A Palmerton woman was sentenced to state prison Wednesday for participating in a plot that led to her husband’s murder following his affair, according to a news release and court records.
Brenda Rodriguez, 52, of Palmerton, was sentenced Wednesday to 2½ to 10 years in state prison, according to a news release from the Lehigh County District Attorney. Rodriguez previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit aggravated assault.
She admitted she called Liz Marie Pacheco to relay her husband’s location to Christian Martinez-Ramos, the man who murdered him, the news release and court records say.
Martinez-Ramos admitted he fatally shot 46-year-old Hector Garcia Gomez on Dec. 7, in the parking lot of Loco Hot Deals at 1155 MacArthur Road. Garcia Gomez was shot several times in the abdomen, records say.
Rodriguez’s attorney Eric Harakal had no comment on the sentencing.
Martinez-Ramos, 36, of Allentown, previously pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and conspiracy to commit third-degree murder. He was sentenced to serve 30 to 60 years in state prison, the news release says.
Pacheco, 38, of Allentown, pleaded guilty last month to third-degree murder and was sentenced to serve 5 to 10 years in state prison, the release says.
Rodriguez was sentenced Wednesday by Lehigh County Judge Robert L. Steinberg, the news release says.
The case was investigated by Whitehall Township Police Detective Lindsay Yetter, Lehigh County Homicide Task Force Detectives Timothy Salgado, James Bruchak and Amaury Almonte and was prosecuted by Senior Deputy District Attorney James A. Augustine.
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