No court date had been set as of Tuesday, April 19 for a teenager arrested in connection with multiple shootings at vehicles along Albers Road.

The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office arrested 18-year-old Modesto resident James Ganjeh on Saturday, April 16 and he was booked at county jail on counts stemming from multiple shootings in the east end of the county, south of Oakdale.

Ganjeh was safely taken into custody by members of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) and Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) on Saturday at about 10 p.m. in the 1700 block of Albers Road. The location on Albers Road was where the suspect had been living and shooting from.

The shooting incidents involved an assailant firing upon passing motorists as they traveled through the areas of Albers Road between Dusty Lane and Milnes Road in the past few weeks. Fortunately, said authorities, nobody was injured in any of the shootings. Victims were at first able to share very little in the way of where the gunfire had been originating. The other instances took place on March 1, April 14 and concluded on April 16.

Investigators began increasing their presence in the area, working all actionable leads and collecting evidence. Ganjeh became the target of their focus as yet another shooting was reported during the early afternoon hours of Saturday, April 16. They were able to obtain search and arrest warrants for the suspect and descended upon the residence on Albers Road.

Ganjeh did not immediately surrender, as he tried to escape towards the rear of the property and discard and dismantle what was later deemed to be a handgun used during the shootings. Through later interview, Ganjeh admitted to his involvement in each of the instances where occupied and unoccupied vehicles were struck by his gunfire.

“We are happy this case had a safe outcome with nobody seriously injured or killed,” the statement noted.

Ganjeh was booked into the Stanislaus County Public Safety Center for willful discharge of a firearm in a negligent manner, shooting at an unoccupied motor vehicle, four counts of shooting at an inhabited dwelling or vehicle, and four counts of assault with a firearm upon a person.

He is being held in lieu of $1,050,000 bail. Additional court action is pending.