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A Riverside man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a violent home invasion in unincorporated El Cerrito that left two residents pistol-whipped and bleeding, nearly two years after the break-in.
Ricardo Jose Gonzalez, 42, admitted to first-degree burglary, robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm, while his 41-year-old co-defendant, Corona resident Megan Alice Schuchman, remains charged and is headed to trial.
Gonzalez entered a pretrial agreement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, according to MyNewsLA.com, and prosecutors dropped two related charges as part of the deal. Court minutes indicated the plea carried no prospective sentence, and…
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