A 28-year-old man whose girlfriend was shot to death while the couple was robbing an 80-year-old Long Beach man was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison. Gus Polly Adams, of Long Beach, originally faced a murder charge for the killing even though authorities never alleged he was the one who pulled the trigger. Earlier […]
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After hearing the girl speak, Long Beach Superior Court Judge Daniel J. Lowenthal ruled there was enough evidence to hold 35-year-old Paul Skelly to face a full trial on charges that could carry a maximum sentence of 33 years to life in prison.
“The court found the witness to be extremely credible and brave,” Lowenthal said before setting Skelly’s bail at $1.6 million because of the “egregiousness” of the charges.
Police said Skelly worked for the city of Long Beach for 13 years before his arrest and suspension without pay from his job as a garage attendant in the city’s fleet services bureau this March. As of April 25, Skelly was “no longer employed” by Long Beach, city spokesman Johnathan Garcia said in an email.