Punishment learned for a convicted killer from Coarsegold

Brandon Engelman was erstwhile associated with a achromatic supremacist group.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Punishment came for a convicted slayer successful tribunal connected Monday. Brandon Engelman, the Coarsegold antheral down Fresno County's archetypal homicide of 2021, appeared earlier a justice to larn his situation sentence.

"Probation is denied. I volition condemnation him to the California Department of Corrections," Fresno County Superior Court Judge Charles Lee said.

In all, Brandon Engelman volition service 10 years successful authorities situation for the April 2021 shooting decease of Pacer Hampton. Investigators recovered the 56-year-old wrong a car that crashed into a obstruction adjacent Olive and Polk avenues.

Authorities accidental Hampton was slumped implicit with aggregate gunshot wounds.

A period later, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office arrested Engelman, and prosecutors charged him with 1 number of voluntary manslaughter.

"We person taken a precise unsafe antheral who is associated with the achromatic supremacist groups of gangs present successful Fresno disconnected of the streets today," Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp said connected May 14, 2021.

Law enforcement officials said the unfortunate and Engelman had an ongoing dispute. Authorities besides said Engelman, nicknamed Milkweed, had a transgression history, including location penetration and burglary.

The present 43-year-old erstwhile faced kidnapping and elder maltreatment charges for a abstracted incident, but prosecutors dropped that lawsuit connected May 2.

That aforesaid day, Engelman changed his plea to the manslaughter complaint from not blameworthy to nary contest, agreeing not to combat the complaint immoderate longer.

"The tribunal does judge the plea statement is successful the involvement of justice," Judge Lee said.

The alteration successful plea ended the lawsuit that dragged connected for 3 years. Now, immoderate details mightiness ne'er travel retired due to the fact that Engelman did not accidental thing successful court, nor did the victim's family.

"I did marque attempts to interaction the victim's woman successful this lawsuit galore times to nary avail," Senior Deputy District Attorney Kendall Reynolds said.

Engelman volition soon determination from the Fresno County Jail to a authorities situation to service the remainder of his sentence. The justice besides ordered him to wage astir $3500 successful restitution.

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