Ride-hailing driver who sexually assaulted teen sentenced to 14 years kesq.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kesq.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Desert Hot Springs man convicted of murder for killing landlord
DESERT HOT SPRINGS POLICE
Albert Marchain
A Desert Hot Springs man was convicted today of murder for the stabbing death of his landlord.
An Indio jury that heard three days of testimony deliberated 40 minutes before finding Albert Marchain, 29, guilty of first-degree murder for killing 69-year-old Stanislaw Tokarski.
Jurors also found true a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a weapon a knife in the commission of a murder. Marchain, who remains in custody at the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio, faces up to 56 years to life in state prison.
Ride-hailing driver pleads guilty to sexually assaulting 13-year-old at a Palm Desert resort kesq.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kesq.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mistrial declared after ride-hailing driver accused of sexually assaulting teen falls ill
Ismael Gaspar
Trial proceedings for a ride-hailing driver accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl at a Palm Desert resort were abruptly stopped and a mistrial declared because the defendant fell ill, the Riverside County District Attorney s Office reported today.
Riverside County Superior Court Judge Albert J. Wojcik declared the mistrial on the second day of jury selection for the trial of Ismael Gaspar of Cathedral City at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta.
Gaspar, who remains free on $55,000 bail, is scheduled to return to court at the Larson Justice Center in Indio on April 1, where a new trial date could be set.