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18-year-old sentenced to probation in death of woman in shootout
STAR-TELEGRAM ^ | MARTHA DELLER

Posted on 12/28/2009 9:44:35 PM PST by Dubya

FORT WORTH — An 18-year-old Fort Worth man has been sentenced to 10 years’ probation in the death of a woman who got caught in the crossfire of a gang-related shootout in March in which a gang member was also killed, authorities said.

Salomon Vallejo was sentenced last week by 432nd District Judge Ruben Gonzalez after he pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault. Vallejo had agreed to be a backup for Jose Martinez and others during the March 27 confrontation that resulted in the deaths of Michelle Chavez and Luciano Hernandez, prosecutors said.

If Vallejo completes probation, he will not have a conviction on his record for the third-degree felony.

(Excerpt) Read more at star-telegram.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: crossfirevictim; fortworth; gangshootout; texas
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Martinez, 17, is charged with four felonies in connection with Chavez’s death — engaging in organized crime, murder, manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
1 posted on 12/28/2009 9:44:35 PM PST by Dubya
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To: Dubya

Wow! Probation!

Boy that’ll show him crime doesn’t pay!


2 posted on 12/28/2009 9:47:17 PM PST by Ronin
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To: Ronin

And if he violates his probation 5 times he will have to spend a weekend in the county lockup.


3 posted on 12/28/2009 9:51:24 PM PST by LukeL (Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
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To: Dubya

This judge and the perp he so lightly sentenced for murder should both go back to Mexico.


4 posted on 12/28/2009 9:58:38 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Dubya

Strike Three came into play where here?


5 posted on 12/28/2009 9:59:03 PM PST by cranked
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To: LukeL
And if he violates his probation 5 times he will have to spend a weekend in the county lockup. Yep. There. Fixed.
6 posted on 12/28/2009 10:10:46 PM PST by 1ofmanyfree ((No jobs, licenses,mortgages,bank accounts or amnesty for any illegal alien criminals ! ))
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To: 1ofmanyfree

And if he violates his probation (and gets caught)5 times he will have to spend a weekend in the county lockup. Yep.


7 posted on 12/28/2009 10:12:56 PM PST by 1ofmanyfree ((No jobs, licenses,mortgages,bank accounts or amnesty for any illegal alien criminals ! ))
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To: Dubya

These are the same type of “Justices” who will be reviewing the cases of the Gitmo inmates once they get to Illinois. Is everyone happy?


8 posted on 12/28/2009 10:14:34 PM PST by Rembrandt
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To: Ronin

maybe justice will be served quicker outside ?


9 posted on 12/28/2009 10:20:44 PM PST by catroina54
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The probation may be a death sentence:

"His probation terms include testifying against his co-defendants."

10 posted on 12/28/2009 10:21:38 PM PST by Ready4Freddy (Everyone knows there's a difference between muslims & terrorists... no one knows what it is, though.)
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To: Dubya

Who says TX is tough on crime? This won’t help Perry on March 2. I wonder if Perry can win on November 2, but many seem to think so. The “tough” TX is and has always been a myth.


11 posted on 12/28/2009 10:27:33 PM PST by Theodore R.
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To: Dubya

I think law enforcement should start looking at this judge’s bank accounts.


12 posted on 12/28/2009 10:27:38 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (I'd rather be an AGW denier than a dumbass Watermelon)
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To: Theodore R.

While Perry is not involved in this tragedy, it shows that things in TX are not as good as he will try to depict them. Still, he may be the “least worse” of the major candidates. But I am leaning toward Debra Medina. If she gets enough votes, it will make them do the election again in April.


13 posted on 12/28/2009 10:29:41 PM PST by Theodore R.
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To: LukeL

Don’t mess with Texas


14 posted on 12/28/2009 10:31:27 PM PST by dragnet2
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To: Dubya

Geez- good hting he didn’t kill a dog- He’d be in prison for life had he done so- but since it was ‘only a woman’ (note- I’m being very sarcastic- this creep should be executed


15 posted on 12/28/2009 10:50:10 PM PST by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: Dubya

At the very least, voluntary manslaughter.


16 posted on 12/28/2009 10:56:43 PM PST by Marie2 (The second mouse gets the cheese.)
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To: Dubya

just damn. And is this POS an illegal alien gang member???


17 posted on 12/28/2009 11:04:24 PM PST by the long march
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I felt sorry for the 18-year old woman killed, however:

Michelle Chavez dropped out of Trimble Tech High School last year as a junior
her sister said. "She [Michelle] had been hanging around the wrong crowd,"
The incident started about 11:30 p.m. at what police called a "gang party"
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/1285565.html
18 posted on 12/28/2009 11:31:40 PM PST by Aaron0617
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To: cranked

Does TX have a 3 strikes law?


19 posted on 12/29/2009 1:44:16 AM PST by chilltherats (First, kill all the lawyers (now that they ARE the tyrants).......)
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To: Ronin

Chances are good the victims were gangbanging dirtbags themselves. If so, good riddance.


20 posted on 12/29/2009 1:48:37 AM PST by chilltherats (First, kill all the lawyers (now that they ARE the tyrants).......)
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