211....39000 Clock Tower plaza at Metrolink....caller stated two male juvies hit him...
211...39000 Clock Tower plaza at Metrolink...caller stated two male juvies hit him in head and stole his backpack...sheriff enroute
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Sentencing Update 馃毃鈿栵笍
Gabriel Prieto and Romieo Narvaez were sentenced Thursday morning to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a 2024 Lamont murder committed during the commission of a robbery.
The sentencing hearing follows a dual jury trial that took place in June.
On June 8, 2026, a Kern County jury found Gabriel Prieto guilty of the First-Degree Murder of Emanuel Gonzalez, that occurred on July 29, 2024, at Georgetown and Field Street in Lamont.
On June 5, 2026, a separate jury also found Romieo Narvaez guilty of the First-Degree Murder of Emanuel Gonzalez. Both juries found true the special circumstance killing during the commission of a robbery.
The case was prosecuted by Chief Deputy DA Eric Smith.
The case stems from an incident that occurred on July 29, 2024, when Kern County Sheriff Deputies responded to Lamont, California regarding an initial report of a driver pinned inside his vehicle following a crash into a semi-truck. When deputies arrived on scene, they observed Emanuel Gonzalez seated in the driver seat, face covered in blood, with an apparent wound to his forehead. Detectives observed cannabis THC vape pen boxes on the front passenger floorboard and center console, and a clear plastic bag with spilled marijuana buds on the floorboard of the driver鈥檚 side.
An investigation was initiated. Detectives reviewed the victim鈥檚 phone messages and calls and observed contact immediately prior to the homicide between the victim and a Snapchat account that was created by Prieto that same night. The messages narrated a scheduled meeting for the victim to sell marijuana. Surveillance footage obtained from the area depicted Romieo Narvaez with a sweatshirt tied tightly around his face, walking with Gabriel Prieto. Prieto is then seen walking over to the passenger side of the victim鈥檚 vehicle, shooting the victim, and taking marijuana from the vehicle, with Narvaez as his accomplice.
Today, justice was served for Emanuel Gonzalez. Those responsible will now spend the rest of their lives behind bars, with no possibility of parole.