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A man accused of stabbing another man in what police believe may have been retaliation for an earlier fight is wanted by Crime Stoppers.
The organization is offering a reward for tips that help arrest Jacob M. Maravilla, 20.
Maravilla (right) is wanted on several charges, including first-degree assault, in connection with a Feb. 10 attack at 907 E. Wabash. A resident, Michael P. Dennis, suffered a non-lief threatening stab wound to his back.
Oscar Rodriguez, 24, was arrested last week and remains in jail. Another suspect, Richelle R. Swinkels, 20, was arraigned in Superior Court Wednesday and was given an August trial date. A warrant has been issued for a fourth suspect, Meghan L. Jeske, 21, after she did not show up for her arraignment yesterday.
Witnesses said Rodriguez punched one victim, and woman struck him with a hammer. Maravilla was identified was Dennis’ attacker, according to the court documents.
Maravilla was arrested the next week on charges of first-degree burglary and second-degree assault, but the investigation was ongoing and charges weren’t filed until May 10. A warrant was issued May 13.
Maravilla, whose moniker is Baby Joker, is considered a gang associate and repeat offender.
He has convictions for driving on a suspended license, possession of a dangerous weapon and possession of a stolen vehicle and last gave 1508 E. Hartson in Spokane as his home address.
Reporter Meghann Cuniff writes about public safety news from the Inland Northwest and beyond.
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mnam24 on May 27 at 2:46 p.m.
Uh… Okay? According to Washington DOC, he is incarcerated in Walla Walla Prison. Maybe the detectives should look into this before putting a person on crimestoppers. SPD @ it’s finest once again.
MeghannC on May 28 at 3:01 p.m.
Good catch, mnam24.
mar509 on June 02 at 12:58 p.m.
So now that we are aware that the Court System/SPD are so intelligent they waste time and I’m sure money issuing a warrant and broadcasting it on tv, the newspaper and crimestoppers for an individual already incarcerated is that going to be brought to the public’s attention? Will there be an article on that?
meghannc on June 02 at 1:18 p.m.
Mar509, your passion is impressive. But let’s look at it this way - regardless of whether Maravilla is behind bars, a warrant would have to be issued if prosecutors want to hold him account on the new allegations. So no waste of money there.
It could certainly be argued that issuing a Crime Stoppers reward for his capture was a waste of time, but the Sheriff’s PIO who handles the Crime Stoppers news leases simply goes down the list of new warrants and picks out a few to send out. It likely takes him up to 3 or 4 minutes per fugitive. In turn, many news organizations run the press release verbatim without even fixing capitalization or, you know, checking for accuracy (See Crime Stoppers fugitive wanted for attempted murder when she’s really just a witness in an attempted murder case), so it probably takes up 2 or 3 minutes of news organizations’ time to run the waste-of-time news release.
Considering this only happens once every great while, I don’t think there’s much to worry about.
But of course we are interested in how our court and police systems use time and resources to track fugitives, and we’ve written about such mishaps in the past.
Here’s an example: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2008/jun/04/shooting-victim-sought-on-other-charges/