MURRIETA (CNS) - A man accused of abducting a Lake Elsinore motorist at gunpoint and forcing the victim to drive him more than 25 miles before letting him go must stand trial, a judge ruled Friday, May 6.
Jerry Frias Tolentino of Menifee was arrested last month following a Riverside County Sheriff's Department investigation.
Tolentino is charged with kidnapping, carjacking, hit-and-run resulting in property damage and sentence-enhancing gun use allegations.
At a preliminary hearing at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta Friday, May 6, a Riverside County Superior Court judge determined that there was sufficient evidence to warrant a trial on all of the counts.
Tolentino is being held on $1 million bail at the Byrd Detention Center.
The defendant allegedly confronted the motorist,
