Man Arrested at Border Involved In USC Hit-and-run

Greg Owen
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Posted by Greg OwenApril 19, 2009 12:07 PM
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The man, Josue Luna, 32, was booked early Saturday as an accessory to a crime. He was attempting to cross back into the US from Mexico. According to the LAPD, he was released after posting $50,000 bail.

Luna was a passenger when his wife, Claudia Cabrera, 30, ran a red light at Jefferson Blvd. and Hoover, near USC, on March 29th. The couple's 2000 Infinity Sedan hit two students, killing Adrianna Bachan and leaving Marcus Garfinkle severely injured.

According to investigators, Marcus Garfinkle, 19, was carried 300-400 feet on the windshield when the car stopped and Luna pulled him off. Luna returned to the car and his wife drive off. The couple's 7-month old baby was in the back seat at the time of the accident.

Garfinkle suffered two broken legs and multiple other injuries. He remains hospitalized.

Claudia Cabrera, 30, was arrested April 2 and has pleaded not guilty to vehicular manslaugter and hit-and-run. She is being held on one million dollar bail.

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Betty
Posted by Betty
April 20, 2009 11:06 PM

It is outrageous that this monster is out on bail, probably sipping beers with his buddies while the young man he pushed off his car and dumped on the roadside suffers bitterly in the hospital and the young lady he helped to kill lies in an urn in her mother's house. What's wrong with the judge? Did he not know Luna has a prior conviction for carrying a concealed weapon? Did he not know Luna just got back from hiding in Mexico? Wouldn't this constitute a high risk for jumping bail. I would not be surprised if he's alreading in Mexico again. Shame on that judge! The Bachan and Garfinkle family has every right to be furious at the so called "justice" system.

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