Florida’s Department of Health warns, that even with hurricane straps or other tie-downs, mobile homes cannot withstand the wind gusts from a major storm, but at Candlelight Estates in Gainesville, plenty of people plan to wait out Hurricane Idalia.
Parole granted to convicted south Modesto gang member who pistol whipped victim
A 33-year-old convicted street gang felon who robbed a woman and clubbed her in the skull with a gun in a 2006 south Modesto robbery will be a free man.
During a Jan. 27 parole hearing at San Quentin State Prison, David Garcia Montalbo III, 33, was granted parole. Stanislaus County Deputy District Attorney Sara Sousa told the board that Montalbo has never accepted responsibility for the crime nor apologized to his victims for his violent conduct. She also argued Montalbo remained an unreasonable risk of danger to society given his lifelong association with the Norteno criminal street gang since he was nine, his prolific juvenile criminal history and his most recent prison rule violation.
Two sentenced for 2020 Ceres AM/PM robbery
Two 19-year-old men have been convicted of robbing an AM/PM Mini Mart in Ceres last year and will be spending a lot of time in state prison.
Stanislaus County Deputy District Attorney Monroe Tyler prosecuted the case against Salvador Daniel Patron and Mason Robert Salazar for the Feb. 24, 2020 robbery.
Salazar drove Patron and two other males to an AM/PM in Ceres to rob the clerk and any customers they might find inside the store. Patron entered wearing a mask with Aaron Araujo, and pointed a gun at the cashier, ordering him to open the register and threatening to kill him. Patron and Araujo also demanded money from three customers, one of whom was a pregnant woman. Salazar stayed outside as the getaway driver and drove away from the store after the robbers fled.