By C1 Staff
FULLERTON — A man who participated in the fatal ambush of a state correctional officer 17 years go pleaded guilty Monday and is expected to receive six years in jail.
The OC Register reports that Rudy Duran struck a plea bargain with prosecutors to get charges of voluntary manslaughter and second-degree robbery dropped. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder.
Duran then testified for prosecutors in the trial of Nuzzio Begaren, who was convicted of hiring gang members to gun down Elizabeth Begaren, his wife, who worked as a state correctional officer.
Begaren received 25 years to life for the murder. Prosecutors said he killed his wife to collect a $1 million insurance policy.
Duran is set to be sentenced May 15.