Botched Sonoma County pot home invasions appear to be related

“A connection between Monday’s violent predawn home-invasion robbery in Petaluma and a similar deadly confrontation last month in Santa Rosa emerged in court Wednesday when a deputy public defender told the judge her office was not available for appointment because of an undisclosed conflict.

Both incidents involved suspects from the East Coast, and the Public Defender’s Office already has been appointed in the February home invasion that left a southwest Santa Rosa man dead and another wounded. Under the law, attorneys and firms cannot represent more than one defendant in any related case.”

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