| | | | | custody at that facility in Santa Ana, after evidence |
| | | | allegedly linked him to the crime Laguna Beach Police |
| | | | | Lt. Jason Kravetz said. |
| | | | | Police believe that Nicholson and Dragna knew each |
| Last night Laguna Beach police investigators arrested | | | | other and Nicholson may have invited both Dragna |
| a second suspect as part of the ongoing investigation | | | | and Quintanilla to his home. |
| into the murder of Laguna Beach resident Damon | | | | Dragna met Nicholson the victim recently over the |
| Nicholson. | | | | Internet. They met through a website and had |
| | | | | developed a relationship, Kravetz said. Some of the |
| On Friday evening, December 4th, Jacob Quintanilla, a | | | | alleged items stolen from Nicholson's home, including a |
| 20 year old resident of Lake Forest, was taken into | | | | laptop computer, clothing and a cell phone were |
| custody for murder. | | | | found at Dragna's home. |
| | | | | Police now believe the suspects entered the home of |
| Laguna Beach Investigators now believe that | | | | Nicholson in the early morning hours and bludgeoned |
| Quintanilla accompanied suspect Matthew Dragna to | | | | the victim to death and fled with the loot. |
| the victim’s house in late October. Quintanilla is | | | | Police are trying to find still another stolen laptop |
| believed to have been present and witnessed | | | | computer that belonged to Nicholson, which they |
| Dragna, beat the victim to death with a baseball bat. | | | | believe Dragna may have sold. Other items that were |
| | | | | stolen have been recovered. |
| According to police the main motive for this tragic | | | | At Nicholson's home, investigators found an item that |
| homicide was robbery. After the victim was | | | | gave them Dragna's name and pointed to information |
| attacked, the two men proceeded to steal many | | | | that indicated Dragna was the killer. |
| personal items from the residence. | | | | "I don't know why he would have been there that |
| | | | | day, but we were able to get his name through |
| The Lake Forest prime suspect Dragna, 19 is accused | | | | evidence at the scene," Kravetz said earlier. |
| of killing Laguna Beach resident Nicholson, | | | | Police would not specify through what website the |
| attacking him and beating him to death with a | | | | men met, citing an ongoing investigation. Kravetz said |
| baseball bat in his home Oct. 23. during the home | | | | he could not comment on whether the two had |
| robbery. | | | | become romantically involved. |
| Officers with the Laguna Beach Police Department | | | | According to police Dragna has a history of drug use |
| served two search warrants earlier: one at Dragna's | | | | and burglary arrests. |
| Lake Forest home and a second at a Santa Ana drug | | | | The suspects are being held at the Orange County |
| rehabilitation center, where Dragna had recently | | | | Jail. Police are seeking first degree murder charges |
| checked in. | | | | against Dragna. |
| | | | | Police are very confident that they have the |
| The police search of the Dragna’s family home | | | | responsible suspects and no other arrests are |
| recovered key evidence in the case, Kravetz said. | | | | expected. |
| | | | | A memorial for Nicholson was held Nov. 13 at Tivoli |
| Police than arrested Dragna and he was taken into | | | | Too in Laguna Beach. |