Trial Ordered For 20-Year-Old Man Charged With Murder In Jurupa Valley DUI Death

A 20-year-old man accused of driving under the influence and killing his passenger in a fiery crash on the Pomona (60) Freeway in Jurupa Valley must stand trial for second-degree murder and other charges, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Angel Baby Cruz of Riverside was arrested last year following a California Highway Patrol investigation into the deadly wreck.

At the end of a preliminary hearing Tuesday, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Timothy Hollenhorst found there was sufficient evidence to bound Cruz over for trial on the murder count, along with a sentence-enhancing allegation of committing a felony offense while on bail…

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