Illegal Immigrant Pleads Guilty for Causing Fatal San Diego Bicycle Accident
Marcos Garcia Jeronimo, 23, an illegal immigrant from Oaxaca, Mexico had already been convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter in connection with a San Diego hit-and-run car accident resulting in the death of bicycle rider Marcelo Bolom, 23, of San Diego. On Wednesday, Jeronimo pleaded guilty to having run over Bloom last August in Mira Mesa and dragging his body more than 500 feet. Jeronimo was placed on three years' probation.
San Diego Superior Court Judge Melinda Lasater ordered that Jeronimo spend a year in county jail for the charge, although she acknowledged that he has credit for more than 380 days and is expected to be released immediately.
Jeronimo now faces deportation, although if he crosses the international border into the United States again, he could be sent to prison.
Jeronimo had reportedly hit Bloom with his car as Bloom was riding his bicycle in the San Diego neighborhood of Mira Mesa. The impact dragged Bloom 543 feet. Jeronimo claimed he believed the biker had fallen to one side and that is why he left the scene of the car accident. However, he turned himself into the police a few days after the fatal bike accident. You can read more about this horrible San Diego hit-and-run auto accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.
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