MAN PAID $250,000 AS PART OF RAMPART SCANDAL TO STAND TRIAL.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - An ex-convict who was paid $250,000 by Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. as part of the Rampart police scandal has been ordered to stand trial in the May 2004 slaying of a man in a Palmdale apartment complex garage. Alleged gang member Roy Montes mon·tes n. Plural of mons. , 27, of Lancaster is charged in the killing of Palmdale resident Travis McMillon, 58, who died from multiple gunshot wounds. ``We still haven't figured out a motive. It could have been over drugs or it could have been attempted robbery,'' Deputy District Attorney Hayden Zacky said. Montes was bound over Wednesday for trial on charges of murder and an allegation The assertion, claim, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, setting out what he or she expects to prove. If the allegations in a plaintiff's complaint are insufficient to establish that the person's legal rights have been violated, the defendant can make a that he personally used and discharged a firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. resulting in a death. Montes' attorney, Herb Barish, declined to comment on the case. If convicted, Montes faces 25 years to life for the murder charge, plus another 25 years to life for the gun allegation, and a prior conviction for attempted robbery would double the murder sentence to 50 years to life in prison, Zacky said. Montes has other convictions for assault and possession of rock cocaine for sale. Witnesses said the victim had been talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to a woman in an apartment garage on 10th Street East just after 4 a.m. May 15 when Montes came into the garage, Zacky said. The woman went into a nearby apartment, then heard gunshots, Zacky said. ``Witnesses heard shots fired. The victim stumbled back into the apartment mortally mor·tal adj. 1. Liable or subject to death. 2. Of or relating to humankind; human: the mortal limits of understanding. 3. wounded, and Montes slid out the partially open garage door and fled,'' Zacky said. McMillon was pronounced dead at Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital. Zacky said the victim and defendant knew each other. At the time, Montes was believed to have been living in a Lancaster motel for several weeks but did not return to it after the slaying, officials said. Montes was arrested by Los Angeles police in June 2004, records show. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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