REGIONAL: Suspect arrested in July Willits murder

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Arone Schnebly, 35, at left, was arrested on Saturday, September 3, 2011, by Mendocino County Sheriff's detectives in Willits, Calif. He is facing a murder charge for the July 20, 2011, shooting of Joseph Litteral. Still at large in the case is William Crocker, right. Photos courtesy of the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.
 

 

 



MENDOCINO COUNTY, Calif. – A suspect in the July murder of a Willits man has been arrested.


Arone Schnebly, 35, was arrested Saturday evening, according to Capt. Kurt Smallcomb of the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.


Schnebly is facing charges for the murder of 40-year-old Joseph Litteral of Willits at the Bu Shay Campground in Willits on July 20. A second man also was shot and seriously injured.


At 5 p.m. Saturday law enforcement learned from a source that Schnebly was in the Willits area and was likely in a vehicle, Smallcomb said.


Willits Police made a vehicle stop and found Schnebly inside the vehicle. Smallcomb said Mendocino County Sheriff's Office detectives subsequently arrested and booked Schnebly at the Mendocino County Jail.


Smallcomb said a second suspect in the murder, 30-year-old William Hale Crocker, is still at large.


Anyone with information on Crocker is encouraged to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office at 707-463-4086.


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