A Long Beach driver who tore through a central city intersection in a stolen SUV, killing another motorist and critically injuring a passenger, has been ordered to spend 11 years in state prison.
The sentence was handed down on May 6, 2026, for the high-speed hit-and-run that shook the neighborhood around Cherry Avenue and 14th Street on Aug. 2, 2024. The crash sparked a multi-hour police response that included a perimeter and SWAT resources. The judge also ruled that separate stolen-vehicle convictions would run at the same time as the 11-year term.
According to the Long Beach Press-Telegram, 36-year-old Guillermo Penaloza pleaded no contest to a vehicular-manslaughter count tied to the deadly collision, along with separate counts of receiving stolen vehicles. The outlet identified the man killed in the crash as Allan Kash and reported that the 11-year term was imposed at a Wednesday sentencing hearing.
Crash And Arrest
The Long Beach Police Department says the collision happened just before 7 p.m. on Aug. 2, 2024, when a Chevrolet Suburban was allegedly speeding west on 14th Street and entered the intersection at Cherry Avenue, slamming into a southbound Saturn sedan. The Saturn’s driver later died and a female passenger was rushed to a hospital in critical condition, according to a Long Beach Police Department release…