Suspect held to answer in 2023 Newhall double murder

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge held a Sylmar man to answer for two murder charges at the preliminary hearing for one of two suspects in the 2023 shooting deaths of Brian Fabrico Chevez and Camron Stokes in Newhall.

Deputy District Attorney David Nary of the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office described 20-year-old Anthony Martinez Ortiz as the getaway driver for murders committed at the community pool inside of The Villages apartment in Newhall, according to transcripts from the hearing at the San Fernando Courthouse.

Steven Omar Rosas, 20, also of Sylmar and Ortiz’s friend since the sixth grade, has pleaded not guilty to the same charges, with the prosecution alleging Rosas was the shooter in the incident…

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