SANTA ANA — A convicted gang member was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison, or time already served awaiting trial, for his part in the gang-related shooting of a 20-year-old man near the entrance of an Anaheim hotel 5 1/2 years ago.
Danny Rey Quintana, 29, pleaded guilty Jan. 22 to participating in gang activity and assault with a deadly weapon with a sentencing enhancement for gang activity. As part of a plea deal, a count of murder with a special-circumstances allegation of gang activity was dismissed.
Quintana was given credit for 4,016 days behind bars awaiting trial, so he is due to be released.
Co-defendant Richard Perez Arteaga, 34, is charged with murder, possession of a gun by a felony, carrying a loaded unregistered gun in public and participating in gang activity, all felonies, with sentencing enhancements for the discharge of a gun causing death or great bodily injury and a special-circumstances allegation for gang activity. He is next due in court Thursday.
Quintana acknowledged that on Sept. 5, 2020, he helped another gang member to assault Rodolfo Alfredo Miranda.
Miranda was fatally shot about 1:30 p.m. at the Candlewood Suites at 1733 S. Anaheim St., police said.
Police found Miranda near the hotel’s entrance suffering from a gunshot wound, police said. He was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The two defendants have a record of gang-related crimes.
Arteaga pleaded guilty in August 2017 to possession of a firearm by a felon with a sentencing enhancement for gang activity. He also admitted a misdemeanor count of street terrorism. He was also convicted of attempted murder in February 2015, according to the criminal complaint.
Quintana pleaded guilty in April 2019 to assault with a firearm with sentencing enhancements for gang activity and the personal use of a gun. He also pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of criminal threats, exhibiting a gun at a day care center and vandalism, according to court records.
Quintana was out on bail at the time of the fatal shooting for gang-related vandalism, a felony, and misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance, according to court records.
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