"A Hayward gang member has accepted a 23-year prison sentence for three counts of attempted murder, ending a prosecution that has been ongoing for eight years, court records show. Humberto Villegas, 32, became the last man to be convicted in Operation Winter Storm, a 2017 wiretap case that took aim at a gang called East Las Palmas, a subset of the Nortenos based in South Hayward. Villegas pleaded no contest to three attempted murder counts, and was formally sentenced in late August, records show."
"The charges all related to alleged murder plots that never came to fruition, including a plan to shoot someone nicknamed 80-Deuce who had shot Villegas in the hand. Another conspiracy related to an attempt to kill a rival gang member who rapped under the moniker Lil' Slugg. Only one of the six co-defendants took his case to trial, and got a much harsher sentence for it. Matthew Yung Mickey Munoz was convicted of conspiracy to commit first degree murder and given 25 years to life."
Humberto Villegas, 32, pleaded no contest to three counts of attempted murder and accepted a 23-year prison sentence. He became the last man convicted in Operation Winter Storm, a 2017 wiretap targeting East Las Palmas, a Nortenos subset in South Hayward. Villegas received credit for nearly 10 years spent in custody and was transferred on Sept. 18 to Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga. The charges stemmed from alleged murder plots that never materialized, including plans to shoot 80-Deuce and to kill a rival rapper known as Lil' Slugg. Five co-defendants received sentences ranging from seven years to 25 years-to-life. One defendant, Matthew Yung Mickey Munoz, was convicted of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and given 25 years-to-life. Jeswal Prakash was released and later charged with attempted murder in a shooting on May 5.
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