A 17 YEAR-OLD WATSONVILLE RESIDENT HAS BEEN ACQUITTED. FABIO JESUS LOPEZ WAS ARRESTED LAST YEAR, AFTER HE WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE FIRED SHOTS AT 3 MEN ON THE PAJARO RIVER LEVEE. THE JURY, WHICH GOT THE CASE FRIDAY, CAME BACK WITH AN ACQUITTAL LATE YESTERDAY MORNING.
LOPEZ COULD HAVE FACED LIFE IN PRISON IF CONVICTED.