- Two men were sentenced for possessing firearms after crashing a Midvale wedding where a man was shot and killed.
- Daniel Garcia received 47 days in jail and three years probation on Jan. 26.
- Troy Kajiyama was sentenced to 365 days in jail and three years of probation.
SALT LAKE CITY — Two men were sentenced to jail and probation after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm in a case tied to a killing at a Midvale wedding of the married couple's adult son.
Each of the men was also initially charged with obstruction of justice, but those charges were dismissed as part of plea deals.
Daniel Brando Garcia, 27, was sentenced on Jan. 26 to one to 15 years in prison for possession of a weapon as a dangerous person, a second-degree felony. Third District Judge Coral Sanchez suspended that prison sentence in favor of 47 days in jail, which he had already served, and three years of probation.
He pleaded guilty on Nov. 17.
Troy Latorio Kajiyama, 24, accepted a plea deal with the same terms on Oct. 6. He was sentenced on Jan. 12 by Sanchez, who suspended his prison sentence of one to 15 years for the second-degree felony and ordered him to spend 365 days in jail and three years of probation.
Guillermo William Herrera was found guilty of murder and sentenced in November to a term of 15 years to life in the Utah State Prison.
All three men are associated with the Dogtown gang and crashed the wedding at the Ganesh Center, 145 E. Fort Union Blvd., together on Nov. 6, 2021, according to charging documents.
Charges said they were confronted and ordered to leave and once they were outside, two of them pulled out guns. Charging documents say Oscar Avila Jr., 28, rushed toward Herrera. Herrera pistol-whipped him, causing him to fall and then shot him when he was on the ground.
Herrera was also found guilty of possession of a firearm as a restricted person, a second-degree felony, and obstructing justice, a third-degree felony, in a three-day trial.
Marqus Paul James was also charged with obstructing justice, a second-degree felony, but his case was dismissed in 2022.
