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Murder Charges Filed in Execution Style Slaying of MTV Producer

By Marcella Glenn

Destiny Young, 29, of Los Angeles was charged with murder Friday and two male accomplices were charged with robbery in a shotgun crime spree.

The spree added up to 10 robberies and two homicides over 11 days in the mid-town area of Los Angeles, according police.

One of the homicide victims was 30-year-old MTV music coordinator Gabriel Ben-Meir, killed by a shotgun blast to the head in the early morning hours Sunday after parking his car outside his apartment, police.

Ben-Meir worked on several MTV shows that included "Punk'd" and "Nitro Circus."

The other homicide victim was Marcelo Aragon, 35, who was killed on April 30, authorities.

The female suspect, Young, was also charged with five counts of second degree robbery, prosecutors.

Richard Edward Anderson, 33, of Reseda, California, was charged with six counts of second degree robbery, prosecutors.

Jabaar Vincent Thomas, 26, of Los Angeles was charged with three counts of second degree robbery and one count of being a felon in possession of a handgun.

Thomas is a convicted felon who was paroled in December, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck told reporters at a press conference Friday.

Police are still investigating what role Thomas and Anderson may have played in the two killings, Beck.

Marcella Glenn is a freelance writer, blogger, novelist, and former business editor. She looks forward to hearing from you. Scribble a note to her through NewsBlaze, or her blog at critiqueandwrite.blogspot.com