Mocobizscene- In a Stanton motel, a 42-year-old man was found guilty on Thursday for shooting the abusive boyfriend of one of his associates.
Joel Brandon Martinez faced serious charges and was found guilty of multiple felonies, including second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit a crime, and possession of a firearm by a felon. The jury also determined that a sentencing enhancement applied due to the discharge of a gun resulting in death.
Co-defendants Gilbert Timothy Ramirez and Brandon Garet Iseminger have both reached plea agreements. Ramirez received a prison sentence of 10 years and four months in March of last year, while Iseminger is currently awaiting sentencing.
Amy Lynn Black, the co-defendant in the case, is currently awaiting trial for multiple charges, including one count of murder and two counts of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to sell. These charges are classified as felonies.
Elliott expressed his suspicions about Aguilar, who would be with Black whenever he was not incarcerated on drug charges in 2018 and 2019, suggesting that she may have been cheating with an ex-girlfriend. According to Elliott, Black did not report the vandalism to the police.
According to the prosecutor, the woman is not inclined to contact the police. Instead, she is reaching out to other individuals for assistance. According to Elliott, the central theme revolves around infidelity and the protagonist abandoning his partner.
Black reached out to Martinez for assistance, but Martinez and his friends had been out late the previous night celebrating and hadn’t seen the messages immediately, according to Elliott.
Martinez woke up around noon and informed Black that he would be joining him shortly. At the time, Martinez, Iseminger, and Ramirez were staying at the Stanton home of their friend, Thomas Waire, according to Elliott.
According to Elliott, Aguilar’s cousin brought him to Black’s room so that he could gather his belongings before being taken to a rehab facility. The cousin’s intention was to assist Aguilar in sobering up and seeking treatment.
After the incident, Martinez, Iseminger, and Ramirez quickly left the scene while Black’s dog hurriedly ran out of the room, according to Elliott. In the meantime, Black attempted to call her dog back and then focused on collecting her belongings. She put them in a bag and handed it to someone to dispose of before the police arrived, Elliott explained.
Black’s friend, Joshua Michael Petro, 34, was incarcerated at the time he learned about Aguilar’s murder. Upon his release shortly after, he rushed to Black to inquire about the incident, according to Elliott. Petro’s testimony from a preliminary hearing will be presented to the jurors. In July, Petro pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and received an 11-year prison sentence for a separate case in which he ran over a man who had punctured his car tire in a parking lot of an Anaheim convenience store.
Beckett mentioned that Petro, who was struggling with drug addiction, had little interest in approaching the police unless the situation was truly severe. Beckett reflected on the tumultuous relationship, suggesting that perhaps she had given more than she had received in the end.
According to Beckett, Martinez lacked the motivation to kill Aguilar.
“He said that she was disposing of evidence, but not the drugs.”
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