPD.............Great investigative work.

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written by Shaaaooooo! , July 31, 2008

This guy stays on the street behind my house i heard two big booms @ 6:30 in the morning when they raided his house in manteca about 3 weeks ago and just this morning again but i dont understand if hes locked up? by the way took about 19 cops 8 task force and 11 swat to get this guy out of his house

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written by fortheunderdog , July 31, 2008

Shaaaooooo!

It doesn't matter how many officers it took. What matters is the bad guy is caught and the good guys went home to their families.

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written by Jensen , July 31, 2008

Give him a grave.

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written by Spitfire , August 01, 2008

Why not name the 17 year old shooter? If he is old enough to do the an 'adult' crime he should be old enough to have their name posted.

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written by Malcolm , August 01, 2008

Quite a cast of characters roaming and pillaging Tracy! Don't let your daughters out!

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written by bella , August 01, 2008

OH boy a son to be proud of,sure looks inbred what a pretty boy. A gut less punk that needs to be taken out. and bye the way mellow out MBNDC.what is wrong with you, have alittle humor. How is your son doing? Good I hope WE still pray for him.

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written by amy , August 01, 2008

Kudos to TP for removing these characters off the street!

-amy

PS. Lawyers, don't forget to write the "names", dot all your i's and cross all your t's. Don't let the criminals off so easily!!!

-amy

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written by solar_biscuit , August 01, 2008

Who's daughter gave him all of those hickies??? Everybody complains about everybody else's kids....But somebody's kids are doing all of this crap! Does anyone watch their kids anymore? There are a lot of little stoners, taggers and thieves out there......who do they belong too? Where are your kids at right now......they said they were going to the mall or(insert destination here) but are they parked on another neighbors street smoking dope or tagging their fence?? Take a good hard look at YOUR own kids tonight........some of you.........if honest with yourself .................will be surprised!

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written by solar_biscuit , August 01, 2008

For those of you that understand what his facial tattoos mean, I know you will agree with me. For those of you that don't know what they mean.....he has been in trouble all of his life and so have his friends, and he is dedicated to crime and violence.....He i human garbage!!

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written by DO IT AGAIN , August 01, 2008

TRUE BISCUIT, LOOKS LIKE HE HAS DONE SOME WORK IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

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written by solar_biscuit , August 01, 2008

Remember when we didn't NEED to lock our doors? Thank the Liberals for what we have become!

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written by DO IT AGAIN , August 01, 2008

Like twenty years ago. I may have only been 7 years old but Tracy has gone down hill since the good old days.

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written by Annie Snyder , August 01, 2008

Ah-ha! That explains a lot!

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written by bella , August 01, 2008

Your right Solar Biscuit 23 years ago this did not happen here our police officer were on top of everything that went, they knew who all the scum bags and gang member were.and where they lived. They did not put up with their crap. to bad their all retried now. our police had brass balls back then. sure wish we had them on the police force now. they were good old time cops. We need to run the punks out of tracy and take it back.

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written by bella , August 01, 2008

foretheunderdog I have a feeling you were one of them good old time police officers. I know we still have afew who are getting ready to retire. that are still great. Hope all these new police officers can do as good as you guy have done for Tracy.But now you can,t say or do anything to the punks or the officers can lose their jobs.The laws have got to change. stop slaping theirs hands and put them away for good.

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written by Malcolm , August 01, 2008

Right on bella, but what can we expect since Chief Krauss was in denial about gangs for years, just recently admitted there's a problem. And not enough police coverage for the rapid growth that happened in Tracy the past 15 years under Bilbrey, Ives, Tucker, Tolbert. No parents at home, both working to pay the fat mortgage, leaving their kids unsupervised. Then Tucker saying Tracy doesn't have gangs we have gang wannabees - yeah those too lady! And we also have Councilwoman wannabees with their head in the sand.

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written by bella , August 01, 2008

Malcolm I knew old wind bag Bilbrey ,I was a nurse. HE WAS ONE OF THE WORSE MAYORS WE EVERY HAD.Cheif krauss was one of the reasons at least two of the best police officers we had on the force took early retiredment. Ives is a joke an so is our city council members. all they love to see is their name in the tracy press, all of them should be FIRED.

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written by Dutch , August 01, 2008

Who were the cops that took an early retirement?

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written by fortheunderdog , August 01, 2008

spitfire,

I'm pretty positive that if the 17 yr old is going to be tried as an adult newspapers will publish his name. The fact that he's 17 is reason enough for newspapers not to publish for fear of a lawsuit.

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written by fortheunderdog , August 01, 2008

bella,

Thank you for the compliment. I was not a Tracy police officer but I would like to think that I did my job well. I know my ethics are still intact. I only retired recently.

You're correct in saying that the police are having a harder time doing their job. Seems there is always some attorney who takes to court some claim that the police should not do this, or that, which ties their hands even more.

People watch COPS on tv and think that our job involves vehicle pursuits and foot pursuits everyday. On the contrary. There are some days when radio traffic is sparse and 12 hrs goes by really slow. I like to think of police work as 85% boredom and 15% shear terror.

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written by amy , August 02, 2008

fortheunderdog, well that balances it out for cops, needing that 85 percent to get the adrenaline back to normal after the sheer terror of 15 percent!!!
-amy

PS there's a guy (wax figure of a caveman) that looks just like him, at the Natural Museum of History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.... Knew I had seen that face somewhere!!! Bingo!

-amy

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written by Deacon , August 02, 2008

Don't miss Tracy at all.

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written by fortheunderdog , August 02, 2008

The 4 dots under his left eye signifies "my hood for life"/ "mi barrio por vida" or "mi barrio viene primero" --"my 'hood comes first."

I cannot make out the one mark under his right eye. It may be a teardrop, it may not. Usually that means he has killed someone or lost a friend via rival gang.

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written by Annie Snyder , August 03, 2008

Good eye, ftud. I thought they were all tear drops. I am not up on the gang tatts.

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written by Gary , August 03, 2008

....or maybe it is a single dot representing the number one, which combined with the four dots means 14.

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written by amy , August 03, 2008

Awful how they misplace their sense of priorities in the society, their behavior is making life not easy for themselves or anyone else?

Parents, please talk to your young kids about the dangers of joining the gangs before they get to your kids! Won't let them go if they change their minds since they will have too much information on them.

Thanks.
-amy

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written by amy , August 03, 2008

And what is it with finger play, the wierd finger posturing showing the gang mark.

-amy

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written by fortheunderdog , August 03, 2008

"written by Gary , August 03, 2008
....or maybe it is a single dot representing the number one, which combined with the four dots means 14."

You could certainly be correct also. Prison gangs modify their markings quite regularly so it is difficult for law enforcement to always be up on their doings.

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written by fortheunderdog , August 03, 2008

amy,

You've got to remember that not all gang members have tattoos. Some members choose not to advertise.

"Most gangs use hand signs to identify their gang and as a form of communication. Hand signs are also used to "flash" a warning or a threat to rival gangs. Some gangs have elaborate hand and body signals, so advanced, that they can have complete conversations without saying a word. These signs are frequently used when they don't want others to know what they are about to do."

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written by mexican4life , August 04, 2008

his mama didnt teach him only to write on paper and not ones face

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written by fortheunderdog , August 06, 2008

Also....."his mama don't dance and his daddy don't rock and roll"

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written by Annie Snyder , August 07, 2008

ftud, That's obvious! I dance and my kids rock and roll and we don't have tatts on our faces.