A judge has set bail at $1 million for the Turlock homeowner facing murder charges for the July 2013 shooting death of Brandon Pacheco.
Robin Duane Boyer, 60, remains in custody at the Stanislaus County Jail after Monday’s arraignment where the bail was set.
In addition to the $1 million bail, Boyer is not permitted to possess any firearms if he does make bail, according to Stanislaus County Court Services Manager Stephanie Mitchell.
The killing of Pacheco has been an ongoing investigation since July of 2013, when Boyer shot Pacheco in the head.
On March 6, Turlock police took Boyer into custody and was booked into the Stanislaus County Jail for murder.
According to the criminal complaint, which was filed on March 5, Boyer “personally and intentionally discharged a firearm and proximately caused great bodily injury or death to Brandon Pacheco.”
Boyer previously told police that he shot Pacheco after seeing him trespass on his property several times leading up to that fateful day. It is believed Boyer saw Pacheco on his property the morning of the shooting and confronted him.
It remains unclear if Boyer shot Pacheco on his own property. Initial police reports said Pacheco was shot in a field near Boyer’s property, but the exact location of the shooting has not been officially released.
Pacheco had prior convictions for grand theft, commercial burglary and methamphetamine possession in the months leading up to his death.
It’s a tragedy when you grow up in what used to be a decent town and call on these lame excuse cops so many times before you end up taking matters into your own hands because you crossed paths with a loser out to steal what you and so many others worked hard for that now you lost and have to pay the cost because law enforcement can only enforce a doughnut into their gut. The facts speak for themselves this pacheco piece of garbage had a numerous record before the bullet put an end to his escapade.
Brandon was a known criminal who continue to defy the law and return to this man’s property, who knows how far Brandon would’ve gone considering that he had total contempt for the law. What exactly is a person to do when a criminal who uses meth continues and continues and continues to trespass upon your property and steal from you? what happens when this criminal has found nothing left on your property to steal and now begins to target you who was an elderly man living by himself?
Only in Turlock do criminals and homeless get preferential treatment over regular hard-working people who pay taxes and ultimately the police salaries.
In Turlock it’s better if the criminal steals from you or possibly kills you then defend yourself and your property that you worked for.
The central valley is turning into a violent Third World country.
The family has never said that Brandon wasn’t guilty of trespassing or that he was even in a good place in his life. He should not and didn’t deserve to be killed. How is it right for people to go around killing people for trespassing on their property? I 100% believe in protecting your home and your family but Boyer could have easily shot him in the leg to prevent him from running and then called the cops. Brandon could have served his punishment then. Instead his family continues to be struck with grief and anguish going through this entire process. Prayers all around.
How on earth do these bureaucrats think they will get a guilty verdict out of this? What a waste of resources. Mr. Boyer did society a favor by retiring that career criminal.
If Boyer had done a leg shot, the tweaker would have sued him, and Boyer would still be charged. Criminals in this state have more rights than law abiding citizens. It’s even hard to legally defend yourself against an attacker in this state, much less a thief on your property. All the touchy feely “he wasn’t in a good place in his life” excuses are bull. It’s really simple basic decency..be responsible for yourself and don’t be a drug addict or a thief. This loser family is probably going to sue Boyer and get more money than they ever would have seen in their all their lives.
So anybody that wants to trespass on my property and steal what I’ve worked so hard for is free to do it and I can’t legally do anything to stop them. The most I can do is nicely ask them to put my property back and leave. Wow. That’s great if you are a drug addict thief piece of garbage. Maybe that’s why CA is full of them.
Plus, I bet this loser family is going to sue Boyer and get their hands on more money than they would ever have seen in their whole lives.
Are defending a criminal as if he woke up on the wrong side of the bed. But what do expect- Brandon’s sister was involved in a drive by shooting of someone over meth.
This is normal Pacheco family behavior: violent, criminal, meth heads that steal.
I guess we should have cut his hands off, but a bullet is what it took. Criminals are scum and their defense useless. The death penalty is a joke and crooks right’s are to great. The family is a bunch of Turlock trash, we should have a free trash burning day. Stand up to the crooks, unfortunately they always win.
Celeste borges your such a troll please go chock on a fat Dong. Better yet bust your fingers up so you cant type an post all your ridiculous comments. Go back to blabbing all the trash that the NOTORIOUSLY gutter trash VANGORDERS have told you.. lol
Put me on the jury, this is another waste of time trial by our DA office. The Mayor’s brother-in-law gets less than 6 months for setting fire to the Red Steer, and the other guy had priors for arson, but this homeowner, is arrested for protecting his family?
All i hear is people flapping there gums about what kind of a person brandon was, and Boyer is like God to some of you. Well sorry he’s not and none of you would give up everything you have to sit in jail for the rest of your life just like him.
And my opinion is he probably feels like a murderer now that he is sitting in jail.