Man Pleads Guilt In Newport Beach 7-Eleven Hate Crime

NEWPORT BEACH, CA — A 65-year-old probationer has pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to six months in jail for a racially motivated attack on a 7- Eleven store owner in Newport Beach, according to court records obtained Monday.

Danny Martin Loros admitted to making racial slurs and comments "denigrating" to immigrants and throwing a liquor bottle at one victim's stomach on May 7, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.

Loros pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor count of assault with a deadly weapon and a felony count of violation of civil rights with violent injury.

As part of the plea deal, the assault count was reduced from felony to misdemeanor and a sentencing enhancement for a hate crime was dropped, according to court records.

Loros was released from jail on April 29 after serving time on a probation violation in a misdemeanor criminal threats case, according to jail and court records.

In that case, he pleaded guilty on Feb. 11.

Loros also pleaded guilty June 16, 2020 to a misdemeanor count of battery and was placed on three years of probation, according to court records