An Imperial Beach woman has pleaded guilty to hit and run with death in the collision of Pablo Rosa-Velez who was killed in Chula Vista on July 3 while on his motorcycle.
Deputy District Attorney Cherie Sommerville said Tina Marie Murray, 47, faces up to four years in prison. Sentencing was set for Dec. 15 by Chula Vista Superior Court Judge Francis Devaney.
Rosa-Velez, 30, worked at General Dynamics NASSCO in Barrio Logan and his wife was expecting a baby at the time. He was riding his motorcycle in the 2400 block of Main Street at 2:15 p.m. when the driver of a Ford Explorer pulled out of a storage unit and collided with him.
The driver briefly stopped, then drove off and the vehicle was found abandoned three days later in the 1200 block of West Frontage Road at the south end of San Diego Harbor. Chula Vista Police had earlier released surveillance photos of the tan colored SUV before it was discovered.
Sommerville said the Ford Explorer was driven by Murray and was her vehicle, but she had not registered it in her name before it was abandoned. She pleaded guilty Oct. 23 and her trial had been set for Nov. 9.
Murray was arrested July 24 by Chula Vista Police and remains in the Las Colinas Women’s Detention Facility on $100,000 bail.
