Two members of the San
Manuel Band of Mission Indians of California were sentenced for their roles in a murder-for-hire plot.
Stacy Cheyenne Barajas-Nunez and her brother, Erik Barajas, received electronic monitoring and five years of supervised probation for their roles in the crime. They could have faced life in prison but reached a plea deal with the San Bernardino County District
Attorney.
Leonard Epps, the intended victim of the murder, said the punishment wasn't harsh enough. He is suing the siblings, along with a Mexican Mafia leader, for $50 million because he said he has been forced to go into hiding and can't work.
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San Manuel members sentenced to home monitoring in murder-for-hire case
(The Riverside Press-Enterprise 11/7)
Brother and sister San Manuel tribal leaders get probation for assassination plot (The San Bernardino Sun 11/7)
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