An Orange County jail inmate pleaded guilty Friday to participating in a beating of another man while in custody.
Gabriel Marcos Guerrero, 23, pleaded guilty to a felony count of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury with a sentencing enhancement for inflicting great bodily injury. He was scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 2.
He was accused of beating David Montoya on Oct. 13, 2019, while in custody at the Theo Lacy Jail in Orange, according to court records.
Co-defendants Johnny Jose Perez, 40, and Javier Tovar, 34, were convicted April 4 of mayhem and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, both felonies. Jurors found true a sentencing enhancement for great bodily injury to the victim.
Attempted murder charges were dismissed March 30, according to court records.
Perez was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
Tovar was sentenced to 11 years in prison and was given credit for 1,200 days in custody.
Co-defendant Francisco Javier Amaya, 38, pleaded guilty March 3 and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Tovar pleaded guilty in August 2007 to assault with a weapon on a peace officer or firefighter, leading police on a chase, car theft, buying or receiving stolen vehicle or equipment, being a convicted person possessing a gun while on probation, possession of a firearm in a school zone and unlawful possession of a concealed firearm in a vehicle, all felonies.