A seasoned L.A. County emergency administration official who specialised in emergency alerts was charged Might 9 with murdering his mom.
The L.A. County District Legal professional’s Workplace alleges Robert Barreras “took benefit of a place of belief and confidence” to commit the homicide of Karen Lee Barreras, in accordance with the legal grievance.
Barreras, a 42-year-old Alhambra resident, was arrested Might 7. The Alhambra Police Division didn’t instantly reply to inquiries for extra info on the arrest.
The district lawyer’s workplace confirmed the sufferer was Barreras’ mom, however declined additional remark.
Barreras, who earned roughly $188,000 from the county final 12 months in complete compensation, was on depart when the alleged homicide came about and has since been suspended with out pay, in accordance with a county spokesperson. It was not instantly clear why he was on depart.
Barreras is presently being held at Twin Towers Correctional Facility on $2 million bail. He pleaded not responsible on Might 15, in accordance with the court docket docket.
His lawyer didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Inside the workplace of emergency administration, Barreras specialised in constructing and sustaining the know-how that enables county residents to be shortly notified about emergencies by their telephones, radios, and tv. Since becoming a member of the county in 2019, he participated in a number of panels detailing how these alert methods labored for L.A. County.
The alert system has been beneath scrutiny for the reason that January wildfires after the county failed for hours to ship alerts to components of Altadena decimated by flames and later despatched out glitchy alerts to residents in unaffected areas.
The county mentioned in an announcement that Barreras was assigned to administrative duties and “had no operational function within the wildfire response.”
