{"id":23246,"date":"2024-01-30T03:31:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T09:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=23246"},"modified":"2024-01-30T03:31:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T09:31:21","slug":"man-dressed-as-ups-worker-for-robbery-that-turned-deadly-prosecutors-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=23246","title":{"rendered":"Man dressed as UPS worker for robbery that turned deadly, prosecutors say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A Minnesota man is accused of murdering three people after wearing a UPS uniform to gain access to their residence for a robbery attempt that turned deadly, prosecutors said in a criminal complaint filed Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Alonzo Mingo, 37, faces three counts of second degree murder committed without premeditation but with intent, according to the complaint filed in Anoka County, Minnesota, district court. It adds a &#8220;modifier&#8221; to the case \u2014 an assertion that a firearm was used \u2014 that can increase a defendant&#8217;s sentence if they are found guilty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Prosecutors say security camera video and audio from inside and outside the victims&#8217; residence in Coon Rapids, a suburb of Minneapolis, supports their claim Mingo drove his Nissan Altima to the home shortly after noon on Friday, went to the front door dressed as a UPS delivery worker, was let inside, and demanded money at gunpoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">He was accompanied by one other person dressed in a UPS uniform and a third suspect, all of whom went into the residence, prosecutors said. One carried a box, they said. UPS later told NBC affiliate&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kare11.com\/article\/news\/local\/courts-news\/man-charged-in-coon-rapids-triple-murder\/89-1008fc3e-e8de-46cd-80e0-fce56f6f8d99\">KARE<\/a>&nbsp;of the Twin Cities that Mingo had been employed as a seasonal worker through mid-January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The complaint alleges that a man who appears to be the defendant is captured by a bedroom camera shooting a woman later identified by the Anoka County Sheriff&#8217;s Office as Shannon Patricia Jungwirth, 42. Also killed were her son, Jorge Alexander Reyes-Jungwirth, 20, and her husband, Mario Alberto Trejo Estrada, 39, the office said in a statement Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Two children younger than five survived and may have witnessed the violence, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;Video captures Defendant Mingo and the female return to the bedroom, where Defendant Mingo shoots the female in the head at point blank range, near the entryway,&#8221; the complaint said. &#8220;The older child can be seen entering the bedroom shortly thereafter, crying hysterically.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In its initial statement on the killings, the sheriff&#8217;s office said deputies responded to the home after someone dialed 911 but left the line open without speaking. Operators heard &#8220;sounds of a disturbance in the background,&#8221; the office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;Upon arrival, law enforcement located two males and one female deceased inside of the residence,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Authorities quickly issued a be-on-the-lookout bulletin for the Nissan, and it was stopped, along with Mingo, later that afternoon, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Investigators found a UPS uniform and box in the vehicle, prosecutors said, and prints on the box matched Mingo&#8217;s. Prosecutors said the defendant told authorities he had been home all day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">He was jailed without bail pending Monday&#8217;s filing, according to court and jail records. It&#8217;s not clear what became of the others who authorities allege were with him during the violence. No other suspects have been named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Coon Rapids Police Department, Midwest Medical Examiner\u2019s Office, and Anoka County Sheriff\u2019s Office continued to investigate, and on Monday they asked for the public&#8217;s help with any possible clues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A potential motive for the killings was not revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/charges-expected-for-man-jailed-in-killing-of-3-in-coon-rapids-home\/600339360\/\">Star Tribune<\/a>&nbsp;on Monday reported that it obtained an affidavit filed in support of a search warrant connected to the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The affidavit alleges that Estrada had been selling cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine, resulting in cash earnings he sent to Mexico. The publication reported that authorities searched a storage unit affiliated with Estrada later on Friday and turned up psilocybin mushrooms, marijuana, methamphetamine and an unspecified white powder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The complaint said each murder count has the sentencing potential of 3 to 40 years if Mingo is successfully prosecuted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It wasn\u2019t clear if Mingo had retained counsel for the case. The county public defender\u2019s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/man-dressed-ups-worker-robbery-turned-deadly-prosecutors-say-rcna136300\">Nbcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Minnesota man is accused of murdering three people after wearing a UPS uniform to gain access to their residence for a robbery attempt that turned deadly, prosecutors said in a criminal complaint filed Monday. Alonzo Mingo, 37, faces three counts of second degree murder committed without premeditation but with intent, according to the complaint [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1154],"tags":[2045,4785,1247,26235,1350,1584,3926,2364],"class_list":["post-23246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-charged","tag-criminal-prosecution","tag-death","tag-dressing","tag-man","tag-murder","tag-prosecutor","tag-robbery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23248,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23246\/revisions\/23248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}