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UPDATE: Tausaga and Robinson Court Date Postponed
Settlement hearings and a motion for lowered bail are pushed back to Friday for two men accused in a home invasion that ended with a police-involved shooting death of a third man.
Story Updated Thursday, April 19th at 10:45 a.m.
Roman Tausaga and Dyrenell Robinson, two men allegedly involved in a home invasion robbery that ended with the shooting death of a third robber, will return to court on Friday. Both Tausaga and Robinson are scheduled for felony settlement hearings, while attorneys for Tausaga are also seeking a bail reduction.
Riverside County Superior Court Judge Victoria Cameron granted the 24 hour postponement due of attorneys being unable to attend because of trials in other cases Thursday.
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Preliminary hearings for both men are scheduled for April 27th.
Tausaga, 22, remains jailed in Indio on $1 million bail. He is charged with robbery and burglary, both with the additional count of using a firearm.
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Robinson, 20, also remains in jail with bail set at $500,000. He is charged with one count each of burglary and robbery.
The two are charged in a home invasion in Palm Desert on February 23, that left Frank Tanuvasa, 20, fatally wounded following a struggle with a Sheriff’s Department deputy.
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