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Pair Admit Involvement in Death of MoVal Man
Carl admitted voluntary manslaughter and Puentes pleaded to assault with a deadly weapon as prosecutors dropped a murder charge against Carl.
Summary by MyNewsLA.com
A probationer and another man involved in a deadly attack stemming from a dispute in Moreno Valley pleaded guilty Friday to felony charges. Adam Melvin Carl, 30, and Ruben Alexander Puentes, 29, both of Moreno Valley, were arrested last year following a months-long Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the death of 45-year-old Ralph Ortega. When the defendants’ case was called for a preliminary hearing at the Riverside Hall of…