SAN DIEGO—A young man who carried out a hate-motivated shooting at the Chabad of Poway that killed one woman and injured three other people was sentenced by a San Diego federal judge Dec. 28 to life in prison, plus 30 years. John Timothy Earnest, 22, pleaded guilty in parallel state and federal prosecutions for the April 27, 2019, shooting, as well as for setting fire to the Dar-ul-Arqam Mosque in Escondido about a month prior to the shooting. Earnest was also sentenced earlier this year to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to murder, attempted murder, and arson counts, sparing him a potential death sentence. He later pleaded guilty in the federal case to 113 federal counts related to hate crimes, civil rights, and weapons violations. U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Battaglia opted to run Earnest’s federal life sentence consecutively with the state sentence. Battaglia referenced government sentencing documents indicating that a consecutive sentence would be “merely symbolic,” …
Poway Synagogue Shooter Gets Second Life Sentence in San Diego Federal Court
December 28, 2021
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