District Attorney Ron Freitas Announces Arraignment of Wesley Brownlee on Six Counts of Murder, One Count of Attempted Murder, and Related Charges

District Attorney Ron Freitas announced the arraignment of Wesley Brownlee, 43, who is charged with a total of six counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, and multiple felony firearm-related enhancements in connection with a series of killings in San Joaquin County.

For the past 6 weeks, the San Joaquin District Attorney's Office has been presenting evidence in front of the Grand Jury. On November 19, 2025, that Grand Jury returned an indictment and on November 20, 2025, that indictment was unsealed.

Brownlee is alleged to have carried out a series of willful, deliberate, and premeditated murders, all in the 1st Degree, between April 2021 and October 2022, resulting in the deaths of:

Juan Vasquez-Serrano

Paul Yaw

Salvador Debudey

Johnathan Hernandez-Rodriguez

Juan Carlos Carranza-Cruz

Lawrence Lopez

In addition to the homicide counts, Brownlee is charged with:

One count of attempted murder of Natasha LaTour

The SJCDA would like to thank Chief Stanley McFadden and the Stockton Police Department, The Oakland Police Department and Housing Authority Police Department, the FBI and ATF, District Attorney Thien Ho and the Sac DA Crime Lab and Sara Morgan with DOJ.

From our office; the Victim Witness Division, Bureau of Investigations, Homicide team, Paralegal Michelle Vargas, DDA Elton Grau and Chief Beth O'Hara. 

You can watch the full press conference below: