Franklin Joe Ortega, a 33-year-old Menifee resident, was sentenced to 12 years and four months in state prison last week after pleading guilty to gun assault and other charges stemming from a confrontation in Canyon Lake. Franklin admitted to assault with a firearm, felony evading, and a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a firearm during a felony under a plea deal with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. In return for his admissions, three related charges were dropped.