Thu. Nov 21st, 2024

Lucio Luna, a 49-year-old Santa Ana man, will serve one year in jail after crashing his car into Peter Finocchi, a 61-year-old homeless man who was in a wheelchair, back on June 28, 2019. Luna will also be on probation for five years.

The collision happened at about 10:35 p.m. at night, at First and Townsend Streets, according to the SAPD. Finocchi was crossing First Street in a crosswalk according to the police investigators.

Finocchi was rushed to a hospital in extremely critical condition and was pronounced dead on July 11, 2019, at 9:25 a.m., according to the O.C. Coroner.

Luna did not stop at the scene after the crash. But the SAPD got a call the next day from a resident regarding a suspicious vehicle. SAPD police investigators later determined that the vehicle had been involved in the crash. The vehicle led the police to Luna.

Luna pleaded guilty to a felony count of hit-and-run with permanent and serious injury. A misdemeanor count of driving without a valid driver’s license was dismissed as part of the plea bargain.

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Art Pedroza Editor
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

By Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

5 thoughts on “Santa Ana hit and run driver gets 1 year in jail after killing a man in a wheelchair”
  1. Typical low life tweeker Mexican, comit a crime and run a hide like a coward punk ass bitch.

    LOCK THIS LOW LIFE UP, THEN DEPORT THIS TRASH BAG

  2. I’d like to know why it is that Luna gets a slap on the wrist with 1 year, for killing someone, and running. Is it because the victim was homeless? Maybe doesn’t matter as much? This sentence is not justice!

    1. I agree with you. Giving him a 1 year sentence isn’t enough as it’s a slap on the wrist. He should have been charged with vehicular manslaughter and sentenced to 25 yrs to life!

  3. There is no justice for the “homeless.” Are they less-human and undeserving because they’re homeless?
    WTH!?!?!

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