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Ex-deputy gets one year in killing
Los Angeles Times
|September 26, 2025
A former Riverside County sheriff's deputy was sentenced to serve a year in jail for killing his girlfriend’s former partner while on duty.
JURORS found former Deputy Oscar Rodriguez killed his girlfriend's ex-partner.
(Riverside County district attorney's office)
A jury convicted Oscar Rodriguez, 43, of voluntary manslaughter in June.
Initially, law enforcement authorities said Rodriguez was justified when he shot 39-year-old Luis Morin. Rodriguez said he was serving a warrant for an outstanding felony when he got into a struggle with Morin and shot him in the chest.
But a civil lawsuit revealed that at the time of the shooting, Rodriguez was dating Diana Perez, who had two children with Morin. Prosecutors say Rodriguez met Perez while working asa deputy; he responded to multiple 911 calls she made about Morin threatening to kill her.
On Tuesday, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Otis Sterling III sentenced Rodriguez to a oneyear jail term and 10 years of probation.
The district attorney's office objected to the court's decision and recommended a 10-year sentence.
This story is from the September 26, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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