The supervisor of San Francisco’s historic Condor Membership had terminated the East Bay couple now suspected of killing him close to his Santa Rosa house earlier this month, police stated Monday.
The firing of Richard Anthony Lund, 43, and Asia Lozano Morton, 25, is taken into account “at least one motivating factor” within the Oct. 3 killing of Mark Calcagni, Santa Rosa police Sgt. Patricia Seffens advised The Press Democrat. Investigators are nonetheless figuring out whether or not different motives performed a task.
On Monday, Lund was charged with homicide and two extra felonies associated to unlawful gun possession, in keeping with Sonoma County Superior Court docket information. He has prior convictions from 2005 and earlier, principally in Nevada County, together with housebreaking, statutory rape and assault with a lethal weapon.
Morton was charged with being an adjunct. She and Lund each remained within the Sonoma County jail with out bail.
As of Monday afternoon, courtroom information confirmed each suspects had been scheduled to seem Tuesday morning earlier than Sonoma County Choose Lynnette Brown.
Police described Lund and Morton as a pair from Dublin. Calcagni, 60, was discovered lifeless Oct. 3 close to his house on Brookwood Avenue.
Investigators say Lund waited for Calcagni to return house from work shortly after 5 a.m. and shot him 5 occasions earlier than fleeing in a newer-model Toyota RAV4. The car has been impounded, however no weapon has been recovered, Seffens stated. Detectives are additionally investigating the complete timeline of occasions, together with how lengthy Lund waited and what occurred simply earlier than the taking pictures.
Morton’s whereabouts on the time of the taking pictures are nonetheless below investigation, however she is suspected of serving to to plan the assault, which Seffens stated was “definitely premeditated.”
Seffens credited the arrests to “hard work” by detectives who developed leads from witness statements, surveillance footage and digital proof.
Lund was arrested Friday on the couple’s Dublin house, and Morton was taken into custody shortly after she returned to San Francisco Worldwide Airport from a visit to Spain. Seffens stated the journey didn’t look like associated to the killing.
Questions on their employment had been referred to the Condor Membership, a North Seaside landmark generally known as the nation’s first topless bar. The membership had been Calcagni’s skilled house for years.
“His dedication, leadership and passion over many years shaped who we are today. We are devastated by this loss,” Condor Membership employees stated in a press release after his loss of life.
