{"id":8221,"date":"2026-09-02T07:06:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T07:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8221"},"modified":"2026-09-02T07:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T07:06:36","slug":"man-gets-13-years-for-pittsburg-crash-that-killed-woman-injured-cal-football-player-during-police-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8221","title":{"rendered":"Man gets 13 years for Pittsburg crash that killed woman, injured Cal football player during police chase"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PITTSBURG \u2014 The driver who killed a 23-year-old woman while attempting to evade California Highway Patrol officers has been sentenced to 13 years in prison through a plea deal, records show.<\/p>\n

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Thomas Jamaar Davis Jr., 20, was originally indicted on murder charges for the March 23, 2025 crash that killed Villamalia Polina Tu\u2019ipulotu and injured her boyfriend, Beaux Tagaloa, a UC Berkeley football player. But Davis agreed to plead no contest to manslaughter and evading charges in exchange for Contra Costa prosecutors dropping the remainder of the case.<\/p>\n

Davis was transferred to Valley State Prison in June, records show. He was 18 at the time of the crash, which occurred after police attempted to pull him over on Highway 4 on suspicion of driving a stolen Infiniti. He allegedly sped up to more than 100 mph and got off on Railroad Avenue, then continued to weave through the city with officers speeding behind him.<\/p>\n

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After about a minute, Davis crashed into an SUV containing both victims near East Leland Road and Gladstone Drive. Police said a gun was later found in the Infiniti. The chase and crashed occurred around 12:40 a.m.<\/p>\n

An online fundraiser for Tu\u2019ipulotu says that she and Tagaloa had a summer wedding planned, and describes her as a \u201cbeautiful person, inside and out.\u201d Davis was indicted six months after the crash.<\/p>\n

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Police had chased the suspect’s car off Highway 4 onto Pittsburg streets when the driver smashed into a vehicle containing Villamalia Polina Tu\u2019ipulotu and her boyfriend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nMan gets 13 years for Pittsburg crash that killed woman, injured Cal football player during police chase - Next City Digest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8221\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man gets 13 years for Pittsburg crash that killed woman, injured Cal football player during police chase - 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