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After a preliminary hearing in Santa Barbara County Superior Court in August 2019, a judge said enough evidence existed for Fuentes to face trial on 10 charges, including kidnapping for robbery or rape, two counts of forcible oral copulation, attempted forcible rape, and two counts of dissuading a witness, along with assorted robbery and burglary counts.
At the time of his arrest in 2018, Fuentes was on parole, police said.
Santa Maria Police Department detectives were able to quickly identify Fuentes as a suspect after the second sexual assault, and linked Fuentes to both crimes through DNA analysis and other evidence collected.
Lompoc man sentenced to 28 years in prison for murder
February 1, 2021
By JOSH FRIEDMAN
A Lompoc man, who pleaded guilty to the murder of his 18-year-old girlfriend, received a prison sentence last week of 28 years to life.
On March 25, 2020, Brenden Michael Terry, 21, shot his girlfriend, Sarah Stoffle. Terry then pleaded guilty to murder and three counts of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury.
During a hearing in Lompoc Superior Court, Judge Montes De Oca sentenced Terry to 28 years to life in prison.
Angelica Stoffle, Sarah Stoffle’s mother, spoke during the sentencing hearing and described her daughter as a beautiful person.