Crime & Safety
Three Convicted of Man's Killing in Long Beach
The three -- who have remained jailed since being arrested in 2011 -- are facing life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Three men were convicted Thursday of murdering a man who had conspired with one of the trio to rob a body shop owner in Long Beach.
Jurors deliberated a week before finding Luis Orozco, 37, Shawn Verrette, 42, and Frank Ervin, 53, guilty of one count each of first-degree murder, second-degree robbery and conspiracy to commit a crime.
Jurors also found true a special circumstance allegation of murder during the commission of a robbery.
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The victim, Franklin Robles, conspired with Orozco to rob a body shop owner in Long Beach, but Orozco instead plotted with Ervin and Verrette to rob and kill Robles, according to Deputy District Attorney Karen Brako.
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Robles arrived at the body shop on Aug. 9, 2010, and waited for Orozco, but Verrette and Ervin appeared at the site, got out of their vehicle and fatally shot Robles, according to the prosecutor.
After the killing, Orozco, Verrette and Ervin went to Robles’ home and stole his property, Brako said.
The three -- who have remained jailed since being arrested in 2011 -- are facing life in prison without the possibility of parole. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 4 at the Long Beach courthouse.
--City News Service, photo via Shutterstock
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