Indio man sentenced for 2012 attack on officers - The Desert Sun
A 37-year-old Indio man was sentenced Thursday to eight years and eight months in prison for his role in the 2012 ambush of three law enforcement officers who escaped injury despite a hail of gunfire. David Anthony Hurtado Jr. , pleaded guilty July 8 to one count each of assault with a semiautomatic rifle on a peace officer, assault with a firearm on a peace officer and discharging a firearm. 28, 2012, three days after a barrage of bullets allowed him to escape from two California Highway Patrol officers, who had pulled him over on suspicion of drunken driving, and a U. S. Border Patrol officer who came to their aid. Three more serious counts of attempted murder of a peace officer were dismissed. According to testimony during his January 2013 preliminary hearing, Hurtado was pulled over about 12:25 a. m. on Nov. 25, 2012, while driving a Dodge Ram pickup truck on Cabazon Avenue, west of Dillon Road. The officers allowed him to go, and moments later, a light-colored sedan turned the corner and at least one of the occupants opened fire on the officers, according to the testimony. Hurtado, meanwhile, got back in his truck and drove off. Source: www.desertsun.com
