He got 63 years for murder, for hitting and killing John Garner, 19; and 37 years for attempted murder by targeting Garner’s friend Cameron Prince, then 18, who was walking with him. Prince had been involved in a relationship with Farias’ wife until a few months earlier.
Merrillville Police were called around 7 p.m. May 16, 2022, to Sheffield’s Sportsbar and Restaurant parking lot, 1515 E. 82nd Ave., for a reported crash. Garner was lying in the south parking lot. She said Farias was driving between 20 to 30 mph before he hit Garner, charges allege. She believed Farias was trying to “scare” Prince.
Farias fled the scene. He was arrested at the Pilot Travel Center gas station near Indiana 2 and Interstate 65.