4 suspects charged in April 22 fatal shooting of 'Trip' Bopp; ankle monitor allegedly places 1 suspect at the scene - Fauquier Times

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Charles William “Trip” Bopp, III, 24, was murdered Thursday, April 22 at his home near Remington, according to the sheriff’s office. “Bopp interrupted a daytime burglary in progress at his residence, and was subsequently shot and killed next to his vehicle upon his arrival.

There is no indication that Bopp was targeted,” a sheriff’s office representative said. Deputies responded to the home on Freemans Ford Road about 5:30 p.m. April 22.

Fauquier detectives sought search warrants for the defendants' cell phone location data to determine their whereabouts in the hours before Bopp's death; investigators believe "surveillance" of the residence took place about 3 1/2 hours before the shooting, according to an affidavit dated April 27.

One suspect was arrested April 24 in Prince William County. A second suspect fled to Texas and was arrested Monday by federal and local officers.

On Wednesday, Fauquier County sheriff’s detectives arrested two additional suspects connected with the homicide, including one who whose court-ordered ankle monitor allegedly put him at the scene of the homicide.

(From top left) Darren Nathaniel Davis, 36; Jury Beatrice Guerra, 28; Martin Anuar Martinez, 30; and José Vidal Pereira, 31

Darren Nathaniel Davis, 36, of Manassas is charged with murder, burglary, conspiracy to commit burglary and use of a firearm in a commission of a felony.

Jose Vidal Pereira, 31, of Manassas is charged with first-degree murder, burglary, conspiracy to commit burglary, and use of a firearm in a commission of a felony. Awaiting adjudication on two felony charges (see box), Pereira was wearing an ankle monitor as part of his pre-trial conditions, according to the criminal complaint filed with his arrest.

"The GPS location from his ankle monitor shows him at [Bopp's home] at 5:26:54 p.m.," the document alleges, "consistent with the time frame that the murder took place." Surveillance video also put a vehicle owned by Pereira's father at Bopp's home around the same time, the complaint says.

Both Davis and Pereira are being held at the Fauquier County Adult Detention Center with no bond.

Jury Beatrice Guerra, 28, of Woodbridge, was apprehended Saturday by Prince William police and is currently being held without bond in the Fauquier County jail. She is charged with first-degree murder and entering a dwelling with intent to commit a felony.

Over the weekend, Fauquier detectives identified Martin Anuar Martinez, 30, of Manassas, as an additional suspect in the murder. A joint effort by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Texas state police and local law enforcement led to his arrest in western Texas on Monday. As of Tuesday, Martinez remained in custody in Pecos, Texas awaiting extradition to Virginia on charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit a felony, armed daytime burglary and use of a firearm in commission of a felony.

The criminal complaint filed with Guerra’s arrest alleges an iPhone that belonged to Martinez was found inside Bopp’s residence. “Text messages between Jury Guerra and Martin Martinez show that they conspired to commit burglary” of the home, the complaint says.

In addition to the sheriff’s office, Texas police agencies and the FBI, the investigation and manhunts following the murder involved the Department of Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Marshal's Office, Prince William County Police Department and the City of Manassas Police Department.

Fauquier County Sheriff Robert Mosier said Wednesday, “This has been a collaborative law enforcement investigation to solve the murder of an innocent victim of a senseless crime. Charles Bopp III was a loving son, brother and friend to so many in the Remington community.”

The son of Sue Bopp and Charles Bopp Jr., who retired last year from the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office after 16 years of service, “Trip” Bopp grew up on the family dairy farm and followed his passion for agriculture into adulthood, his obituary says. “Trip embraced the values of farming and spent as much time outdoors as he could, learning and appreciating the importance of caring for animals, the land and open spaces.”

Before graduating from Virginia Tech’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Bopp attended P.B. Smith Elementary School, Highland School and Fauquier High School. He was actively involved in 4-H and other agriculture programs while in grade school, winning the Supreme Champion award at the Virginia State Fair with his prized dairy cow, Mr. Sam. He also played lacrosse and baseball while he attended Highland.

Defendants' criminal histories

Darren Davis, who has not yet appeared in court on the charges related to the April 22 homicide, has the most extensive criminal record of the four co-defendants; he has been arrested dozens of times and convicted of at least one felony, according to court records. Court records through at least 2018 indicate he lived in Sumerduck, but his arrests have come in Prince William County.

In 2015, Davis was convicted of entering a house to commit assault and battery, a felony, and was sentenced to five years in jail. Previously, he had been sentenced to a total of a year in jail in 2013 on two misdemeanor charges: possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute and carrying a concealed weapon. Most recently, in 2019, he was convicted of participating in a riot, a misdemeanor, and sentenced to two months.

Davis is also currently awaiting two separate jury trials in Prince William County on a total of eight felony drug charges. He was arrested in December 2018 and charged with transporting controlled substances into Virginia and possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute. In 2019, he was arrested and charged with: two counts of conspiring to manufacture schedule I or II drugs with the intent to distribute; two counts of possessing a schedule I or II drug with the intent to distribute; one count of possessing more than five pounds of marijuana with the intent to distribute; and one count of possessing a schedule I or II drug. He was released from custody on bail after the 2019 arrest.

Martin Martinez has a total of three felony convictions, according to Virginia court records: one in 2008, for robbery, and two in 2017 for possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He was incarcerated from March 2016 until January of this year on the marijuana and firearm charges. He has also been convicted on several misdemeanor charges, including possessing marijuana and entering a property with intent to cause damage.

José Pereira was convicted on one felony count of distributing a schedule I or II drug in 2009, for which he was sentenced to seven years of probation. In 2013, he was convicted on two misdemeanor counts of distributing marijuana and one count of shooting in a public place; he was sentenced to a total of seven months in jail. Additionally, his probation was revoked and he was sentenced to another year in jail for violating the terms of his probation.

In August 2020, Pereira was arrested in Prince William County and charged with conspiracy to distribute a schedule I or II drug and possessing a schedule I or II drug with the intent to distribute. Those cases have not yet been adjudicated, and Pereira was released from custody on bail after his arrest last year.

Jury Guerra has one criminal conviction in Virginia, a misdemeanor case in 2011 in which she was found guilty of possessing drug paraphernalia. She was not sentenced to jail time, according to court records.

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