ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # 12WF1749
Date: April 3, 2015
DRIVER SENTENCED FOR STREET RACING AND CAUSING CRASH THAT KILLED 18-YEAR-OLD GIRL
*Co-defendant in this case is the victim’s brother and was previously sentenced
SANTA ANA – A driver was sentenced today for illegal street racing and causing a crash that resulted in the death of an 18-year-old girl. Joshua Lautherboren, 26, Garden Grove, was found guilty by a jury on Dec. 11, 2014, of one felony count of engaging in a speed contest causing specified injury and one felony count of hit and run resulting in injury or death. On March 20, 2015, the defendant, a former member of the U.S. Army, was referred to the Veteran’s Court for review on March 27, 2015, but was found unsuitable for sentencing. He was sentenced today to nine months in jail and five years of formal probation.
Co-defendant, Jorel Bagtas Dayoan, 22, Westminster, was found guilty by a jury on Dec. 11, 2014, of one felony count of vehicular manslaughter by an unlawful manner of driving with gross negligence and one felony count of engaging in a speed contest causing specified injury. He was sentenced on Feb. 6, 2015, to one year in jail, five years of formal probation, and ordered to pay over $75,000 in restitution. Continue reading