Judge Alba Calderón Cestero of the Arecibo Tribunal found cause for arrest against Jerry Rivera Santiago, 65, accused of murdering José C. Román Medina, 52, in front of a pharmacy in Hatillo. The Department of Justice stated that prosecutor Ariel H. Chico Juarbe filed two charges, first-degree murder and firing a firearm, against Rivera Santiago for the July 20 incident.
Calderón Cestero set a $100,000 bail, which Rivera Santiago did not post. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for August 5. According to the Arecibo CIC’s Homicide Division investigation, Rivera Santiago, a licensed firearm carrier, allegedly opened fire on Román Medina at 2:00 PM in front of Farmacia Campo Alegre on PR-130.
Emergency services received a call at 2:18 PM reporting an altercation and a person shot, and municipal police found Román Medina’s body at the scene.