Crime & Safety

Man Pleads Not Guilty in DUI Death

Jorge Molina of Culver City faces 30 years in prison if convicted of murder in the New Year's Eve crash that killed Demetria and Kelvin Dorsey.

Jorge Alberto Molina—a Culver City man accused of driving drunk and causing a fatal crash on New Year’s Eve—pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two counts of murder and one count of leaving the scene of an accident, said Shiara Morales of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office.

At a preliminary hearing June 8, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Bianco found sufficient evidence to require Molina to go to trial in the crash that killed Demetria and Kelvin Dorsey, Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Kennes Ma said in an interview with Patch.

If convicted, Molina, who is in custody in lieu of $2 million bail, could spend 30 years in prison.

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Molina led police on a brief chase after running a red light near Florence and Van Ness avenues at about 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, according to Deputy District Attorney Kaarin Axelsen. He ran through another red light at Florence and Crenshaw Boulevard before his Geo Prism slammed into a blue Infiniti SUV driven by Demetria Dorsey, 50, Axelsen said. The SUV flipped on its roof.

Dorsey and her husband, 54, both died at the scene, police said. Molina allegedly got out of his car in an attempt to escape the scene before police officers apprehended him.

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City News Service contributed to this report.


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