SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KABC) — A person accused of driving a stolen automotive throughout a high-speed chase pleaded not responsible on Thursday in reference to the dying of a sheriff’s deputy who died when the pursuit ended in a Victorville crash.
Ryan Dwayne Turner Jr., a 22-year-old resident of San Bernardino, entered the plea in courtroom after being charged with second-degree homicide. He was being held with out bail.
Deputy Hector Cuevas Jr., 36, died within the violent collision on Monday.
“From Day 1 that I met him, I all the time mentioned he was my son from one other mom,” Sonia Bracey, a buddy of Cuevas’s household, advised reporters outdoors the courthouse on Thursday. “Such an enormous smile, such a caring man, simply cherished life.
“He was simply that heat, type, caring individual that had nothing to say adverse about anyone,” Bracey mentioned.
A vigil was held Wednesday night time in honor of Cuevas.
“He sacrificed — he was the epitome of what that’s, of sacrifice for his neighborhood, for his brothers and for his household,” Cuevas’s buddy Gabriel Cannon mentioned in a eulogy.
Cuevas is survived by his spouse and two younger kids.
A vigil was held in honor of a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy who died in a violent crash throughout a pursuit of a stolen car in Victorville.
“This isn’t the primary time that Mr. Turner has fled when he is been caught with a stolen automotive. In actual fact it appears as if every time it’s what happens that definitely factored into the concept that it is a homicide case,” San Bernardino County District Lawyer Jason Anderson mentioned earlier this week.
In response to the Rialto Police Division, Turner has beforehand been arrested for evading police and inflicting one other crash involving an officer. He additionally has a prolonged report for vehicular thefts.
His subsequent courtroom look is scheduled for April 8 on the Victorville Courthouse.
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