Two San Diego men and an Orange County man were sentenced to prison Wednesday for their roles in the robbery and 12-hour beating of a Long Beach man in February 2015.
Patrick John Adams, 24, of San Diego, was ordered to serve 17 years in state prison for his July 31 no-contest plea to one felony count each of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and dissuading a witness by force or threat, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
Adams also admitted allegations that he inflicted great bodily injury and used a pistol during the attack.
Adams — who had known the victim socially — was arrested after taking the 22-year-old man to withdraw money at a bank in the 5700 block of East Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach, police said shortly after his arrest.
The victim, who had been pistol-whipped and whose ATM card was used to steal money, was able to get help from bank employees when he was taken to the bank to withdraw more money on Feb. 21, 2015, according to Deputy District Attorney Lucrezia Pratico.
Co-defendants Eric Javier Riddle-Rios, 25, of Anaheim, and Ryan Scott Urban, 25, of San Diego, were arrested within the next week, police said.
Riddle-Rios pleaded no contest July 31 to one felony count of second-degree robbery, while Urban pleaded no contest to one felony count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. They were each sentenced to six years behind bars.