A 37 YEAR-OLD GANG MEMBER HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR ATTEMPTING TO KILL A MAN (BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2011) TO BENEFIT A GANG. 37 YEAR-OLD WATSONVILLE RESIDENT RAUL PEREZ RODRIGUEZ, WHO COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IN 19 YEARS) WAS FOUND GUILTY IN MAY OF STABBING (AND SERIOUSLY WOUNDING) A SANTA CRUZ MAN, WHILE THE MAN WAS PARKING HIS CAR ON BIXBY STREET IN SANTA CRUZ. RODRIGUEZ’ VICTIM WAS NOT AFFILIATED WITH GANGS, AND ALTHOUGH THE VICTIM’S THEN 8 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS NOT IN THE CAR AT THE TIME, SHE SAW HER FATHER CRASH HIS CAR INTO A HOME AFTER THE ATTACK, AND SHE STILL HAS NIGHTMARES ABOUT IT.
