Sean Struckus, who was initially charged with murder for the death of his former friend Andrew Tavares near a West Oakland skate park, has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to three years in prison, a request made in a plea deal with Alameda County prosecutors. The victim's family criticized the plea deal, calling it an injustice.
OAKLAND — The plea deal for a Vallejo man who killed his former friend during an encounter near a West Oakland skate park has gone through as planned, but not until after the victim’s family decried it as an injustice., told Vallejo resident Sean Struckus just before Struckus was sentenced. She later added, “I’m a firm believer that karma exists and comes around in different ways. May you be haunted by Andrew’s spirit and live with your demons to the fullest.
Struckus was released from jail within days of being sentenced, after a judge found that he’d served most of it while awaiting a resolution in his case, court records show. When he was arrested, Struckus allegedly tried to blame another tagger and denied involvement in the shooting, according to a transcript of the preliminary hearing.
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