Posted on 10/02/2007 7:26:27 PM PDT by yorkie
Two men who crashed into and killed a Nederland teen while fleeing police after a string of robberies last year pleaded guilty Monday to their respective roles in the crimes.
With a jury panel waiting outside the courtroom and prosecutors Ed Shettle and Ashley Chase preparing to try both cases, Cuevas and Fuentes entered the 11th-hour plea agreements.
Each will serve at least 20 years in prison before they are eligible for parole.
Humberto Cuevas Jr., 21, and Romualdo Fuentes, 22, both of Port Arthur, robbed patrons at three Mid-County convenience stores on April 8, 2006, before attempting to outrun Jefferson County deputies responding to reports of the crimes, according to prosecutors and court documents.
Deputies slowed their pursuit as the chase approached a group of motorcyclists near Twin City Highway (Texas 347) and Nederland Avenue, Sheriff Mitch Woods told The Enterprise in April 2006.
But the green 1993 Honda driven by Cuevas ran a red light at the intersection, striking a 2004 Scion driven by 18-year-old Nederland High School graduate Bryan Oliver Turner. Turner died at the scene.
Both men were charged with three counts of aggravated robbery and one count of felony murder.
Cuevas, through an interpreter, pleaded guilty to the felony murder charge and was sentenced to 40 years in prison by 252nd state District Judge Layne Walker. The aggravated robbery charges against him were dismissed.
Fuentes, who pleaded guilty to the three robbery charges, also was sentenced to 40 years. Prosecutors dismissed the felony murder charge against him.
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County jail records indicate Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has requested a hold on both men, reflecting questions about their immigration status, prosecutors said.
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Killing the americans we won’t kill.
How many thousands of US citizens have died as a result of these criminals being in our country? Far, far more than were killed on 9/11.
I’m sure they’ll beg to be deported now... then they can come back free in a couple years...
“I’m sure they’ll beg to be deported now... then they can come back free in a couple years...”
Try a couple weeks.
>>How many thousands of US citizens have died as a result of these criminals being in our country?<<
I have read that it is quite a bit more than those lost in the WOT, too.
Any alien that commits a felony should be executed.... period!
“County jail records indicate Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has requested a hold on both men, reflecting questions about their immigration status, prosecutors said.”
Can’t they ever just come out and say it... THEY’RE ILLEGALS...there, only took a nano-second to type...
Anyone else ever notice that the words ‘flee’ or ‘fleeing’ or ‘fled’ is in almost every article about the invaders?
It’s in the first sentence, here.......
Anyone else ever notice that the words ‘flee’ or ‘fleeing’ or ‘fled’ is in almost every article about the invaders?
It’s in the first sentence, here.......
ping
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