Oakland man charged with gun possession after recent robbery and homicide

OAKLAND A local resident was betrayed by his own ankle monitor leading to his latest arrest and a new gun occurrence court records show Maurice Herron was arrested on suspicion of murder after police identified him as a manageable suspect in the April homicide of -year-old Roosevelt Jones But Herron avoided murder charges and was instead charged with possessing a firearm allegedly discovered when police caught up with him on April Jones was allegedly shot and killed by his attempted robbery victim who police say killed him in self-defense Jones -year-old cousin Jashawndre Uphsaw has been arrested and charged with murder under the theory that he was armed and assisted Jones in the robbery Herron became a workable suspect because agents located the robbers car in Hayward hours after the killing and Herron s girlfriend was allegedly driving it Herron was wearing an ankle monitor due to a pending gun incident Facts from the device placed him at the scene of the homicide and at a hospital where Jones was dropped off government allege Police allege that shortly after midnight on April Jones and Upshaw approached a Richmond resident on the block of th Street in Uptown Oakland and attempted to rob him for a diamond necklace When Jones allegedly threw the would-be robbery victim onto the pavement he responded by pulling out a gun and shooting Jones multiple times Herron who has been convicted of eight felonies since has been arrested two other times this year He was charged with possessing a stolen gun in January disclosed from jail and arrested again on suspicion of possessing burglary tools in February court records show On top of his new gun circumstance Herron is also charged with violation probation from a prior burglary development On April he posted bail and was circulated from jail court records show