Fallbrook man sentenced to 20 years for attack on octogenarian

Special to Village News

VISTA (CNS) - A 24-year-old Fallbrook resident who attacked an octogenarian and two other men outside a Fallbrook church, punching two of them and stomping the 86-year-old to death, was sentenced Tuesday, Oct. 29, to 20 years to life in state prison.

Keith Vasquez pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges of second-degree murder and assault in connection with the Sept. 21, 2016, beating death of Magnus Johnson, as well as the assaults of two other men, ages 62 and 63.

The victims told sheriff's deputies that they were painting the exterior of the Hilltop Center For Sp...