Spring Valley 'Murder-For-Hire' Suspect To Stand Trial

Domingos Oliveira, the Spring Valley man who in late March was arrested for allegedly posting "reward" signs placing a bounty on his daughter's boyfriend, must stand trial for the charges, it was ruled Tuesday.

After the preliminary hearing at the East County Superior Court House, Judge Herbert Exarhos ruled that there was enough evidence present for Oliveira to stand trial.

on March 25 at his home on Roadside Place in Spring Valley. He was charged with solicitation of murder and making threats for allegedly posting as many as 12 bounty posters, offering $3,000 for the body of his daughter's boyfriend "dead or alive," on the campus of Grossmont College.

Oliveira's 19-year-old daughter and her 33-year-old boyfriend, a registered sex offender, reported him to authorities after seeing the posters.

at his arraignment on March 29. At that time, his attorney, Michael Earle, said that his client was simply looking out for his daughter, not wanting her to continue to date a registered sex offender. Earle said he thinks that his client never intended to follow through on the criminal solicitation charge and that it was simply a scare tactic.

“He puts [help] wanted posters out there, but he didn’t have anybody who could actually carry the threat out. He doesn't run with that kind of crowd. He doesn't associate with criminals,” Earle said.

The trial is scheduled for June 20. Oliveira faces up to 11 years in prison if convicted, prosecutors said.

City News Service contributed to this report.