4 charged with ambush attack of off-duty NC deputy

The men called the deputy out of a child’s birthday party, and the other three ‘jumped out’ from behind cars

February 10, 2016 07:37 PM

By Ron Gallagher
The News & Observer

RALEIGH, N.C. — Four men face charges of assault with intent to kill in what Wake County sheriff’s investigators say was a sneak attack on an off-duty deputy because of his job.

Remi Nambo, 27, Miguel Angel Moreno, 25, Delfino Alejo, 27, and Gabriel Miguel Moreno, 39, were each charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and maliciously assaulting in a secret manner, a felony.

According to arrest warrants, Gabriel Moreno called Deputy Eduardo Sanchez out of a child’s birthday party, and the other three “jumped out” from behind cars. They beat Sanchez with their hands and feet, the warrants charge.

Sheriff Donnie Harrison said Sanchez was not working and was at the party at the Panther Branch Community Building at 10900 Ten Ten Road about 11:45 p.m. when Moreno insisted Sanchez come out so “he could talk to him.”

The reason for the attack was because Sanchez is a law-enforcement officer, Harrison said.

“They’re just a bunch of cowards who don’t like police officers,” he said Wednesday.

Sanchez received what Harrison called “pretty serious injuries,” but he elected to leave the hospital and have out-patient treatment.

Investigators are still looking into the case, Harrison said, but they had found no connection between Sanchez and the four suspects. “He never arrested any of them,” Harrison said.

Records show that Nambo, who lives at 105 Caminetto Court in Raleigh, and Miguel Moreno, who address was listed as 7216 Old Bunch Road near Wendell, were first arrested early Sunday at the community building on misdemeanor assault charges.

Moreno was freed on bail. Nambo was also charged with resisting arrest and failure to appear in court on traffic charges in Nash County, and he remained in custody.

Tuesday, deputies charged Nambo with the felony assault charges at the Wake County Detention Center. They arrested Miguel Moreno at his home, Alejo on Lynn Ridge Road in Raleigh and Gabriel Moreno on Ray Road in Raleigh.