Ex-cop heads to court on vehicular homicide charge

a passenger in the car with carlos fierro the night a drunk fierro hit and killed a man--- will b...  More »

a passenger in the car with carlos fierro the night a drunk fierro hit and killed a man--- will be back in court tomorrow... as a hearing resumes to see if he'll be charged. alfred lovato's preliminary hearing is scheduled to start up again tomorrow morning. lovato could be charged with vehicular micide -- just like fierro -- who was convicted last month. the district attorney wants lovato charged -- saying he didn't stop fierro from drinking and driving and say that also makes him responsible for william tenorio's death. lovato's preliminary hearing started last month -- and lasted one day. fierro took the stand at the hearing -- but pleaded the fifth -- and didn't answer any questions. lovato's hearing comes just days after the driver -- carlos fierro -- was sentenced -- for the death of william tenorio last november. friday -- a judge sentenced fierro to a little more than six years in prison -- the maximum allowed by law. fierro could be released in about two-and-a-half years. fierro pleaded no contest to leaving minute thumbnail 04:36 pm the scene of an accident. that was the charge the jury couldn't reach a verdict on during his trial last month  « Less