Kendrec McDade Death: Man Pleads Guilty to False Armed Robbery Call

The man charged with falsely reporting an armed burglary that led to a police pursuit and shooting death of suspect Kendrec McDade pled guilty to misdemeanor charges, the City Attorney’s Office announced Monday.

“We believe we reached an appropriate sentence that reflects the seriousness of the crime committed,” City Attorney/City Prosecutor Michele Beal Bagneris said in a statement.

On March 24, 2012, Carrillo-Gonzalez reported that two men, one of whom had a gun, stole a backpack from a car in front of Arturo’s Restaurant on Orange Grove Boulevard in Pasadena. 

“Carrillo later recanted his earlier statements and admitted that he never saw a gun, but lied to the 911 operator because he was mad and believed that the police would respond more quickly if they believed a gun was involved,” City News Service previously reported.

Two officers responding to the call fatally shot McDade after he ran toward an officer who thought McDade was armed and another officer reportedly thought the shots he heard came from McDade.

The shooting caused an outcry from many in the community claiming excessive force from the officers, whose actions were ruled “lawful” after an internal review by the Pasadena Police Department, CNS noted.

Carrillo-Gonzalez pled to one count of Penal Code Section 148.3(a) Making a False Report of Emergency (to a 911 dispatcher) and one count of Penal Code Section 148.5(a) Making a False Report of Criminal Offense to a Peace Officer.

Carrillo-Gonzalez was placed on 36 months of probation with the following terms:

• Serve 90 days in county jail
• Perform 90 days of Cal Trans in lieu of additional jail time;
• Pay $3,078.69 as victim restitution to the Pasadena Police Department;
• Pay court costs and fees; and
• Obey all laws.

The court ordered Carrillo-Gonzalez to surrender to Pasadena Branch of Los Angeles County Superior Court on June 27, 2013 to begin the county jail sentence.