Third Suspect Charged in Oakland Drug Deal Murder

0:00It's April 20th, I'm Cory with the story. This is California News Today, driven by AI, a third suspect just got hit with murder charges in that deadly Oakland drug deal gone wrong last December. 20-year-old Antoine Roy Santos faces one count of murder and two robberies for the killing of Stacey Tidwell, the fourth on December 29th, 2025, near Fremont High. He's locked up with two co-defendants now, 23-year-old Micaari Fluker, who cops say drove the getaway, and 18-year-old Margie Martin, tagged as the planner. The trio allegedly jumped two guys during a pill transaction, guns blazing, leaving Tidwell shot dead by a rifle while the other victim rushed him to. The hospital. Tidwell's story hits hard. Iheats survived to shooting himself just 16 months earlier, and his dad, Stacey the third, got gunned down in Oakland back. In 2003, when Tidwell was only three, Santos got nabbed on April 17th after earlier dodging charges in another Oakland murder from May 2024.

1:03That one involved an 18-year-old shot at a motel, but he walked free. Martin went down last January, Fluker got pulled from St. Louis last February. All three are charged under the felony murder rule for sparking the arm's stick-up, with Santos pleading next on April 23rd, cops still hunting a fourth suspect as the case rolls on.