Craig Anthony McCarthy sentenced to 25 years in prison in Clifford Lambert murder
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INDIO — A former U.S. Marine who pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and other charges in the financially motivated killing of a 74-year-old Palm Springs retiree was sentenced today to 25 years and four months in prison.
Craig Anthony McCarthy, 33, of Daly City, was the last of six people prosecuted for the Dec. 5, 2008, stabbing death of Clifford Lambert to be sentenced.
Riverside County Superior Court Judge David B. Downing granted a defense request to issue stay-away and protective custody orders to protect McCarthy from his co-defendants.
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Downing also formally dismissed eight felony charges against McCarthy, as part of the plea agreement reached in August 2010 in the 18-count case. In addition to voluntary manslaughter, he pleaded guilty to robbery, carjacking, burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, grand theft, accessory to a murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to commit identity theft.
Bay Area men Kaushal Niroula and Daniel Carlos Garcia were convicted of murder and other charges last September and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
David Replogle, a San Francisco attorney, and McCarthy’s roommate, Miguel Bustamante, were convicted in January 2011 of first-degree murder and eight other felony counts, and both were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
San Francisco art dealer Russell Manning pleaded guilty to fraud-related charges in the case in 2010 and was sentenced to five years in prison.
Deputy District Attorney Lisa DiMaria said during Garcia and Niroula’s trial that Garcia met Lambert online the spring before he died, and Lambert paid for Garcia to travel from Northern California to see him. Garcia’s visit didn’t go well and he left earlier than planned, charging Lambert’s credit card when he upgraded his plane ticket to first class, the prosecutor said.
Craig Anthony McCarthy, 33, of Daly City, was the last of six people prosecuted for the Dec. 5, 2008, stabbing death of Clifford Lambert to be sentenced.
Riverside County Superior Court Judge David B. Downing granted a defense request to issue stay-away and protective custody orders to protect McCarthy from his co-defendants.
TRACK AREA CRIMES: DATABASE|MAP
Downing also formally dismissed eight felony charges against McCarthy, as part of the plea agreement reached in August 2010 in the 18-count case. In addition to voluntary manslaughter, he pleaded guilty to robbery, carjacking, burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, grand theft, accessory to a murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to commit identity theft.
Bay Area men Kaushal Niroula and Daniel Carlos Garcia were convicted of murder and other charges last September and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
David Replogle, a San Francisco attorney, and McCarthy’s roommate, Miguel Bustamante, were convicted in January 2011 of first-degree murder and eight other felony counts, and both were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
San Francisco art dealer Russell Manning pleaded guilty to fraud-related charges in the case in 2010 and was sentenced to five years in prison.
Deputy District Attorney Lisa DiMaria said during Garcia and Niroula’s trial that Garcia met Lambert online the spring before he died, and Lambert paid for Garcia to travel from Northern California to see him. Garcia’s visit didn’t go well and he left earlier than planned, charging Lambert’s credit card when he upgraded his plane ticket to first class, the prosecutor said.
http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130125/NEWS01/301250020/Ex-Marine-sentenced-Lambert-murder
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