Deputy Calhoun Murder Trial
MURRIETA (CNS) – A man accused of ambushing and killing a 30-year-old Riverside County sheriff’s deputy in Lake Elsinore must stand trial for capital murder and other offenses, a judge ruled Friday.
Jesse Ceazar Navarro, 45, of Lake Elsinore allegedly killed Deputy Darnell Calhoun in 2023.
Following a preliminary hearing at the Southwest Justice Center Friday, Superior Court Judge F. Paul Dickerson found there were grounds to bound Navarro over for trial on one count each of first-degree murder of a peace officer and attempted murder of a peace officer, as well as special circumstance allegations of killing a law enforcement official and lying in wait, with sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations,…