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Repeat DUI driver finally getting locked up after killing a photographer in Tustin

Dec 18, 2023 Art Pedroza

David Kawashima Pedro Pantoja Jr., a 32-year-old Diamond Bar resident who crashed into and killed David Kawashima, a 62-year-old professional photographer from Orange, in Tustin during a high-speed police chase…

Repeat DUI offender convicted again after a fatal DUI crash on the border of Tustin and Irvine

Aug 24, 2023 Art Pedroza

Yesterday, Pedro Pantoja Jr., 32, of Diamond Bar, who had a previous DUI conviction, was convicted of second-degree murder, DUI, evading the police, and multiple dangerous traffic violations. On April…

Suspect arrested after a fatal DUI crash and a police pursuit near the Costco at the District in Tustin

Apr 19, 2021 Art Pedroza

Pedro Pantoja Jr., a 29-year-old, was arrested by the Irvine Police on Sunday, April 18, after he was involved in a fatal car crash which he fled from eventually causing…

Repeat DUI driver finally getting locked up after killing a photographer in Tustin

Repeat DUI offender convicted again after a fatal DUI crash on the border of Tustin and Irvine

Suspect arrested after a fatal DUI crash and a police pursuit near the Costco at the District in Tustin

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