King City chief, officers to stand trial for alleged towing scheme

The preliminary hearing for two King City police officers and a local businessman concluded Thursday as a judge decided there is sufficient evidence for the three men to stand trial after being accused in an alleged towing scheme.

Former acting Chief Bruce Miller, Sgt. Bobby Carrillo and Miller’s brother Brian, who owns the towing company at the center of the accusations, face bribery, embezzlement and conspiracy charges.

They’re accused of operating a for-profit towing scheme targeting undocumented immigrants in King City.

No trial date has been set in the King City police corruption case.

On Wednesday, the hearings for former Chief Nick Baldiviez, Sgt. Mark Baker and Officer Mario Mottu Sr. were delayed. They’re expected back in court next week.

Baldiviez and Mottu will be setting trial dates while Baker will be setting a preliminary hearing.

Last month in court, investigators said Carillo and Bruce Miller worked with Miller’s brother to re-sell cars that were illegally towed. Witnesses took the stand, including a King City police sergeant and a Department of Motor Vehicles officer.

Prosecutors spent hours sifting through paperwork looking for discrepancies that shows when the cars were towed, when they were sold and for how much.