{"id":209676,"date":"2026-03-08T00:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/209676\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T00:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:49:07","slug":"gang-member-sentenced-to-time-served-for-role-in-anaheim-killing-in-2020-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/209676\/","title":{"rendered":"Gang member sentenced to time served for role in Anaheim killing in 2020 \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

SANTA ANA \u2014 A convicted gang member was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison, or time already served awaiting trial, for his part in the gang-related shooting<\/a> of a 20-year-old man near the entrance of an Anaheim hotel 5 1\/2 years ago.<\/p>\n

Danny Rey Quintana, 29, pleaded guilty Jan. 22 to participating in gang activity and assault with a deadly weapon with a sentencing enhancement for gang activity. As part of a plea\u00a0 deal, a count of murder with a special-circumstances allegation of gang activity was dismissed.<\/p>\n

Quintana was given credit for 4,016 days behind bars awaiting trial, so he is due to be released.<\/p>\n

Co-defendant Richard Perez Arteaga, 34, is charged with murder, possession of a gun by a felony, carrying a loaded unregistered gun in public and participating in gang activity, all felonies, with sentencing enhancements for the discharge of a gun causing death or great bodily injury and a special-circumstances allegation for gang activity. He is next due in court Thursday.<\/p>\n

Quintana acknowledged that on Sept. 5, 2020, he helped another gang member to assault Rodolfo Alfredo Miranda.<\/p>\n

Miranda was fatally shot about 1:30 p.m. at the Candlewood Suites at 1733 S. Anaheim St., police said.<\/p>\n

Police found Miranda near the hotel\u2019s entrance suffering from a gunshot wound, police said. He was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

The two defendants have a record of gang-related crimes.<\/p>\n

Arteaga pleaded guilty in August 2017 to possession of a firearm by a felon with a sentencing enhancement for gang activity. He also admitted a misdemeanor count of street terrorism. He was also convicted of attempted murder in February 2015, according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n

Quintana pleaded guilty in April 2019 to assault with a firearm with sentencing enhancements for gang activity and the personal use of a gun. He also pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of criminal threats, exhibiting a gun at a day care center and vandalism, according to court records.<\/p>\n

Quintana was out on bail at the time of the fatal shooting for gang-related vandalism, a felony, and misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance, according to court records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SANTA ANA \u2014 A convicted gang member was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison, or time already…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,7,138,27456,134,100,611,135,136],"class_list":["post-209676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-gang-related-crime","tag-homicide","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-shooting","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}