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RICHPEDRONCELLI—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS A law enforcement sniper team prepares to aid in the search of an assailant in Auburn on Friday. ByElliotSpagat TheAssociatedPress SAN DIEGO The man accused in a shooting rampage that left two sher- iff's deputies dead and a motorist seri- ously wounded was living in the United States illegally. He had been convicted in Ar- izona for selling drugs and deported to Mexico twice. Luis Enrique Monroy- Bracamonte's background almost certainly should have flagged him for ex- pulsion again. But he ap- peared to be living quietly with his wife in a suburb of Salt Lake City until his ar- rest Friday after the shoot- ings in Northern California. Investigators were try- ing to determine how he avoided scrutiny. Multipleidentities The man arrested on Fri- day said he was 34-year- old Marcelo Marquez of Salt Lake City when he was taken into custody, but his fingerprints matched bio- metric records of Monroy- Bracamonte in a federal da- tabase, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Virginia Kice said. He was first removed from the country in 1997 after a conviction for pos- session of drugs for sale in Arizona, then arrested and repatriated to Mexico again in 2001. Sacramento County Sher- iff Scott Jones told The Sac- ramento Bee on Sunday that he may have lived un- der multiple identities and that he may have had trou- bles with the law under an- other name. "We're not convinced we have a full picture of his identity," Jones told the newspaper. "Immigration has come up with one iden- tity. We are not entirely con- vinced that is his only iden- tity." Mauro Marquez, his fa- ther-in-law, told the Los Angeles Times that he al- ways knew him as Luis Monroy and said his son- in-law worked as a house painter. He said the cou- ple married about 14 years ago in Arizona and moved to Utah a couple of years later. Marquez told the news- paper that and he and his wife spent time with them each year around Christ- mas at their home in West Valley City, a suburb of Salt Lake City. His daughter, Janelle Marquez Monroy, 38, was arrested on suspicion of at- tempted murder and car- jacking on Friday. Police said she was with her husband during most of the crime spree, which began when Sacra- mento County sher- iff's Deputy Danny Oliver, 47, was shot in the forehead as he checked out a suspi- cious car in a motel parking lot. Six-hour chase The couple are accused of leading authorities on a six-hour chase that in- cluded two carjackings be- fore their capture. One mo- torist who resisted surren- dering his car keys was shot in the face. Two dep- uties who approached the couple on a road were shot with an AR-15-type assault weapon, police said. Homi- cide Detective Michael Da- vid Davis Jr., 42, died at a hospital. No attorneys were listed for either suspect in jail re- cords. A search of Utah court records for Marcelo Mar- quez shows about 10 tick- ets and misdemeanor traf- fic offenses between 2003 and 2009, which typically don't trigger a fingerprint check against immigration records. The records list one speeding ticket in 2009 and three small claims fil- ings attempting to collect outstanding debts. Monroy-Bracamonte ap- pears to have avoided work for government contrac- tors or other employers that might have exposed him to extra scrutiny. Krista Sorenson of Salt Lake City said Monroy-Bra- camonte and his brother mowed her lawn and fixed her sprinklers about four years ago, describing them as "just super nice, de- cent, hard-working, trying to figure out how to make a living." They distributed handbills that said Brothers Landscaping. Hector Monroy told KXTV in Sacramento that his brother assumed an- other name because "he got into some kind of trouble." He said he gave his brother $400 early last week and, under threat, returned a bag of his brothers' weap- ons that he had hid. Monroy said his brother called throughout the week to demand more money and on Friday to say he was "in the woods" after killing a police officer and that he needed to be picked up. Monroy said that his brother hung up when he refused and that he called him back, but Monroy-Bra- camonte didn't pick up. Suspect in deaths had many names KILLING OF DEPUTIES Monroy- Bracamonte By Don Thompson The Associated Press SACRAMENTO As Gov. Jerry Brown seeks re-elec- tion next month, Republi- cans say decisions he made to reduce prison over- crowding are endangering the public by putting more criminals on the streets. About 13,000 inmates a month are being released early from crowded county jails while they await trial or before they complete their full sentences. More than 5,000 state prisoners had earlier releases this year because of federal court orders, legislation signed by the governor and a recently approved state ballot initiative. Yet those statistics don't tell the full story. Crime rates statewide actually dropped last year and did so across all cate- gories of violent and prop- erty offenses, from murder and rape to auto theft and larceny, according to the most recent figures from the state Department of Justice. County sheriffs and pro- bation chiefs say they are concerned about getting too little financial support from the state and too many dangerous offenders in their jails. At the same time, they say they are doing their best to make the 3-year-old policy shift work, in part by devot- ing more of the staff and money they do have to re- habilitation programs. Under the law, known as realignment, those con- victed of lower-level of- fenses serve their time in county jails rather than state prisons. It is one of California's responses to a federal court order to re- duce its prison population. As thousands more fel- ons are sent to local jails, county sheriffs have been forced to free up space by releasing those awaiting trial or serving time for misdemeanors. Early releases from county jails are up roughly 65 percent during the most recent three-month period for which data are avail- able compared to the same quarter before the realign- ment law took effect. Early releases from state prisons also are accelerat- ing under the orders to re- duce prison crowding and because voters approved Proposition 36 two years ago, restricting the use of life sentences for career criminals. While crime has not spiked, critics of realign- ment have seized on a few real life stories in an at- tempt to show that the law is endangering the public's safety. One of those most com- monly cited is that of a pa- role violator who was re- leased from jail early and then beat his girlfriend so badly that she suffered brain damage. Another of- fender who also was freed from jail early subsequently was charged with raping and killing his 76-year-old grandmother. "Governor Brown said he's not going to release dangerous people, only nonviolent, non-serious, non-threatening — and they're being released onto our streets and they're committing heinous crimes again," Republican chal- lenger Neel Kashkari said during a gubernatorial de- bate last month. Brown responded that realignment represents "the biggest change, prob- ably, in our prison system in the last 40 years" and will take time to succeed. Even as crime rates have dropped, realignment is presenting challenges for counties throughout the state. The total county jail population in California has increased by nearly 11,000 inmates since re- alignment took effect in October 2011. Probation departments now handle offenders whose most recent con- victions are for lower-level crimes but who may have serious or violent criminal histories. County officials also say they are ill-equipped to deal with other offend- ers who used to go state prisons, including those with mental illness and those serving multi-year sentences. "The population most likely to be the most prob- lematic is the population being funneled to the counties," said Margar- ita Perez, who was acting chief of the state's parole division before realign- ment took effect in Octo- ber 2011 and now is assis- tant probation chief in Los Angeles County. REALIGNMENT Criminal justice changes stir debate over safety RICH PEDRONCELLI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Brandy Arreola, seated, who was permanently injured by her boyfriend, a parole violator who had been released early from jail, holds her head in her hands as her mother, Diana Munoz, discusses the attack during a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento. RUNNINGS ROOFING SheetMetalRoofing ResidentialCommercial • Composition • Shingle • Single Ply Membrane Ownerisonsiteoneveryjob ServingTehamaCounty 530-527-5789 530-209-5367 NoMoney Down! "NoJobTooSteep" " No Job Too Flat" FREE ESTIMATES CA. LIC#829089 Smog Check (MOST CARS & PICK-UPS) 527-9841 • 195 S. Main St. starting at $ 29 95 + $ 8 25 certificate SERVICESATLOWERPRICES All makes and models. 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