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For Michel Gile

I am the mother of Corban White
714 471 8339

We would like coverage for the sentencing.

Drunken Driver Convicted Of Killing 18-Year-Old Woman – Has 4 Priors – Faces 33 Years
Orange County District Attorney’s Office, Orange County District Attorney
Published 02/24/2011 – 5:31 p.m. Pacific Time

Credit – Courtesy Orange County District Attorney’s Office
Robert Charles Serrano, 37, Chino Hills, pleaded guilty to the court to killing an 18-year-old woman by rear-ending the car where she was riding as a passenger.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Orange County District …
SANTA ANA – A drunken driver was convicted this week of killing an 18-year-old woman by rear-ending the car where she was riding as a passenger.
Robert Charles Serrano, 37, Chino Hills, pleaded guilty to the court to one felony count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence while intoxicated. He admitted to sentencing enhancements and allegations for causing bodily injury to multiple victims, fleeing the scene, a prior strike conviction for a 1992 robbery, a prior conviction for driving under the influence in 2005 in California, and two prior convictions for driving under the influence in 1997 and a reckless driving involving alcohol in 1999 in Washington. Serrano faces a maximum sentence of 33 years in state prison at his sentencing April 14, 2011, at 1:30 p.m. in Department C-5, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana.
Early in the morning on Jan. 3, 2010, Serrano was intoxicated after consuming several alcoholic beverages, including at Jasper’s bar in Santa Ana with friend Erick Urias. At approximately 2:00 a.m., Serrano was driving a black BMW eastbound on MacArthur Boulevard while under the influence of alcohol. Urias was in the passenger seat. At the intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and Main Street in Santa Ana, Serrano failed to stop and crashed at a high rate of speed into the back of a Toyota Scion, which was stopped at a red light.
The impact of the crash pushed the Scion into the intersection. Serrano’s car traveled into the intersection and collided with a Toyota Corolla driven by Alfonso Benitez, which was legally making a left turn. The driver of a Chevrolet sedan, also making a legal left turn, was unable to avoid the several-car collision and also crashed.
After his car had come to a stop in the intersection, Serrano fled the scene on foot, leaving his injured passenger behind. Urias suffered lacerations to his forehead and hand. Benitez suffered a laceration to his shin. The driver of the Scion, Patrick Lewis, suffered pain to his head, neck, and shoulders. Corban White, the 18-year-old female passenger in the Scion, was transported to the hospital and died due to blunt force trauma to the head as a result of the crash caused by Serrano. The Chevrolet driver was uninjured.
Serrano was arrested at noon that day at his mother’s Fountain Valley home by the Santa Ana Police Department. Subsequent statements by employees of Jasper’s bar and Urias revealed that Serrano was intoxicated and unsafe to drive.
Deputy District Attorney Jason Baez of the Homicide Unit is prosecuting this case.
Phillip White

We are the parents of Corban White. We would like to request Michel Giley to cover this story for sentencing and at the sentencing. 714 471 8339 Phillip & Genny White
Drunken Driver Convicted Of Killing 18-Year-Old Woman – Has 4 Priors – Faces 33 Years
Orange County District Attorney’s Office, Orange County District Attorney
Published 02/24/2011 – 5:31 p.m. Pacific Time

Credit – Courtesy Orange County District Attorney’s Office
Robert Charles Serrano, 37, Chino Hills, pleaded guilty to the court to killing an 18-year-old woman by rear-ending the car where she was riding as a passenger.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Orange County District …
SANTA ANA – A drunken driver was convicted this week of killing an 18-year-old woman by rear-ending the car where she was riding as a passenger.
Robert Charles Serrano, 37, Chino Hills, pleaded guilty to the court to one felony count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence while intoxicated. He admitted to sentencing enhancements and allegations for causing bodily injury to multiple victims, fleeing the scene, a prior strike conviction for a 1992 robbery, a prior conviction for driving under the influence in 2005 in California, and two prior convictions for driving under the influence in 1997 and a reckless driving involving alcohol in 1999 in Washington. Serrano faces a maximum sentence of 33 years in state prison at his sentencing April 14, 2011, at 1:30 p.m. in Department C-5, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana.
Early in the morning on Jan. 3, 2010, Serrano was intoxicated after consuming several alcoholic beverages, including at Jasper’s bar in Santa Ana with friend Erick Urias. At approximately 2:00 a.m., Serrano was driving a black BMW eastbound on MacArthur Boulevard while under the influence of alcohol. Urias was in the passenger seat. At the intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and Main Street in Santa Ana, Serrano failed to stop and crashed at a high rate of speed into the back of a Toyota Scion, which was stopped at a red light.
The impact of the crash pushed the Scion into the intersection. Serrano’s car traveled into the intersection and collided with a Toyota Corolla driven by Alfonso Benitez, which was legally making a left turn. The driver of a Chevrolet sedan, also making a legal left turn, was unable to avoid the several-car collision and also crashed.
After his car had come to a stop in the intersection, Serrano fled the scene on foot, leaving his injured passenger behind. Urias suffered lacerations to his forehead and hand. Benitez suffered a laceration to his shin. The driver of the Scion, Patrick Lewis, suffered pain to his head, neck, and shoulders. Corban White, the 18-year-old female passenger in the Scion, was transported to the hospital and died due to blunt force trauma to the head as a result of the crash caused by Serrano. The Chevrolet driver was uninjured.
Serrano was arrested at noon that day at his mother’s Fountain Valley home by the Santa Ana Police Department. Subsequent statements by employees of Jasper’s bar and Urias revealed that Serrano was intoxicated and unsafe to drive.
Deputy District Attorney Jason Baez of the Homicide Unit is prosecuting this case.
juan

will you @ cbs be following the story about the murder of u.s. marine srgnt manuel loggins by orange co sheriff @ san clemente high school last week ?