RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – An Inland Empire pastor who allegedly arranged a contract hit on a Riverside man must stand trial for attempted murder and other charges, a judge ruled today.
Samuel Davalos Pasillas, 48, one-time pastor of a Latin church in Victorville, was arrested last year following a Riverside Police Department investigation that also snared two other alleged conspirators.
At the end of a preliminary hearing Wednesday, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Dwight Moore found there was sufficient evidence to bound Pasillas over for trial on the attempted murder count, as well as assault with a firearm, conspiracy and solicitation of murder…