Crime & Safety
Arraignment Today for La Mesa Suspect in Taxi Driver Slaying
Demetrius Sissac is charged with one count of first-degree murder in Lemon Grove case.
Arraignment is scheduled today in the El Cajon Superior Court for a La Mesa man accused in the slaying of a taxi driver in Lemon Grove last weekend.
Demetrius Sissac, 19, was arrested at 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, said San Diego sheriff's Lt Larry Nesbit.
Jalaludin Hamrah, a 39-year-old immigrant from Afghanistan, was found dead in is cab, which rolled over in the 3400 block of Main Street around 3:50 a.m. last Sunday. Paramedics discovered a bullet wound in his upper body when they pulled him from the wreckage.
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Sissac was booked into custody on suspicion of murder and was being held without bail pending arraignment.
Anyone with information on the slaying was urged to call the sheriff's Homicide Detail at (858) 974-2321 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
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—City News Service.
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