California police final week arrested and charged a Victorville pastor, alleging that he contacted hitmen in a plot to kill his daughter’s boyfriend.
Riverside authorities say Samuel Pasillas, 47, supplied almost $40,000 to Juan Manuel Cebreros, 55, and different males to kill his daughter’s boyfriend in October 2023.
“During their investigation, detectives uncovered evidence the father met with the men he hired and provided them information about the victim, including his location, the evening of the shooting,” Riverside police stated in a press launch on Tuesday. “Detectives also determined these men were paid almost $40,000 by the father and had conducted surveillance on the victim in the weeks leading up to when they shot him.”
On Oct. 21 of final yr, Riverside police initially responded to a hospital reporting an individual who had simply arrived with gunshot wounds from a capturing at about 7 p.m. that day within the Orangecrest neighborhood.
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Riverside police arrested Victorville pastor Samuel Pasillas on March 13 in reference to a murder-for-hire plot to kill his daughter’s boyfriend. (Riverside PD)
The grownup male sufferer stated he was driving when one other car pulled up alongside his, and somebody inside that car began shooting at him. He was struck a number of instances, police stated.
The sufferer then drove himself to the hospital, the place he acquired therapy for his accidents.
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Riverside police additionally arrested Samuel Pasillas’ alleged hitman, Juan Manuel Cebreros, pictured right here. (Riverside PD)
Officers had been capable of recuperate proof from the scene of the capturing.
In a follow-up investigation, the Riverside Police Department’s Robbery-Homicide Unit, Drawback Oriented Policing Staff and Crime Evaluation Unit decided that the capturing had been a murder-for-hire plot.
The sufferer was driving in Riverside, California, when one other car pulled up alongside his, and somebody inside that car started capturing at him. (Riverside PD)
“The victim had been dating a woman whose father is a pastor for a Spanish-speaking church in the city of Victorville,” police stated, naming Pasillas as a suspect.
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The 47-year-old pastor is charged with solicitation for homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide, tried homicide and assault with a lethal weapon. He’s being held on $1 million bond.
Riverside police had been capable of recuperate proof from the scene of the capturing in October 2023. (Riverside PD)
Authorities later arrested Cebreros for conspiracy to commit homicide, tried homicide, and assault with a lethal weapon. The alleged hitman can also be being held on $1 million bond.
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An investigation into the capturing is ongoing, and Riverside police stated there are not any additional particulars to report at the moment. Authorities are asking anybody with details about the incident to contact Det. Nic Cantino at (951) 353-7104 or [email protected]. Nameless tipsters may also ship data to [email protected], or via the Riverside Police Division’s “Atlas 1” cellular app.
