A 28-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday to running over three pedestrians in Anaheim in a targeted attack against one of the victims then fleeing the scene.
David Santiago Meza pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder, four counts of assault with a deadly weapon and single counts each of hit-and-run with injury and vandalism, all felonies. Meza also admitted sentencing enhancements for attempted premeditated murder, inflicting great bodily injury on the victims and committing a secondary offense while out of custody.
Meza was scheduled to be sentenced April 29.
Police were called just after 4:35 p.m. Nov. 19, 2020, to the 800 block of South Beach Boulevard.
Meza ran down one of the victims intentionally while behind the wheel of a 2004 Lexus RX330, police said. The two other victims were injured unintentionally, police said..
The victims, two men and a woman whose names were not released, were hospitalized, but later released, police said.
Meza also vandalizing a motel wall, according to the criminal complaint.