A 31-year-old man whom authorities said was being chased by police when he crashed into a car in Pomona, leaving two people dead — one of whom was a pregnant woman — was charged Friday with murder and other counts.
Marshall Campbell Judson is set to be arraigned Monday in a Pomona courtroom, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
Judson is facing two counts of murder, one count each of murder of a human fetus, assault upon a peace officer or firefighter and carrying a concealed, loaded and unregistered firearm in a vehicle and three counts of fleeing a pursuing peace officer’s motor vehicle causing death, according to the criminal complaint.
According to the Pomona Police Department, officers responded about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday to a domestic violence call in the 400 block of East 10th Street, about a quarter-mile east of Garey Avenue.
“When officers arrived and were speaking with the victim, the suspect returned to the location in a truck, driving recklessly and intentionally struck a parked patrol vehicle,” according to a police statement. “The suspect then fled the scene, initiating a police pursuit.”
Officers chased the suspect south on Garey Avenue, where his truck collided with a car near the intersection of Garey Avenue and County Road. Both people in the car, reported to be a silver Ford sedan, were pronounced dead at the scene by Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel.
One victim was identified Thursday by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner as 25-year-old Jennifer Loera-Zarco. She was pregnant, according to the District Attorney’s Office. It was not immediately clear how far along she was in her pregnancy.
Judson was arrested at 11:18 p.m. Wednesday by Pomona police and remains behind bars in lieu of $4 million bail, jail records show.
Charged is one thing, convicted is another. California doesn’t punish anyone and if they do, they are out early.
Stop the dumb cops from chasing people around at 150mph when we have all the technology in the world to go get them when they think they got away a few hours later