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Daniel Esquivel
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A 25-year-old gang member pleaded guilty Monday morning to attempted murder for a December 2010 stabbing in Carpinteria. He will be sentenced to 12 years in state prison next month.
Daniel Esquivel was arrested along with Bryan Duran on December 16, 2010, after a 31-year-old victim was punched and stabbed multiple times while a passenger in a vehicle. One other suspect, Manuel Lopez, was never caught and is still at-large. Deputy DA Anthony Davis said that after further investigation, he dropped charges against Duran in June 2011.
The victim was able to jump out of the vehicle, run away, and call authorities, according to the Sheriff’s Department at the time of the attack.
In addition to the attempted murder charge, Esquivel also admitted a special allegation of great bodily injury and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of being an active participant in a criminal street gang.
Related Links
- Two Suspects Caught, One At-Large in Carp Stabbing [ December 18, 2010 ]
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Where is DonM with his "the community is to blame" for Daniel's gang activity and poor choices. "It's your fault that he didn't have better after-school opportunities." "I blame society for Manny's tatts." Blah, blah, blah.
Scooter (anonymous profile)
September 11, 2012 at 8:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Come on Scooter, these good looking young examples of excellence were just one "anti gang awareness" class away from being CEO's at major corporations. I bet the cops illegally profiled poor Manuel...
italiansurg (anonymous profile)
September 12, 2012 at 6:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)
If Lucky Luciano or Meyer Lansky were given the opportunity, they could have been CEO's also.
AZ2SB (anonymous profile)
September 12, 2012 at 3:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Luciano and Lansky were gangsters, but brilliant ones at that. Both died natural deaths, and Lansky was worth about $300 million when he died.
billclausen (anonymous profile)
September 13, 2012 at 12:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Bill Clausen, didn't either Lucky Luciano or Meyer Lansky, run for President of the United States?
dou4now (anonymous profile)
September 13, 2012 at 5:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)