ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
Case # 11HF2225
Date: September 12, 2017
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A drunken driver was sentenced to 13 years and eight months in state prison for vehicular manslaughter after crashing into a light pole, killing his nephew and severely injuring his brother-in-law after refusing the offer of a bartender and police officer to call him a cab.
Defendant: Tapu Aniceto Sitagata, 33, Santa Ana
Pleaded guilty on Sept. 8, 2017, to: Continue reading
TONY RACKAUCKAS, ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Date: September 1, 2011
Susan Kang Schroeder, Office: 714-347-8408, Cell: 714-292-2718
Chief of Staff Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, Office: 714-347-8405, Cell: 714-323-4486
Case # 11HF222: DRUNKEN DRIVER CHARGED WITH MURDERING NEPHEW AND INJURING BROTHER-IN-LAW BY CRASHING INTO TRAFFIC LIGHT POLE
SANTA ANA – A drunken driver has been charged with murdering his nephew and severely injuring his brother-in-law after driving while intoxicated and refusing the offer of a bartender and police officer to call him a cab. Tapu Aniceto Sitagata, 27, Santa Ana, is charged with one felony count each of murder, driving under the influence causing bodily injury, driving with a blood alcohol .08 percent or more causing bodily injury, hit and run with injury, and one misdemeanor count of driving on a suspended license. Continue reading