55-year-old Rhode Island man sentenced to prison for murdering 44-year-old man at party

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter Neronha has announced that a Providence man has been sentenced in Providence County Superior Court for the murder of 44-year-old Angel Rodriguez at a Mother’s Day party in 2023.

On Friday, Superior Court Justice Kristin Rodgers sentenced 55-year-old Luis Sepulveda to serve two consecutive life sentences at the Adult Correctional Institutions. Additionally, Judge Rodgers declared the defendant a habitual offender, for which the defendant will serve an additional 10-year non-parolable sentence consecutive to the life sentences.

A jury found the defendant guilty of one count of first-degree murder, one count of discharge of a firearm resulting in death, one count of carrying a pistol without a license, one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, one count of assault with a dangerous weapon, one count of using firearm during a violent crime, and one count of possessing a large capacity feeding device…

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