Prelim-setting reshuffled for San Pablo woman, 25, accused of a Fairfield murder
Judge orders Kamaria I.D. Strange to return to Department 9 for a readiness conference and hearing setting at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 28 in the Justice Center in Fairfieldl
A Solano County Superior Court judge in the coming weeks will set a preliminary hearing date for 25-year-old San Pablo woman suspected of first-degree murder in connection to a fatal November shooting in Fairfield.
Court records showed that Kamaria Isis Davison Strange was scheduled on Monday to face a readiness conference and a hearing setting in Department 9 in the Justice Center in Fairfield. However and possibly due to reduced court operations amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Judge Carlos R. Gutierrez rescheduled the matters for 8:30 a.m. Feb. 28.
Strange, who is represented by the Public Defender, pleaded not guilty during a brief, late-November court appearance in Gutierrez’s courtroom.
She was arrested Nov. 5 and booked into Solano County Jail on suspicion of killing a 19-year-old Benicia man in the 1000 block of Tyler Street. The Solano County Coroner previously said the man’s identity remains “protected” and could not be released.
The Solano County District Attorney’s Office filed its complaint against Strange on Nov. 9.
Fairfield Police Sgt. John Devine said dispatchers received a call at 12:19 p.m. Nov. 4 about “a man down on Tyler Street.”
Upon arrival, officers discovered an unresponsive male who was not breathing, had blood coming from his mouth, and had suffered a gunshot wound.
Strange remains in Solano County Jail without bail.
Taking over the investigation, detectives were able to determine that the victim responded to a car for sale advertisement on a website, OfferUp, that turned into “a robbery gone wrong and the male was shot.”
The department’s press release offered advice on how to safely conduct a sale to an individual, by doing any transaction in a public place.
The department has a “Safe Exchange Zone” for residents to make online purchases and exchange transactions in a monitored area. It is near the police department, at Kentucky and Jackson streets, and is under 24-hour surveillance.