Author: District Attorney
District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that Richard Quntan Garcia (31) of Paso Robles has been sentenced to 41 years plus 77 years to life in prison for attempted robbery, robbery, carjacking, and reckless evasion of a peace officer, with prior convictions under California’s Three Strikes Law.
Today, San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Timothy Covello sentenced Richard Quntan Garcia (DOB 12-14-1991) of Paso Robles to 41 years plus 77 years to life in prison.
On May 11, 2023, a San Luis Obispo County jury convicted Garcia of robbery, attempted robbery, carjacking, and reckless evading of a peace officer. The jury also found that Garcia displayed a handgun in the attempted robbery and shot a handgun during the completed robbery. Garcia was also convicted of three misdemeanor counts of resisting, delaying, or obstructing a peace officer and one misdemeanor count of possession of methamphetamine.
In a separate hearing, Judge Covello found that Garcia has suffered prior convictions for assault with a firearm for the benefit of a criminal street gang and assault with a firearm, both serious or violent ‘strikes’ under California’s Three Strikes Law.
During the trial the jury heard evidence of a multi-day crime spree perpetrated by Garcia. Shortly after 10:00 p.m. on November 24, 2021, Garcia entered Carl’s Jr. restaurant in the 2700 block of Black Oak Drive in Paso Robles and demanded money from a 15-year-old employee while pointing a handgun...
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