Woman in jail following Fig Garden shooting, neighbors speak out against home where it happened

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The pistillate accused of a shooting successful Fresno's Fig Garden country weeks agone is present successful jail.

Fresno County Superior Court Judge Geoffrey Wilson ordered Jennifer Cedano into custody connected Monday arsenic she pleaded not blameworthy to the charges against her.

Investigators accidental Cedano was dressed successful afloat tactical cogwheel erstwhile she changeable and injured a 64-year-old bystander precocious past month.

"Ultimately, the people was her nephew, who she believed had inappropriately touched her daughter," Deputy District Attorney Rachel Baskin said.

Prosecutors charged Cedano with battle and residential burglary, and accidental she admitted to cardinal parts of the crime.

At times, she nodded on successful court.

"She felt similar they each indispensable person been pedophiles, truthful she was justified successful shooting him," Baskin said.

The unit unfolded adjacent the Centers for Living, a transitional lodging installation successful Fig Garden.

Sheriff's investigators and neighbors accidental it is known to instrumentality enforcement.

"Since they person moved successful determination respective years ago, you'll spot much gates person been enactment up and much information cameras," nonmigratory Beverly Raine told Action News.

Raine is speaking out, highlighting the apprehension of a registered enactment offender astatine the Centers for Living successful March for net crimes.

"I was amazed it took this agelong for thing similar that to happen, rather frankly, due to the fact that determination person been issues ongoing determination ever since that location has opened," Raine said astir the August shooting.

Centers for Living CEO John Coyle was not disposable for an interrogation connected Monday.

"We are profoundly saddened by the caller incidental and are grateful for the speedy effect of instrumentality enforcement. By God's grace, nary 1 was earnestly hurt," Coyle wrote successful a connection to Action News.

"Centers for Living is simply a faith-based non-profit enactment that has operated 7 homes successful Fresno County for implicit 7 years without immoderate akin convulsive offenses. Our clients are referred done established churches and county-wide spouse agencies who specialize successful helping the marginalized colonisation we serve. Clients bash not locomotion up to oregon from our properties; each intakes are coordinated successful beforehand to guarantee information and accountability," Coyle added.

"We stay committed to being bully neighbors and to partnering with section leaders to beforehand safety, stability, emotion and anticipation successful the communities wherever we operate," Coyle wrote.

Cedano is looking to prosecute a backstage lawyer arsenic she fends disconnected the charges.

She is owed backmost successful a week for the archetypal of 2 cardinal hearings, and her nationalist defender hinted that her lawsuit would spell to trial.

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