Killer of store owner gets 93-year jail

SAN BERNARDINOM, CA — A San Bernardino, Calif., man, who claimed that a “government mind control project” made him kill an Indian American store owner, received a sentence of 93 years in state prison on October 13.

On November 8, 2010, Junior Tejeda, wearing a mask and wielding a shot gun, walked into the Best Market in San Bernardino, pointed the gun at the owner of the shop, 45-year-old Amarjit Singh, and asked him to open the register.

Before Singh could respond, Tejeda shot him one time in the head.

The defendant, who had just been released from prison 24 hours earlier, took no money before he fled out of the market, according to the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s office.

Tejeda was on the lam for several months, but was arrested about a year later when he tried to rob the same store. He was found guilty on July 25 of one count of murder and two counts of robbery. The jury also found him guilty of carrying unauthorized firearms.