- Federal racketeering charges were expanded to include five more alleged gang members in Utah, including Steven Carmona.
- The sentencing for one of the new defendants was delayed Monday, due to the new federal charges and a request to withdraw a guilty plea.
- Charges allege multiple instances of attempted murder, assault and robbery from different gang members.
SALT LAKE CITY — A sentencing hearing in an aggravated murder case was delayed Monday, partly because the defense attorney wanted time to look into federal racketeering charges that mention his client’s role in the killing.
Steven Carmona — who pleaded guilty to the July 2024 killing of 18-year-old Fayzan Ali at a West Jordan party — was added earlier this month to a federal anti-racketeering case, along with four other defendants. The other four include Yaeger Gleave, Angel Medina-Sahugun, Luis Mendoza and Christian Catemaxca-Trujillo — all believed to be associated with the same gang.
Javier Pedregon-Magana was indicted in the case in February as the first defendant. He is accused of attempting to murder his brother on Christmas after stabbing him multiple times and trying to run him over with a car. Pedregon-Magana said there was a “hit” on his brother because he was suspected of being a snitch, and Pedregon-Magana was asked to kill his brother to help clear his own name of “hit orders,” charging documents state…