Mary Ann Parmelee, Daniel Weston, Gustavo Canez (Glendale Police Dept.)
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LOS ANGELES -- Five people charged with torturing and robbing two loan modification agents they thought falsely promised to save their home from foreclosure will appear in court today for their preliminary hearing.
Daniel Weston, 52, Gustavo Canez, 36, Mario Gonzales, 47, Marissa Paker, 49 and Mary Ann Parmelee, 52 are expected in a Burbank courtroom Monday afternoon.
Prosecutors say Weston and Parmelee hired two loan modification agents in hopes of keeping their La Canda home but believed the men took their money and did nothing.
Prosecutors claim the victims were lured to Glendale on Oct. 20, held for hours, beaten and robbed before one escaped and went to the hospital. The other agent was found inside the office.
All five suspects were charged with two counts of torture; two counts of false imprisonment by violence; two counts of assault by means likely to produce great bodily harm; two counts of assault with a deadly weapon; two counts of assault with a firearm and two counts of second-degree robbery.
All five of the defendants remain jailed on about $1 million each.
Daniel Weston, 52, Gustavo Canez, 36, Mario Gonzales, 47, Marissa Paker, 49 and Mary Ann Parmelee, 52 are expected in a Burbank courtroom Monday afternoon.
Prosecutors say Weston and Parmelee hired two loan modification agents in hopes of keeping their La Canda home but believed the men took their money and did nothing.
Prosecutors claim the victims were lured to Glendale on Oct. 20, held for hours, beaten and robbed before one escaped and went to the hospital. The other agent was found inside the office.
All five suspects were charged with two counts of torture; two counts of false imprisonment by violence; two counts of assault by means likely to produce great bodily harm; two counts of assault with a deadly weapon; two counts of assault with a firearm and two counts of second-degree robbery.
All five of the defendants remain jailed on about $1 million each.
