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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A antheral pleaded not blameworthy connected Friday to leaving a loaded weapon unsecured aft his woman was changeable to decease by her toddler astatine a Fresno flat complex.
18-year-old Andrew Sanchez is accused of leaving the weapon successful the chamber of a Northeast Fresno flat helium shared with his girlfriend, Jessinya Mina, connected December 6th.
Police accidental Mina's two-year-old kid got ahold of the weapon and accidentally changeable and killed the 22-year-old mother.
Sanchez was arraigned successful tribunal Friday.
The authoritative told the justice chapeau Sanchez is simply a menace to nationalist safety, revealing that the 9mm handgun utilized successful the shooting was not registered to Sanchez.
"This was an idiosyncratic who was known to person firearms that were not registered to him and were not stored properly," said Amber Collins with the Fresno County District Attorney's Office.
Collins went connected to accidental that the bail should beryllium raised.
"I would inquire that helium astatine slightest beryllium capable to station the statutory bail amount," said Collins.
Surrounded by family, Sanchez appeared successful tribunal retired of custody aft posting a $30,000 bond.
The justice ruling to support the enslaved magnitude arsenic is, abbreviated of the implicit $50 thousand-dollar statutory bail.
He entered a not blameworthy plea to felony kid endangerment and felony transgression retention of a firearm.
Sanchez's lawyer advocated for his lawsuit stating helium has nary anterior record.
"I judge the pre-trial work is much than capable arsenic he'd beryllium subjected to searching. He's surviving with his parents now, truthful I don't deliberation determination would beryllium immoderate contented and they're consenting to abide by immoderate people regarding this substance arsenic well," said Gabriel Pacheco, the lawyer representing Sanchez.
Mina's household members were besides successful the courtroom, excessively affectional to talk connected camera connected Friday.
In a erstwhile connection to Action News, they wrote:
"Anyone who knew her was genuinely blessed by her presence. Now due to the fact that of her boyfriend's carelessness, his arrogance, his irresponsibility, and neglecting my sister's wishes of ne'er having a weapon successful her house, she's gone forever."
The justice acknowledged Sanchez arsenic a imaginable information to the community. He issued a transgression protective order, mandated the suspect has nary firearms, has nary interaction with the victim's family, is nether pretrial supervision, and is taxable to hunt and seizure.
If convicted of the felony counts, ABC30 Legal Analyst Tony Capozzi says Sanchez could look anyplace betwixt 2 to 4 years successful authorities prison.
He is scheduled to beryllium backmost successful tribunal connected February 6th for a pre-preliminary hearing.
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