The Yavapai County Attorney’s Office reports two suspected gang members have pleaded guilty to separate crimes that took place last year. Seventeen-year-old Prescott Valley resident Enrique Castillo-Barrios pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault, endangerment, unlawful discharge of a firearm, and minor in possession of a firearm. On April 29th of last year, Castillo-Barrios shot at a classmate at the Prescott Rodeo Grounds. As he fled the scene, Castillo-Barrios accidentally shot himself.
Meanwhile, 18-year-old Prescott resident Johnathan Mata pleaded guilty to assisting a criminal street gang, aggravated assault, and tampering with physical evidence. Mata viciously beat an elderly homeless man along Granite Creek on June 30th of last year.
Castillo-Barrios is scheduled to be sentenced next Monday. Mata’s sentencing is set for May 13th.
****Photo of Enrique Castillo-Barrios