| For Immediate Release Case # 07CF3779
June 4, 2009 |
Susan Kang Schroeder Public Affairs Counsel Office: 714-347-8408 Cell: 714-292-2718 Farrah Emami |
GANG MEMBER SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS TO LIFE IN STATE PRISON FOR 1-DAY CRIME SPREE AGAINST NINE VICTIMS, INCLUDING SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE
*Co-defendant is scheduled to be sentenced in this case on June 8, 2009
SANTA ANA – A Hispanic criminal street gang member was sentenced today to 30 years to life in state prison for going on a 1-day Orange County crime spree with a co-defendant, victimizing nine people including a Superior Court Judge in Orange County. The Superior Court in Orange County recused themselves from this case to prevent the appearance of a conflict of interest. This case was prosecuted by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office before a Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles County.
DEFENDANTS
Sam Fields, 26, Paramount, pleaded guilty to the court in the Orange County case on May 26, 2009, to one felony count of grand theft, two felony counts of carjacking, two felony counts of first degree residential burglary with a non-accomplice present, two felony counts of first degree robbery, three felony counts of second degree robbery, one felony count of attempted first degree robbery, one felony count of possession of a firearm by a felon, one misdemeanor count of hit and run with property damage, and one misdemeanor count of petty theft. He faces sentencing enhancements for criminal street gang activity and the personal use of a firearm. Fields has five prior convictions including a strike for residential burglary in 2002, and convictions for felon in possession of a firearm in 2003, felon in possession of ammunition in 2004 and 2005, and vehicle taking in 2001.
In addition to the Orange County case, Fields was also convicted of 35 counts for an unrelated Los Angeles County multiple robbery case. His sentence of 30 years to life in state prison is for both the Orange and Los Angeles County cases.
Co-defendant Adan Alarcon, 23, Paramount, pleaded guilty to the court in the Orange County case on May 26, 2009, to one felony count of grand theft, two felony counts of carjacking, two felony counts of first degree residential burglary with a non-accomplice present, two felony counts of first degree robbery, three felony counts of second degree robbery, one felony count of attempted first degree robbery, one felony count of possession of a firearm by a felon, and one misdemeanor count of petty theft. He faces sentencing enhancements for criminal street gang activity and the personal and vicarious use of a firearm. Alarcon has a prior conviction for possession of methamphetamine in 2006.
Alarcon is expected to be sentenced to 24 years in state prison on Monday, June 8, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. in Department-C at the Long Beach Courthouse in Long Beach.