By Andy Furillo
afurillo@sacbee.com
Sacramento police arrested two parolees at large and a third parolee Friday night when officers pulled them over after hearing gunfire in the south area.
Anthony Andrew Lopez, 22, ran from the suspects' car after it stopped on Feusi Court, according to police reports. Officers called out the dogs and found Lopez hiding in a shed.
The 5-10, 220-pound Lopez was identified in the police reports as a parolee at large. Most recently, Lopez was convicted Aug. 22, 2008, for burglary, second-degree burglary, grand theft, receiving stolen property, felony evasion of officers and reckless driving, according to Sacramento Superior Court online records. He had been sentenced to state prison for two years and eight months.
Lopez' local adult record also showed convictions in 2006 for misdemeanor battery and assault. He was sentenced on those offenses to 180 days on the sheriff's work project, the online records said.
Police booked Lopez on a single count of resisting arrest. He is being held without bail, according to jail records. He also has a warrant for his arrest pending in El Dorado County, the records showed.
The report on the 10:40 p.m. incident Friday night said the officers were on patrol near Del Norte Boulevard and 23rd Avenue when they heard gun shots. They said they saw a brown car with its lights off that matched the description of a vehicle in an earlier report where the people inside it flashed a gun. The officers followed the car to Feusi Court where Lopez got out and ran.
Authorities identified the second parolee-at-large as Anson Michael Lopez, 23. It was not clear if he was related to Anthony Lopez. He had most recently been convicted in May 24, 2006 of second-degree burglary, two counts of felony evasion, resisting arrest and motor vehicle theft, online records showed. He had been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison.
Anson Lopez also had previously charged with attempted murder in a 2006 case, but it was dismissed.
Police identified the third suspect as Nathanial Martinez Burkholder, 23. He was convicted July 30, 2009, of burglary and two counts of grand theft. Burkholder was sentenced to 16 months in state prison, the online records said.
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