California: Boozing hobo Sergio Chaviro pleaded guilty; only 4 years for hit and run manslaughter of Jimmy Pendergrass

 

Sergio Chavira pleads guilty to hit and run homicideSan Joaquin County District Attorney

UPDATE: People v Sergio Chavira.

Chavira, 57, pleaded guilty to felony hit-and-run and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter today for the 2014 killing of retired Stockton police Officer Jimmy Pendergrass.

Admitted Killer Sentenced to Only Four Years in Prison!

From Fox40.com

The man convicted of a hit-and-run that killed a retired Stockton police investigator received a maximum sentence of four years Wednesday.

 

 

From  RecordNet.com:

STOCKTON — A man charged in the death of long-time Stockton police officer Jimmy Pendergrass has pleaded guilty to felony hit-and-run and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter.

Sergio Chavira, 57, was arrested in December after street surveillance captured his minivan striking Pendergrass, as the 45-year veteran officer crossed East Washington Street in a South El Dorado Street crosswalk on his way to police headquarters.

Pendergrass, whose son, Sgt. Brian Pendergrass, also works for Stockton police, retired from his full-time position in 2000. His years of service included 24 years as a hit-and-run investigator.

Pendergrass, 70, was working part-time as a background investigator for the department at the time he was killed the morning of Dec. 23.

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