California police final week arrested and charged a Victorville pastor, alleging that he contacted hitmen in a plot to kill his daughter’s boyfriend.
Riverside government say Samuel Pasillas, 47, presented just about $40,000 to Juan Manuel Cebreros, 55, and different males to kill his daughter’s boyfriend in October 2023.
“Right through their investigation, detectives exposed proof the daddy met with the lads he employed and supplied them details about the sufferer, together with his location, the night time of the taking pictures,” Riverside police mentioned in a press unencumber on Tuesday. “Detectives additionally decided those males had been paid nearly $40,000 by way of the daddy and had carried out surveillance at the sufferer within the weeks main as much as after they shot him.”
On Oct. 21 of final 12 months, Riverside police first of all replied to a health facility reporting an individual who had simply arrived with gunshot wounds from a taking pictures at about 7 p.m. that day within the Orangecrest community.
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Riverside police arrested Victorville pastor Samuel Pasillas on March 13 in reference to a murder-for-hire plot to kill his daughter’s boyfriend. (Riverside PD)
The grownup male sufferer mentioned he used to be riding when some other automobile pulled up along his, and somebody inside of that automobile started taking pictures at him. He used to be struck a number of occasions, police mentioned.
The sufferer then drove himself to the health facility, the place he won remedy for his accidents.
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Riverside police additionally arrested Samuel Pasillas’ alleged hitman, Juan Manuel Cebreros, pictured right here. (Riverside PD)
Officials had been in a position to get well proof from the scene of the taking pictures.
In a follow-up investigation, the Riverside Police Division’s Theft-Murder Unit, Downside Orientated Policing Crew and Crime Research Unit decided that the taking pictures were a murder-for-hire plot.
The sufferer used to be riding in Riverside, California, when some other automobile pulled up along his, and somebody inside of that automobile started taking pictures at him. (Riverside PD)
“The sufferer were courting a lady whose father is a pastor for a Spanish-speaking church within the town of Victorville,” police mentioned, naming Pasillas as a suspect.
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The 47-year-old pastor is charged with solicitation for homicide, conspiracy to dedicate homicide, tried homicide and attack with a dangerous weapon. He’s being hung on $1 million bond.
Riverside police had been in a position to get well proof from the scene of the taking pictures in October 2023. (Riverside PD)
Government later arrested Cebreros for conspiracy to dedicate homicide, tried homicide, and attack with a dangerous weapon. The alleged hitman may be being hung on $1 million bond.
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An investigation into the taking pictures is ongoing, and Riverside police mentioned there are not any additional main points to record presently. Government are asking somebody with details about the incident to touch Det. Nic Cantino at (951) 353-7104 or NCantino@RiversideCA.gov. Nameless tipsters too can ship knowledge to RPDTips@RiversideCA.gov, or during the Riverside Police Division’s “Atlas 1” cell app.
