CHP OFFICER'S KILLER GETS LIFE IN PRISON.Byline: Melissa Pinion-Whitt Staff Writer POMONA - A judge on Thursday sentenced 16-year-old Valentino Mitchell Arenas to life in prison without the possibility of parole parole (pərōl`), in criminal law, release from prison of a convict before the expiration of his term on condition that his activities be restricted and that he report regularly to an officer. for the murder of California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officer Thomas Steiner nearly one year ago. Arenas also received an additional 25-years-to-life sentence for using a firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. . Arenas, wearing tan khaki khaki (kăk`ē, kä`kē) [Hindi,=dust-colored], closely twilled cloth of linen or cotton, dyed a dust color. It was first used (1848) for uniforms for the English regiment of Sir Harry Burnett Lumsden in India and later became the pants and a tan long-sleeved shirt, showed no emotion during the hearing and looked at his family while being led out of the courtroom for the last time. Steiner's wife was relieved by the sentencing. ``My family needs this part of the nightmare to end today,'' said Heidi Steiner. ``We need the peace of mind to know he will spend the rest of his life behind bars.'' The sentencing came nearly a year after Arenas shot Steiner, 35, of Long Beach, outside the Pomona courthouse. Steiner had just finished testifying in a handful of traffic cases April 21, 2004, when he walked out to his car and was confronted by the teen. Arenas' pleaded guilty to the murder in December. In court, Heidi Steiner faced Arenas and explained how her 3-year-old asks if his father has come back from heaven when he sees his truck in the driveway. ``Valentino, I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if you can hear me or if you even care, but what you have done is unforgivable,'' she said. About 30 uniformed CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officers filled the courtroom, wearing black bands across their badges. Members of Steiner's and Arenas' family also attended the sentencing. |
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