Police: Victorville pastor, confederate arrested in Riverside taking pictures that injured man in murder-for-hire plot

A Victorville pastor and one of many males he allegedly employed to kill his daughter’s boyfriend had been arrested after a taking pictures in Riverside left the boyfriend injured, the Riverside Police Department stated Tuesday.

The investigation began after the sufferer was shot the night of Oct. 21 whereas driving on Grove Community Drive approaching Plainview Street, police stated in a press release. A automobile pulled up alongside him, and gunfire got here from that automobile, hitting him a number of instances within the higher physique, the assertion stated.

A bullet struck the sufferer’s telephone, so he couldn’t name for assist, police spokesman Officer Ryan Railsback stated.

Instead, the sufferer drove himself to the hospital and was handled for his accidents.

Detectives obtained forensic proof from the taking pictures scene and the sufferer’s automobile and realized the sufferer had been courting a girl whose father, Samuel Pasillas, 47, of Victorville, is a pastor at a church in Victorville, Tuesday’s assertion stated.

Pasillas met with males he employed to kill the sufferer, police stated. He offered them with details about the sufferer, together with the sufferer’s location on the night of the taking pictures, the police assertion stated.

Detectives decided these males had been paid virtually $40,000 by the daddy and had performed surveillance on the sufferer within the weeks main as much as the taking pictures, the assertion stated.

The motive for the taking pictures may be associated to Pasillas’ spiritual beliefs, however the investigation continues to be ongoing, Railsback stated.

On Wednesday, March 13, authorities investigating the taking pictures served search warrants at Victorville, Long Beach and Lynwood houses.

Pasillas was arrested in Victorville and booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center on suspicion of solicitation for homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide, tried homicide and assault with a lethal weapon.

Juan Manuel Cebreros, 55, of Long Beach, was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit homicide, tried homicide and assault with a lethal weapon by Riverside Police in Long Beach.

Both suspects had been arrested on March 13 and held on $1 million bail.

Pasillas and Cebreros pleaded not responsible throughout a joint arraignment Monday on the Riverside Hall of Justice and are slated to seem for a felony settlement convention on March 26.

Additional suspects are being seemed into as part of the continuing investigation, Railsback stated.

Anyone with extra data can contact Detective Nic Cantino at (951) 353-7104 or [email protected]

City News Service contributed to the story.