Sentencing date is March 27 for trio convicted in Fallbrook murder

Kevin Garcia, Tyler Dean and Ryan Valdez, the three alleged Fallbrook gang members that were convicted of murder earlier this month at the North County Superior Court in Vista, are scheduled to receive their sentences March 27.

The trio was found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Hugh Pettigrew III, who was attacked while walking along the 400 block of Ammunition Road at approximately 10:45 p.m. Jan. 22, 2016.

The assault, unprovoked, led the jury to find that the three defendants had committed the attack in furtherance of their Fallbrook gang.

According to Depu...