"DUBLIN A Tracy man has agreed to an eight-year prison term for beating a fellow Santa Rita Jail inmate so badly that the victim's eye fell out, court records show. Michael Angel Rodriguez, 50, pleaded no contest to assault with a deadly weapon in a plea deal with Alameda County prosecutors, court records show. The prosecution dropped a felony mayhem charge against him, and a judge has set his sentencing date for Nov. 5."
"A surgeon later removed what was left of the victim's eye, police said in court filings. Rodriguez has a criminal history that includes 10 prior felony convictions in Alameda, Santa Clara and San Joaquin counties spanning from 1991 to 2019. Those convictions including assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury, forcible rape, auto theft, possession of a firearm by a felon, grand theft and possession of drugs for sale."
Michael Angel Rodriguez, 50, pleaded no contest to assault with a deadly weapon and agreed to an eight-year prison term under a plea deal that dropped a felony mayhem charge. A judge set his sentencing date for Nov. 5. The agreement gives Rodriguez nearly six years of credit for time already spent in jail and allows a 20 percent reduction for good behavior, which could leave him with only a few months remaining behind bars. In 2019 he beat another inmate at Santa Rita Jail so severely the victim's eye fell out and was later removed by a surgeon. Rodriguez has ten prior felony convictions from 1991 to 2019, including rape and weapons offenses.
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