At the end of a six-year-old case, a 30-year-old Vacaville man found guilty in 2023 of shooting and killing his on-again, off-again girlfriend in a Vacaville garage told the court, his statement ringing with familiarity at other sentencings for murder, There's nothing I can say that will bring Samantha back... Pontarelli received 2,146 days credit or nearly six years for time served in the Stanton Correctional Facility in Fairfield...
Shackled at the waist and legs, Gage Harold Pontarelli, seated at the defense table in Department 11 of Solano County Superior Court in Fairfield, added, I wish I could go back in time and change my actions... But he can also remain in prison for the rest of his life.
Judge William J. Pendergast, first noting changes in state sentencing laws, then said, There's no sentence I can give that assuages the pain of parents and relatives who still grieve the death of Samantha Jack, 22, of Elk Grove, who died in the early morning hours of July 22...
Looking directly at Pontarelli and defense attorney Matthew Siroka, the judge noted that the law requires that, one day, Pontarelli will be granted a parole hearing and if he takes responsibility for his crime, he can be paroled... Brent Jack, Samantha's father, began his comments by acknowledging the previous 11 statements, saying they brought back memories of my daughter.
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