June 17, 2008
$2.5M payout doesn’t keep Anaheim man from gang
Jose Luis Munoz couldn't stay away from gang life, even after a $2.5 million payday.
The 23-year-old Anaheim man received the money from a lawsuit against the city and police. He had been on foot and was struck from behind by a police cruiser while surrendering after a brief chase in 2005.
He was released from prison in October. A gang member, Munoz already had lost four years to Juvenile Hall and prison.
He said in December while waiting for the check from the city that he was eager "to do the right thing." He was going to move out of his gang-plagued neighborhood, buy a house for his mother…
LINK - SacBee.com (The Sacramento Bee - Associated Press)
