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Carlos Gonzalo Coronel, 40, is now facing criminal charges for DUI causing great bodily injury and hit-and-run causing death, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office.

The attorney recommended family members pay him $14,700 to seek the inmate’s release through a new state law that allowed local district attorneys to pursue resentencing of an inmate to a shorter term.

Palermo is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday afternoon, according to a district attorney’s office spokesperson.

Most district attorneys are reluctant to prosecute unless there are “multiple cases and hundreds of dollars in losses,” she said.

The case is pending charges by the Los Angeles County district attorney.