03 June 2010 :

Orange County Superior Court Judge Francisco P. Briseno sentenced Anthony Navarro, 42, Hispanic, to death. A jury had recommended the death sentence on March 21, 2008, after finding him guilty of  recruiting three Pacoima Flats gang members to abduct and kill David Montemayor on Oct. 2, 2002. Montemayor, 44, was wanted dead by his oldest sister, Deborah Ann Perna, who was upset that he was being given control of the family's trucking business. Perna hired Navarro and the gang members to kill her brother. In February 2006, she was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder. Two others in the case, Armando Macias and Alberto Martinez, are awaiting trial. They also face the death penalty. Two other co-defendants are serving terms in prison.