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Plea entered in car-to-car shooting of teen girl in Palmdale

by City News Service • August 29, 2016

Several hours after the car-to-car shooting, a vehicle believed to be involved was stopped near Palmdale Boulevard and 10th Street East. Three occupants were detained, and two were eventually arrested. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]
Several hours after the car-to-car shooting on Dec. 19, 2014, a vehicle believed to be involved was stopped near Palmdale Boulevard and 10th Street East. Fernando Albarran and Jaime Espinoza were arrested and charged with attempted murder. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]
PALMDALE- One of two young men charged with the attempted murder of a teenage girl in a 2014 car-to-car shooting in Palmdale entered a no contest plea Monday and was immediately sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.

Fernando Albarran, 23, entered his plea to one count each of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, according to a court clerk.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa Chang ordered Albarran, who has been jailed on $6 million bail since his arrest, to return to court for a restitution hearing on Nov. 30.

Jury selection for the trial of his co-defendant, Jaime Alberto Espinoza, is scheduled to begin Wednesday at the Lancaster courthouse.

Espinoza, 22, is facing five counts each of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon and one count of shooting at a vehicle.

Prosecutors allege the pair were in a vehicle that pulled up alongside a car near 17th Street East and Avenue R just after noon on Dec. 19, 2014, then one shot was fired.

A girl sitting in the front passenger seat was struck in her head and hospitalized in critical condition in what police said was a gang-related shooting. Albarran and Espinoza, both of Palmdale, were arrested several hours later.

Four other people, including a John Doe, are listed in the criminal complaint as attempted murder victims.

Espinoza had multiple prior arrests and was sentenced to 30-day jail stints at least twice on misdemeanor charges, according to Los Angeles County jail and court records.

Albarran had at least one previous arrest — on March 6, 2013, for which he was sentenced to 486 days in jail.

Previous related stories:

2 arrested in car-to-car shooting of teen girl

Female shot, critically injured in car-to-car shooting

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety

3 comments for "Plea entered in car-to-car shooting of teen girl in Palmdale"

  1. Shane Falco says

    August 29, 2016 at 8:09 pm

    Gangs? Shootings? Criminals in possession of guns???

    Surely not in Palmdale!

    • Tim Scott says

      August 29, 2016 at 9:23 pm

      Happens in Santa Clarita as well, and they are stuck with you. Clear advantage to Palmdale.

  2. AAA says

    August 29, 2016 at 8:04 pm

    HANG THEM

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