Orange County District Attorney, Press Release
For Immediate Release, Case # 07NF1324: June 7, 2013
*Co-defendant in this case was sentenced to 13 years in state prison
SANTA ANA – A man was sentenced today to 105 years to life in state prison for the attempted murder of a peace officer following a police pursuit and month-long crime spree. Jeremy Robert Bowles, 35, Buena Park, was found guilty by a jury Oct. 18, 2012, of eight felony counts of first degree residential burglary, four felony counts of grand theft auto, two felony counts each of first degree robbery and possession of a firearm by a felon, one felony count each of attempted murder of a peace officer, assault with a firearm on a peace officer, shooting from a motor vehicle, shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, evading while driving recklessly, theft of a firearm, possession of ammunition by a prohibited person, receiving stolen property, and possession of a controlled substance. Bowles was also found guilty of the sentencing enhancements for personal use of a firearm, personal discharge of a firearm, and crime-bail-crime, one prior strike conviction for attempted carjacking in 2001, three prison prior convictions for one felony count of possession of methamphetamine in 1997, one felony count of possession of stolen property in 2000, and one felony count of attempted carjacking 2001. Continue reading