A felon who fatally shot his partner in a stolen goods fencing operation and buried the victim’s remains in a Mead Valley field was sentenced Friday, June 6, to 50 years to life in state prison.

A Riverside jury in May deliberated roughly three days before finding 41-year-old Ricardo Pardo of Perris guilty of first-degree murder in the 2021 slaying of 27-year-old Joshua Crosier of Hemet. Along with murder, the jury convicted Pardo of sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations.

During a hearing at the Riverside County Hall of Justice on Friday, Superior Court Judge Jason Armand imposed the sentence required under state law for the defendant’s crimes.

According to a trial brief filed by the District Attorney’s Office, Pardo and Crosier were sometime partners in an operatio

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