Felon who ambushed, fatally shot Menifee youth coach sentenced

A felon who gunned down a Menifee youth basketball coach because he believed the man had stolen drugs from him was sentenced Thursday, June 16, to life in prison without the possibility of parole.In January, a Murrieta jury found Othelon Dale Lyons of Los Angeles guilty of first-degree murder and a special circumstance allegation of lying in wait for the June 2019 slaying of 38-year-old Claudell Garland Walter.The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office did not seek capital punishment, though Lyons was eligible for it.During a hearing at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta, Superior Court Judge Timothy Freer imposed the sentence.According to the District Attorney’s Office, the defendant was a reputed drug trafficker and targeted Walter because he believed the v
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