LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A 23-year-old who killed a veteran in what data present was his fifth DUI has agreed to serve at the very least three years in jail, the 8 Information Now Investigators have discovered.
Las Vegas Metro police arrested Alfredo Jauregui on Oct. 5 on costs of DUI leading to demise, data mentioned. Jauregui, who doesn’t have a driver’s license, killed George Brown, 48, as Brown was within the street on Marion Drive close to Nellis Boulevard and Cheyenne Avenue.
The 8 Information Now Investigators discovered Jauregui’s fifth DUI arrest occurred as prosecutors awaited blood leads to his fourth — an arrest from Could. The delay impaired judges’ talents to limit or jail him, the investigation discovered.
On the time of Jauregui’s arrest in October 2024 for the crash involving Brown, he had racked up three misdemeanor DUI convictions, data mentioned: One DUI on Jan. 8, 2021; a second on Sept. 4, 2021; and a 3rd on Jan. 1, 2022.
In Could 2024, a North Las Vegas police officer stopped Jauregui for rushing, paperwork mentioned. The officer mentioned Jauregui appeared impaired. That, and an open can of beer in a cup holder, led to his arrest — his fourth DUI-related arrest since 2021, police mentioned.
Jauregui agreed to plead responsible to a cost of DUI leading to Brown’s demise, which carries a possible sentence of 2-20 years. The plea features a sentence of 3-10 years. As a part of the settlement, prosecutors won’t request any extra jail time for the fourth DUI cost.
Earlier this yr, Metro’s common blood-alcohol testing turnaround time was 55 days, the division mentioned as a part of the 8 Information Now Investigators’ report. The division estimated the turnaround time for drug toxicology was 90 days. Testing in circumstances involving demise is expedited.
Jauregui beforehand turned down the identical deal, data mentioned. A choose will sentence him on Sept. 4. Whereas defendants and prosecutors attain plea offers, sentencing is at all times as much as a choose’s discretion.
George Brown, a father, cousin and veteran, was 48 years outdated when he died on Oct. 5, 2024. (KLAS)
Ought to the choose sentence Jauregui to the phrases of the deal, he could be eligible for parole in 2027 with credit score for time served.
A proposal from Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo to amend Nevada’s DUI legal guidelines to cost offenders like Jauregui with second-degree homicide failed final legislative session, which led to June.
A invoice to double the quantity of jail time a second-time DUI offender has to serve handed, doubling the quantity of jail time from 10 days to twenty.
