Two people were jailed and a third remains at large in connection with a baseball-bat and pipe beating that occurred Tuesday in Davis, police announced Thursday evening.
One of the suspects was previously involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision several years ago that killed a man out walking his dog in Woodland.
According to Lt. Art Camacho, the male victim in Tuesday’s incident had three guests inside his apartment in the 300-block of K Street when an argument broke out at about 6:30 a.m. It soon escalated to a three-against-one physical altercation, he said.
“It is alleged that one of the attackers hit and kicked the victim multiple times to his face and body with an unknown object and the second hit the victim on the head and body with an aluminum baseball bat,” Camacho said. “The third attacker reportedly hit the victim to the head and body with a steel pipe.”
As the victim was treated for his injuries at Sutter Davis Hospital, Davis police launched an investigation that led to a warrant being served Thursday at house in the 600 block of Woodard Street in Woodland. There, officers arrested two suspects: Jose Alex Flores Rodriguez, 27, of Davis; and 28-year-old Norma Linda Gentry of Woodland.
Police also are seeking a third suspect, Davis resident Dominique Krogstad, 23. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to contact the Police Department at 530-747-5400.
Both Rodriguez and Gentry remained in Yolo County Jail custody Thursday evening on charges of burglary, conspiracy and assault with a deadly weapon, their bail set at $50,000 each. Their court arraignments are set for 1:30 p.m. Monday, jail officials said.
Gentry served probation and jail time for her role in a November 2015 hit-and-run fatality in Woodland in which Gentry’s then-boyfriend struck and killed Woodland resident Richard Tafoya, 65, as he walked his dog on Mariposa Street.
Norma Gentry, left, and her father Roberto Sanchez, middle, appear in Yolo Superior Court in 2016. Sue Cockrell/Enterprise file photo
Prosecutors said Gentry, a passenger in Contreras’ pickup at the time, conspired with her boyfriend, Raymond Contreras, by telling Gentry’s father Roberto Sanchez they had damaged the pickup by striking a tire. Sanchez, in turn, filed a false insurance claim saying he had been driving the truck when it hit a milk crate on the highway.
Sanchez also was sentenced to probation and jail time, while Contreras received a four-year, eight-month state prison term, according to prior reporting by The Davis Enterprise.
— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenterprise.net or 530-747-8048. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene