UPDATED:
A Ramona motorist charged in the death of a Pt. Loma Nazarene University graduate in a fiery crash on state Route 67 pleaded guilty Sept. 2 to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
Roy Thomas Dunkin, 51, will be sentenced Nov. 4 in the Aug. 20 death of Lucas Makana Riley, 24, of San Diego. He also pleaded guilty to drunk driving, causing injury to three other people.
Dunkin faces a maximum . . .



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