A 38-year-old man arrested in 2016 after a fatal crash in downtown Lubbock was sentenced on Tuesday to 40 years in prison after admitting to drug and weapons charges.
Jonathan Lovato appeared before Judge Douglas Freitag in the 140th District Court to enter a plea of guilty to counts of possession with intent to deliver between 4-200 grams of methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
He was sentenced to 40 years on the drug charge and 10 years on the weapons charge, which will run concurrently. He has been held at the Lubbock County Detention Center since March 2016.
As part of his plea, charges of murder, aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury and evading in a motor vehicle, were dismissed.
As is the case with most homicides in our community, she said.
Gorman told jurors they hoped to show that Anderson and Gregory Lamar Thomas met with Cabello at Anderson s aunt s home in the 2000 block of Cedar Avenue to buy drugs from Cabello.
Instead, inside the home, Anderson and Thomas robbed Cabello at gunpoint, taking his money, the drugs, his jacket and shoes. Not only did they take his stuff, his drugs, but they humiliated him, she said. Nobody s going to try and convince you that Greg and Joby made the right decisions that day.
The two drove away in a green F-150 pickup truck with Cabello running behind them, firing multiple shots and hitting Anderson four times. Two of the bullets struck Anderson in the back of the head and he also suffered a gunshot wound in his back, Gorman said.
Lubbock County s newly elected and re-elected officials have taken their oaths of office, in a ceremony Friday morning.
Judge Phillip Hays now presides over the 99th District Court. Retiring District Jude Bill Sowder administered the oath. It s very humbling to understand and know the voters of Lubbock County have spoken and have decided that i m the person they want to be the judge in the 99th District Court, Judge Hays said. I hope to give anyone that comes in their day in court, their opportunity to be heard, and to listen and rule fairly. Â
Terrence Kovar was sworn in as county commissioner for precinct 1. He replaces Bill McCay, who retired after 16 years.