Concord man receives prison sentence for pursuit that left Solano County deputy seriously injured


A Concord man was sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday in Solano County Superior Court for a New Year”s Day 2014 high-speed pursuit that seriously injured a Solano County Sheriff”s deputy.

Edward Asis, 27, received the sentence in the courtroom of Judge Robert C. Fracchia upon pleading no contest to a felony charge of evading a peace officer causing injury or death. He entered his plea in November.

Asis was driving a stolen white 1998 Honda Civic on Highway 12 near Chadbourne Road in Fairfield when Solano County Sheriff”s Deputy Rick Mroz attempted to make a traffic stop.

Asis then began to accelerate away from the deputy at a high rate of speed.

An attempt to turn onto southbound Pennsylvania Avenue failed as Asis lost control and ended up in a field near the intersection. Mroz also attempted to make the turn in pursuit of the vehicle but crashed into a light pole in the intersection.

According to prosecutors, Asis fled the stolen vehicle and hid in a nearby creek. He was located about 90 minutes later with the assistance of a CHP helicopter.

A passenger in the stolen vehicle, Desiree Bello, 20, of Antioch, also fled from the vehicle following the pursuit. She had faced a misdemeanor charge of resisting or obstructing a peace officer causing serious bodily injury and was sentenced to probation in June, according to court records.

Mroz, who had only been a deputy in Solano County for seven months at the time, had to be extricated from his patrol vehicle by fire personnel following the crash. He detailed the extent of his injuries Wednesday at Asis” sentencing, indicating he only recently was able to return to duty.

In making his comments, Fracchia acknowledged that Asis had placed his own life, the lives of his passenger, law enforcement and the public at risk.

In addition, Fracchia sentenced Asis to a two year state prison term in connection with his plea to a charge of unlawful taking or driving of a vehicle. That sentence will run concurrent with the five year sentence he received for evading the sheriff deputy.

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