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A 35-year-old Alamo man who previously spent 10 years in prison for hitting and killing someone was sentenced to another decade in prison Monday for a fatal crash near the Val Verde Flea Market.
Freddy Lozano Lerma pleaded guilty to a charge of intoxication manslaughter for hitting and killing 41-year-old Ricardo Torres on June 14, 2023.
Torres was driving a white Suzuki motorcycle at 6:33 a.m. at 935 Business 83 in Donna when Lerma hit and killed him.
Lerma was driving a white Ford Ranger when he hit Torres and police said they observed signs of intoxication, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Lerma agreed to participate in a standardized field sobriety test, which he failed.
The Alamo man was also sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for committing an aggravated kidnapping and violating a protective order while he was out on bond in the intoxication manslaughter case.
Both sentences will run concurrently.
Lerma was previously convicted of manslaughter on Nov. 17, 2010 for hitting and killing Serveo Marroquin Jr. on June 4, 2010.
Lerma had initially been charged with murder and tampering with physical evidence for trying to conceal the vehicle, but was ultimately convicted of manslaughter in that case.
He received a 10-year sentence in that case.
