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WEBVTT F@F@F@F@ACTION NEWS REPORTER PHIL GOMEZF@WAS IN COURT AND JOINS US LIVEFROM SANTA CRUZ.PHIL?PHIL:F@ THE PROSECUTION BELIEVESTHIS WAS A CONSPIRACY TO COMMITMURDF@ER OVER DRUG SALES.IT BEGAN AS AN ARGUMENT AND LEDF@TO VICTIM JOEY SHUEMAKERSMURDER.F@>> SHE IS PART OF ATTEMPTINGF@ TOMAKE ANF@ ALIBI THAT SUGGEST SHEIS A PART OF IT.PHIL:F@ NINO RUIZ POSTED A PICTUREOF HIMSELF AND JENESSAF@ KIC TOHIS FACEBOOK PAGE JUST HOURSAFTER THE MURDER.HE AND KIC ARE SITF@TING ON THESEAWALL AT CAPITOLA BEACH ANDTHE CAPTION READ, "WHAT A GREATNIGHT AND F@MORNING AT THE BEACHCHILLIN."F@THURSDAY MORNING, THE TWO MURDERSUSPECTS FF@OUND THEMSELVESCHILLIN IN COURT.F@F@>> IT'SF@ THEF@ PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVETHAT WE CAN PROVE THERE WASCONSPIRACY.PHIL: COF@URT DOCUMENTS REVEALTHAT JENESSA KIC PROVIDED THEGUN, TOLD RUIZ WHERE THE VICTIMF@WAS, AND EVEN SHOWED UP AT THESCENE OF THE MURDER.F@>> INFORMATIONF@F@ THAT HAS CF@OME UPF@F@SUGGESTS DRUGF@ TERRITORY OR ATLEAST THAT PLAYS A SIGNIFICANTF@ROLE.F@>> SINCEF@ THE BEGINNING OF THESUMMER, IT HAS GONE UP A LOT.PHIL: FAVIANY SANTOS LIVEF@SNEARBY.SHE SAYS DRUG ACTIVITY HASF@PICKED UP ALONG THE SANTA CRUZLEVEE THIS SUMMER.F@F@>> THEY ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUTDAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME.F@F@DAYTIME IS MET, NIGHTTIME ISHEROINE.PHIL:F@ THOSE ARE CODE WORDS?F@YEAH, HERE'S ALSO CHRF@IS, CRYSTALMETH.F@PHIL: SANTA CRUZ MAYOR CYNTHIAF@MATHEWS SAYS THERE HAVE BEENF@UNSAVORY ACTIVITIES GOING ONALONG THE LEVEE.>>F@ ALONG THEF@ RIVER, THERE IS AF@NONGOING ISSUE OF ACTIVITY THATPEOPLE FIND IT DISTURBING.F@THAT IS WHAT WE TF@RY AND MONITOR.F@F@F@CLEAN UP THEF@ SITUATION ANDENSURE PEOPLE CAN FEEL SAFE.F@F@F@PHIL: SANTA CRUZ COUNTYF@F@F@F@ALCOHOL-DRUG PROGRAM CHIEF BILLF@MANOV SAYS THERE IS AN UPTICK INDRUG USE.THERE IS ALWAYS A BIG F@DEMAND FORTREATMENT BUT NOT ENOUGH REHABCARE.THE COUNTY IS HOPING TO CHANF@GETHAT SOON THROUGH THE AFFORDABLECARE ACT.>>F@F@ ADDICTION CAN AFFECT ANYONEF@.WHERE IT IS MOST VISIBLE IS ONTHE STREET AND WHENF@ PEOPLE GOTHE FURTHEST DOWN,F@ THEY MAY ENDUP ON THEF@ STREET BUT IT DOESN'TNECESSARILY START IN THE STREET.PHIL:F@ KEVIN SCHERP GOT INTO AFIGHT WITH JOEY THE NIGHT F@BEFOREHE WAS GUNNED DOWN.HE ISN'T SO SURE HIS DEATH WASF@ALL ABOUT DRUGS.>>F@F@ HE LIKES TO FIGHT AND I GUESSSOMEF@ONE JUST GOT SICK OF IT ORWHATEVER OR SOME RING.F@IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT DRUGSF@,IT'S ABOUT THE DUDE IS GNARLY.F@PHIL: THE PROSECUTION REVEALEDF@THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING FORF@ADDITIONAL PERSON IN THE CASE,PERHAPS EVEN THE PERSON WHOSNAPPED THE ALIBI PHOTO.F@DAN: THE ARRAIGNMENT WASF@POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 8.F@F@RUIZ'S BAIL REMAINS AT $2MILLION.F@JENESSA KIC'S BAIL WAS INCREASED