May 6, 2017
Location: San Ysidro,CA
Victim(s): Lennox Lake 6 (survived)
Attacker(s): Constantino Banda-Acosta,Jorge Adame Ariza
Description: Lennox and his family were returning home from a trip to Disneyland, when Banda-Acosta, who was driving drunk, ran a stop sign and crashed into their vehicle. Lennox suffered a fractured skull and other injuries. Banda-Acosta, a Mexican national, has been deported 15+ times since 2002. Ariza was the passenger, although Banda-Acosta says that it was Ariza who was driving.
Archive.is Link(s):
[archive.vn] Story on the crime.
[archive.vn] Banda-Acosta is convicted of misdemeanor vandalism, battery, and driving without a license. The jury deadlocked on the felony hit-and-run and DUI charges. South Bay Judge Stephanie Sontag declared a mistrial. Ariza was given immunity for his testimony.
[archive.vn] The retrial is declared a mistrial. Federal immigration officials say that Banda-Acosta has been deported 17 times.
[archive.vn] Felony charges against Banda-Acosta are dismissed during a morning hearing in Chula Vista Superior Court.
[archive.vn] Lennox’s archived gofundme page.
[archive.vn] Another story on the crime.
[archive.vn] Another story on the dismissal of the charges against Banda-Acosta.
[archive.vn] Lake surname info Ancestry.com.
[archive.vn] Lake surname wikipedia entry.
[archive.vn] Lake surname info house of names.
[archive.vn] Lake surname info surname database.