California Pastor Paid $40,000 to Have Daughter’s Boyfriend Shot, Police Say

U.S.|California Pastor Paid $40,000 to Have Daughter’s Boyfriend Shot, Police Say https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/20/us/california-pastor-arrested.html You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Samuel Pasillas, the pastor, also tracked the target to say where he could be found on the night […]

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California Pastor Paid $40,000 to Have Daughter’s Boyfriend Shot, Police Say

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U.S.|California Pastor Paid $40,000 to Have Daughter’s Boyfriend Shot, Police Say

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Samuel Pasillas, the pastor, also tracked the target to say where he could be found on the night of the shooting, the police in Riverside, Calif., said.

The Robert Presley Detention Center, a tall building with part of its facade in glass. The streets around it are decorated by palm trees.
Samuel Pasillas and Juan Manuel Cebreros were each being held on a $1 million bond at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside, Calif.Credit…Monica Almeida/The New York Times

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A California pastor is accused of paying almost $40,000 for hit men to shoot his daughter’s boyfriend in an attack that wounded but did not kill him, the authorities said.

The pastor, Samuel Pasillas, 47, of Victorville, Calif., was one of two men arrested in connection with the murder-for-hire investigation that began last year after the attempt in Riverside, Calif., the police said.

Mr. Pasillas was arrested on March 13 and charged with solicitation for murder, conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, the Riverside Police Department said in a statement on Tuesday.

Juan Manuel Cebreros, 55, of Long Beach, Calif., was also arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. Though the police spoke of men being hired for the shooting, they did not immediately identify any other suspect.

A lawyer listed for Mr. Pasillas could not be reached on Wednesday. It was not clear if Mr. Cebreros had a lawyer.

The investigation stemmed from a shooting on Oct. 21, when a man drove himself to a hospital with gunshot wounds and reported that he had been attacked while driving at about 7 p.m. in the Orangecrest neighborhood of Riverside, a city that is about 55 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

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