{"id":55992,"date":"2018-01-04T06:20:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T06:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=55992"},"modified":"2018-01-04T06:20:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T06:20:59","slug":"california-driver-charged-with-single-punch-murder-of-deputy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/california-driver-charged-with-single-punch-murder-of-deputy.html","title":{"rendered":"California driver charged with single-punch murder of deputy"},"content":{"rendered":"

California driver charged with single-punch murder of deputy<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

A 70-year-old, off-duty sheriff’s deputy braked to avoid two dogs and was rear-ended by a driver who then got out and delivered a fatal punch, police said Wednesday in announcing a murder charge against the man.<\/span><\/p>\n

The attack occurred on New Year’s Eve and San Bernardino County sheriff’s Deputy Lawrence Falce was taken off life support two days later.<\/span><\/p>\n

Surveillance video from a nearby store captured the encounter, which lasted only about a minute.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the fender-bender, Falce and a man police identified as Alonzo Leron Smith got out of their cars, exchanged words and motioned at each other. Smith then delivered a single punch to the face and Falce fell backward, his head hitting the pavement.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We believe that he was knocked unconscious almost immediately and he never did regain consciousness,” San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said at a news conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

Smith got back in his Ford Explorer and the video showed a truck ramming it to try to keep him from driving off. Smith managed to drive away but was arrested hours later, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 30-year-old San Bernardino man pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to murder with special circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n

Smith is a gang member who has spent much of his adult life in and out of lockups. In 2015, he was released after serving two years of a 12-year sentence for selling marijuana, San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This person needs to spend the rest of his life in prison,” Ramos said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Falce worked 36 years as a deputy sheriff. He also coordinated search-and-rescue volunteers.<\/span><\/p>\n

“He was a mentor and a great partner to countless deputies who had the privilege to work with him,” Sheriff John McMahon said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Falce was the oldest member of the 3,700-member department, which does not have a mandatory retirement age but requires deputies to pass training exercises several times a year to ensure they still can do the job, spokeswoman Cindy Bachman said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“He spent all of those years basically patrolling the community he lived in,” she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Falce is survived by his long-time girlfriend as well as a sister, the sheriff said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2018\/01\/03\/california-driver-charged-with-single-punch-murder-deputy.html<\/span><\/p>\n

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