Thread: CA Man sentenced for lying about identity after boy's death

Man sentenced for lying about identity after boy's death

Last Update: 3/21 2:07 pm

REDDING, Calif. (AP) - A man who accidentally ran over and killed a 3-year-old boy has been sentenced to 16 months in prison.

Authorities say Jose Salvador Alcantar-Ruiz was backing up a pickup truck along a private driveway when 3-year-old Christian Luna ran behind the vehicle.

Prosecutors determined that the boy's March 6 death in Anderson, near Redding, was accidental.

But they charged Alcantar-Ruiz with impersonating another person. They say the 39-year-old man gave police a driver's license belonging to someone else in an attempt to avoid prosecution.

He was later identified through his fingerprints.

Prosecutors say Alcantar-Ruiz is an illegal immigrant and faces deportation after he serves his sentence.

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He was later identified through his fingerprints

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He must have been arrested previously since they had his fingerprints on file. He may have used a fictatious name then too.

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil but because of those who look on and do nothing." --Albert Einstein