Charges filed against suspected drunken driver in fatal August crash

RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- More than five months after a San Dimas woman died in a car crash, prosecutors have filed criminal charges against the suspected drunken driver allegedly responsible.

Jeffrey Gilbert Gonzales, 24, was charged with four felonies Jan. 27 for the Aug. 16 collision in Ontario that killed Alyssa Nicole Randles, 22.

Authorities say Gonzales, of Ontario, was intoxicated when he made a left turn in his pickup truck in front Randles' Volkswagen at Euclid and Schaefer avenues.

After the crash, Gonzales allegedly fled the scene and was arrested when police found him hiding nearby.

He was released from custody two days later because he hadn't been charged with a crime.

At the time, Ontario police said there were too many loose ends in their investigation for the case to be forwarded to the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office for criminal prosecution.

Gonzales is scheduled to appear in West Valley Superior Court on Feb. 25 to be arraigned on the newly filed charges, which include gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, hit and run resulting in death, and two felonies related to drunken driving.