OAKLAND — Two Oakland males have been sentenced for his or her roles in killing a person to settle a rating over a automobile break-in, based on court docket information.
However the outcomes are wildly completely different for 41-year-old Enrique Campos-Patino and 33-year-old Lester Villatorro. As a part of a plea deal finalized final month, Campos-Patino was given 21 years in jail, and Villatorro was allowed to stroll out of jail that very same day, information present.
Witnesses recognized Campos-Patino as the person who fired a rifle and killed Alberto “2Kan” Servin-Ortega on Oct. 10, 2023. Villatorro, the suspected driver, pleaded no contest to an adjunct cost and was sentenced to time he already served whereas in jail dealing with a homicide cost.
Campos-Patino pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in trade for the 21-year jail sentence. Prosecutors additionally dismissed a homicide rely towards him, information present.
In keeping with testimony on the 2024 preliminary listening to, Campos-Patino blamed Servin-Ortega after his Ford F150 was damaged into. The home windows had been smashed and his cellphone was taken, however Campos-Patino’s spouse later recovered the telephone from Servin-Ortega at a fuel station, authorities mentioned.
Nonetheless bitter in regards to the smashed home windows, Campos-Patino, Villatorro, a 3rd man who operated an Oakland mechanic store, and a teen woman who was hanging out with Villatorro drove round city on the lookout for him. After they positioned Servin-Ortega on the 1300 block of one hundred and fifth Avenue, Campos-Patino fired three to 4 photographs at him, the mechanic later testified.
“Enrique shot at him and I covered my face with a bag,” he mentioned on the witness stand. He later admitted he was testifying after being arrested for possessing an AK and a pistol in his store and denied being a felon, at the same time as he admitted to having pleaded no contest to a number of felonies.
The 18-year-old girl, who was underage on the time of the murder, testified on the preliminary listening to that she had given a press release to police again in 2023. She claimed Villatoro informed her to duck simply earlier than the photographs had been fired.
On the listening to, each males had been held to reply on homicide prices, however Campos-Patino’s lawyer, Annie Beles, help neither witness was very credible. The mechanic was “very inconsistent” and “trying to save his own skin,” Beles mentioned.
The mechanic admitted to methamphetamine and marijuana use that day, and the teenager testified she’d been ingesting alcohol.
“She’s half asleep on TikTok, having her Buzzballs,” Beles mentioned of the teenager.
A police detective testified that Campos-Patino admitted to blaming Servin-Ortega for the automobile break-in and to dealing with a rifle days earlier than the murder. The mechanic testified Campos-Patino referenced the break-in moments earlier than the taking pictures.
“Let’s see if 2Kan is going to pay for the window,” Campos-Patino allegedly mentioned.
Initially Printed: January 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM PST
