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A man gets 17 to life for stalking and attempted murder

Online Niel November 9, 2024

A 27-year-old man with prior misdemeanor convictions was sentenced Friday to 17 years to life in prison for trying to kill a bicyclist and leading police on a chase in Santa Ana.

Victor Erick Carillo was convicted Sept. 24 of attempted murder, assault with a semiautomatic firearm, carrying a loaded firearm in a public place with a prior conviction, all felonies, with sentencing enhancements for attempted murder with premeditation and personal use of a firearm.

Carillo was also convicted of misdemeanor reckless driving during the police pursuit.

Carillo pleaded guilty in February 2015 to auto theft, possession of burglary tools and driving without a valid driver’s license, all misdemeanors.

The most recent case stems from the theft of a 2000 Toyota 4Runner around 4:15 a.m. in May 2019, police said. The victim left his SUV running to warm up while inside his residence and got out to see him speeding away, police said.

Police were dispatched around 5:45 p.m. May 11, 2019, to 1469 Maple St. near Edinger Avenue, where officers found evidence of a shooting, prosecutors said in court documents. Bullet casings were discovered and damage to a vehicle parked on the street was recovered.

Two witnesses testified during the trial that they saw a Toyota 4Runner speed up and intentionally hit a bicyclist, prosecutors said. Three people jumped out of the vehicle and began shooting before getting back into the vehicle and fleeing, prosecutors said.

The victim took his bike and left, prosecutors said.

Around 10:30 p.m. that same day, police spotted a suspicious vehicle and attempted to pull over the driver, who led them on a chase, prosecutors said. The driver drove on the wrong side of the street and nearly hit another vehicle before the driver lost control and crashed into a wall in the 1700 block of South Standard Street between Edinger and Warner avenues, prosecutors said.

Carillo jumped out of the vehicle and ran, discarding a gun, but was caught trying to retrieve the gun from under a vehicle, prosecutors said. Police had to subdue the combative suspect using a carotid restraint, prosecutors said.

Carillo’s attorney, Renee Garcia, said in court papers that her client had a troubled youth.

“He was raised by his single mother and never even knew his father,” she said. “His father was arrested for domestic violence with his mother…Victor has three younger half-siblings, all with different fathers.”

Carillo’s mother noted that he “suffered from developmental delay and mental limitations,” but “no formal diagnosis was sought and no counseling or services were ever sought for Victor,” Garcia said.

His mother “noted that Victor could not read or write and that he seemed somewhat ‘slow’ and had limited mental capabilities,” Garcia said.

At 14, he was “identified as developmentally delayed” and had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and was illiterate, Garcia said.

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