In the Pasadena Courthouse This Week

This week, seven high-profile Pasadena criminal cases will move forward in the Pasadena Courthouse of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Here’s an update and profile of each of these cases.

The Pasadena Courthouse is closed on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Tuesday, January 19

At 8:30 a.m., a preliminary hearing is scheduled for Alan Michael Sosa, Daniel Aaron Garcia and Delmy Carolina Diaz, who are charged with arson and conspiracy in connection with an alleged insurance plot. The hearing is at Department J.

At 8:30 a.m., arraignment is scheduled for former Disney Channel actor Adam Hicks, who is charged with two counts of robbery and three counts of attempted robbery for allegedly carrying out a series of armed heists in Burbank. Aspiring actress Danni Tamburo, who was charged along with Hicks, pleaded no contest to two counts. This hearing is at Department C.

At 8:30 a.m., a pretrial hearing is scheduled for Telly R. Johnson, who is charged with the stabbing death of a man in Pasadena. This will be at Department F.

Wednesday, January 20

At 8:30 a.m., a preliminary hearing is scheduled for Alex Evans, who is charged with fatally stabbing his 67-year-old mother in Pasadena. The hearing will be at Department J.

Thursday, January 21

At 8:30 a.m. sentencing is scheduled for Edgar Gustavo Villamarin, a former marriage and family therapist who pleaded no contest to sexually battering seven female patients. This will be at Department J.

At 8:30 a.m., a preliminary hearing date is scheduled to be set for Enrique Real, who is charged with fatally stabbing a man in a CVS parking lot in Pasadena. This hearing is at Department J.

Friday, January 22

At 8:30 a.m., a preliminary hearing date is scheduled to be set for Ryan Dhalliwal, who is charged with a series of arson fires in Monrovia. This hearing is at Department D.

The Pasadena Courthouse is at 300 E. Walnut St. For more information, call (626) 396-3303.