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By Cara McCoy 
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 | 11:50 a.m.
The second person arrested in connection with a violent home invasion in southwest Las Vegas, 18-year-old Richard Freeman, was arraigned this morning in Las Vegas Justice Court.
Freeman was booked last week on several felony counts stemming from his alleged involvement with 38-year-old Gregory Hover, a process server who worked for a legal firm serving civil papers.
Hover was arrested Feb. 6 and charged in connection with an attack in the early morning hours of Jan. 25 that left Julio Romero, 64, dead and his wife, Roberta Romero, seriously wounded. An amended criminal complaint naming the two men as co-defendants was filed in court Tuesday.
Both men each are charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, burglary with a deadly weapon, two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, murder with a deadly weapon, two counts of first-degree kidnapping with a deadly weapon, attempted murder with a deadly weapon, battery with a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily harm and burglary.
A report released detailing Hover’s arrest indicates Freeman was with Hover the night the Romeros were attacked. Freeman reportedly told police he had been in Hover’s car several blocks away and heard muffled gunshots come from the area of the Romeros’ home.
A bail hearing for both men, who are being held without bail in the Clark County Detention Center, is scheduled for Friday.
Hover is accused of returning to the Romeros' home, near the intersection of Jones Boulevard and Russell Road, in the early morning hours of Jan. 25, a few hours after he had been there in an attempt to find another man who Hover said owed $10,000 in a civil matter.
Police say Hover shot Julio Romero dead, then robbed Roberta Romero at gunpoint before ushering her into a bedroom closet while he raided dresser drawers.
While Roberta Romero was in the closet, Hover opened the door and shot her in the face. She called 911 after the intruder left her home.
Roberta Romero remains hospitalized but her condition is improving, attorneys said today.
A preliminary hearing in the case is set for Feb. 26.
Scum of the earth
Those two guys if convicted on all charges should be executed as soon as possible not 20 years from now. The tax payers should not have to foot there bills for room and board for more then 6 months.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW HOW GREGORY DUCT TAPPED MR. ROMERO WHILE HOLDING A GUN? HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO DUCT TAPE SOMETHING AND RIP IT WHEN YOU ARE DONE? I STILL SAY BOTH GUYS HAD TO BE JUST AS INVOLVED. OR IF AS GREGORY SAID HE LEFT AND DID NOT RETURN, DID RICKY FREEMAN WITH ANOTHER DO IT? NO ONE KNOWS THE WHOLE STORY EXCEPT THE TWO OF THEM. FREEMAN KEEPS CHANGING LITTLE PIECES OF HIS STORY. I AM NOT SAYING GREGORY IS INNOCENT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE ENTIRE STORY. I LIVE IN ANOTHER STATE AND THE ONLY NEWS I GET IS FROM THIS NEWSPAPER, ALL OF YOU AND GREGORYS ATTORNEY. I AM GREGORYS MOTHER. I AM HAPPY THEY DID FINALLY ARREST RICKY FREEMAN. AS I SAID THAT ALL INVOLVED SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH THE SAME SENTENCE AND NOT ALLOWED TO WALK AROUND. I AM HOPING THAT MRS. ROBERTA ROMERO WILL FEEL A LITTLE SAFER. I AM PRAYING FOR HER TO RECOVER AND THAT MAYBE SOMEDAY SHE WILL BE ABLE TO FEEL SAFE AGAIN AND TRY TO GET ON WITH THE REST OF HER LIFE. MY PRAYERS FOR HER AND HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE MY SON AND I DO PRAY FOR HIM ALSO.