Paulo Virgen Mendoza, a 33-year-old Mexican national in the country illegally, pleaded guilty Thursday to murdering a California police officer nearly two years ago.
He was sentenced to life without parole. Virgen Mendoza shot and killed 33-year-old Cpl. Ronil Singh, an immigrant born in Fiji, after being pulled over for suspected drunk driving early Dec.
26, 2018. The district attorney's office said earlier this year that it would seek the death penalty if Virgen Mendoza was convicted.
This booking photo provided by the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department shows Paulo Virgen Mendoza. Mendoza, suspected of gunning down a California policeman, was in the U.S.
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