Dallas Ferguson Obituary – Authorities have identified a Texas man killed after an alleged confrontation with his friend Friday night. Dallas Ferguson, 37, was unconscious on the ground on the 600 block of Front Street when authorities were called out for a reported fight around 11 p.m. Friday.
According to Santa Cruz police reports, Ferguson and friend Nikolay Groushevskiy, also 37 years old and a Texas resident, had been drinking and were in a fight prior to Ferguson’s death.
While Groushevskiy, whose name also was spelled as “Goushevskiy” in Santa Cruz County Superior Court filings, was initially booked on a charge of voluntary manslaughter, the Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office filed a formal charge of the lesser involuntary manslaughter Monday.
Groushevskiy remained held Wednesday without bail at the Santa Cruz County Jail and was scheduled for arraignment Dec. 6 before Judge Stephen Siegel.