MODESTO—A Mexican national accused of living in the United States illegally was charged with murder on Jan. 2, in the shooting death of a California police officer who pulled him over to check if he was driving drunk.
Gustavo Perez Arriaga made his first court appearance in the central California city of Modesto but did not enter a plea in last week’s killing of Cpl. Ronil Singh of the tiny Newman Police Department.
