DETROIT (AP) - A man convicted of fatally bludgeoning a sleeping Detroit firefighter with a gym weight has been sentenced to at least 40 years in prison.
Timmy Lynn Soto of Detroit was sentenced Wednesday to 38-80 years on second-degree murder charge plus two years to run consecutively on a weapons charge.
The 33-year-old Soto pleaded guilty Dec. 1.
He was one of three people charged in the slaying of 59-year-old David Madrigal, whose body was found Dec. 21, 2015, in his ransacked home by his son. He was a 26-year fire department veteran who planned to retire this year.
Co-defendant Christian Rasnick was due to be sentenced Thursday on a second-degree murder charge. The third defendant, Nicole Oneill, is scheduled to go on trial March 8 on robbery, arson and larceny charges.
Published: Fri, Dec 16, 2016
