(Yuba-Sutter, CA) — Juan Ortiz, of Olivehurst was sentenced to serve an indefinite term of 35 years to life in prison on Monday after fatally shooting 10-year-old Frank Rosiles Jr. earlier this year. According to The Appeal-Democrat, the sentence was part of a plea deal where Ortiz pleaded no contest to second degree murder.
During Monday’s hearing, Frank Rosiles’ family read victim impact statements to a packed courtroom, describing the devastating loss they’ve suffered as a result of Ortiz’s actions.
On Feb. 5, the Yuba County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call reporting shots fired from a four-door black car heading northbound on Highway 70 toward Marysville. A separate call from an address on Alicia Avenue in Olivehurst reported that someone had been shot. Yuba County Sheriff’s Department officers reportedly found Rosiles lying on the ground in front of his uncle’s home on Alicia Avenue with a gunshot wound in his abdomen. He died a short time later.