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Man Gets 19 Years, Four Months to Life Sentence for Deadly DUI Crash
Jorge ErastoCruz was sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of second-degree murder and multiple DUI charges while on probation for prior offenses, officials said.
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Man Gets 19 Years, Four Months to Life Sentence for Deadly DUI Crash
A twice-convicted drunken driver who pleaded guilty to murder for an alcohol-fueled crash that killed two people on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Irvine in 2021 was given a life sentence Friday. Jorge ErastoCruz, 37, of Lake Forest, was sentenced to 19 years and four months to life in prison. He was given credit for 1,371 days behind bars. ErastoCruz pleaded guilty June 6 to two counts of second-degree murder, driving under the influence of alcoh…
DUI driver gets 19 years to life for 5 Freeway crash in Irvine that killed 2
A 37-year-old Lake Forest man who drove drunk and caused a crash that killed two people on the southbound 5 Freeway in Irvine four years ago was sentenced Friday, Aug. 15 to 19 years to life in prison, authorities said. Jorge ErastoCruz was on probation for two previous convictions for drunk driving when, around 2 a.m. on Nov. 14, 2021, he drove drunk on the 5 Freeway and slammed into a Honda Civic on the right shoulder, killing a woman in the b…
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