California The police chief criticized A loose incarceration policy for the death of officers in a horrific car accident.
Deputy Hector Kuevas Jr. was killed Monday when a patrol vehicle crashed into another vehicle while chasing 22-year-old Ryan Dwayne Turner Jr. The Cubus patrol vehicle was split in half from the forces of the car accident and he died at the scene.
“Ryan Turner's actions speak loudly that he has a habitual pattern of law enforcement where he escapes because he is not afraid of consequences.”
The incident unfolded when he found a stolen car in Victorville on St. Patrick's Day. The driver escaped from them as they tried to stop the vehicle. While chasing, Quebus hits a woman's car at an intersection. Turner then fled on foot and was arrested by police.
On Tuesday, the Rialto Police Department said in a statement that Turner had a history of trying to escape law enforcement.
In January 2024, Turner was involved in a series of very similar events. He was reportedly driving a stolen car when Rialto police tried to stop him and fled the officers. In the pursuit, officers crashed into another vehicle at an intersection. Turner fled on foot but was captured.
He also tried to escape from the officers after being handcuffed.
He was charged with avoiding a felony, possession of a stolen vehicle and a grand larceny car, but he did not plead for a dispute with a grand larceny car and other charges were dropped.
He was sentenced to 16 months in the county jail, but served just eight months before his release.
Rialto Police Chief Mark Kling said the credibility policy that prisoners were given time probably led to the death of the Assistant Bureau of Quebus.
“Because of this law, Ryan Turner was released from the county jail after serving only half of his original 16-month sentence,” Kling said. “Before AB 109 and PC 4019 were enacted, Ryan Turner could still be in state prisons today, and this aide will still be alive. We're yelling that Ryan Turner's actions have a habitual pattern of law enforcement in which he escaped.”
Turner was charged with second-degree murder.
The woman who crashed by Quebus also told KTTV-TV about the accident.
“I was about to turn left and the officer came in front of me and he had no sirens, no light, no,” Marceline Demien said.
“I feel sorry for his family. I know he has two children, a wife and two siblings. I feel really sorry for them,” she added.
Demian suffered from his broken finger.
You can view scenes from crashes News Video From KTLA-TV on YouTube.
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