Eli Lopez, 25, was found guilty of second-degree murder earlier this year for the Feb. 3, 2021 crash that killed 26-year-old Rolando Pinto-Mendez.
A man who sped away in his car from police through a Pomona neighborhood, crashing into another uninvolved car and killing the driver, was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 20 years to life in state prison. Lopez, an ex-con, raced up to speeds of 106 mph in a stolen Honda after police attempted to pull him over for running a stop sign.Police ended the pursuit less than a minute later because of Lopez's dangerous driving, as he ran through several other stop signs.
After the crash, Lopez ran from the scene and was found hiding in a nearby backyard.At Lopez's sentencing, the victim's aunt, Maria De Rosario Ortega, questioned why Lopez didn't stop, saying that her nephew would have been able to see his younger brother graduate from high school.
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