D.A. Charges Los Cerritos Triple-Fatality Driver With Three Counts of Murder And Gross Vehicular Manslaughter While Intoxicated

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(Nov. 12, 2019, 4:05 p.m.) -- The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office has charged the Los Cerritos triple-fatality driver with three counts each of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated (including an allegation of causing the deaths of the three-member Awaida family.)

If convicted as charged, defendant Carlo Adrian Navarro, 20, of Long Beach, faces a possible maximum sentence of 45 years to life in state prison.

On the evening of Oct. 31, LBPD arrested and booked Navarro on suspicion of DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter after the SUV he was driving struck (and ultimately killed) the Awaida family -- father Joseph, mother Raihan and three-year old son Omar -- as they walked in a Los Cerritos neighborhood.

Defendant Navarro will be arraigned on the charges tomorrow afternoon (Nov. 13.)

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Previous LBREPORT.com coverage:

Nov. 6: Re Los Cerritos Triple-Fatality (Awaida Family) Suspected DUI: LBPD Accident Investigator Continue Preparing Information/Materials For Presentation To District Attorney For Possible Filing Consideration; DA's Decision Will Likely Involve Consideation Of Both Factual And Legal Matters

Nov. 6: LBPD Arrested Los Cerritos DUI Suspect Navarro On NON-DUI Charges A Little Over Four Months Ago; Here's What Happened Then And Is Happening Now; He's Back In Jail, on City Prosecutor Motion In Comm'l Burglary Case Court Increased His Bail To $500k

Nov. 4: They're All Gone: Mother Dies, Joining Toddler Son And Her Husband, Killed While Walking In Los Cerritos Neighborhood, Struck By Suspected/Arrested DUI Driver; Funerals For Father And Son Scheduled Monday 1 p.m.@ Garden Grove Islamic Center

Nov. 1, updated Nov. 2: Outpouring Of Grief And Prayers, GoFundMe Page Raises $134,000+ After Father And (Update) His Infant Son Perish, Mother In Critical Condition, After Vehicle Strikes Them While Walking On Halloween Night In Los Cerritos Neighborhood; LBPD Arrests Driver On Suspicion Of DUI

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