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Deputy who killed suspect using ‘cowboy tactics’ convicted of manslaughter

Summary by San Bernardino Sun
An ex-Riverside County sheriff’s deputy who behaved like a “cowboy” during a deadly arrest targeting a man with whom he was at odds over a woman was convicted Thursday, June 26 of voluntary manslaughter and other offenses. An Indio jury deliberated less than two days before finding Oscar Rodriguez, 44, guilty of the lesser felony count. Rodriguez had been charged with first-degree murder for the 2014 slaying of 39-year-old Luis Carlos Morin of C…

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Luis Medina INDIO, Calif. (KUNA) – A former Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy has been found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the death of a man with whom he had a dispute over the victim’s relationship with the deputy’s then-girlfriend. Oscar Rodriguez, 44, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and a penalty enhancement for personal use of a firearm in the 2014 killing of 39-year-old Coachella resident Luis Carlos Morin. He was acquitte…

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INDIO, Calif. (KUNA) - A former agent of Riverside County Sheriff was found guilty of manslaughter for the death of a man with whom he had a dispute because the victim had had a relationship with the then girlfriend of the agent. Oscar Rodriguez, 44, was convicted of voluntary homicide and of an aggravation of the sentence for personal use of firearms in the murder in 2014 of Luis Carlos Morín, 39 years old, resident of Coachella. He was acquitt…

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KESQ broke the news in on Thursday, June 26, 2025.
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