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.