MARTINEZ — A man was sentenced to 16 years and eight months in state prison for beating his 75-year-old stepfather to death in 2022, court records show.
Tyler Richard Lewis, 39, was sentenced through a plea deal that required him to accept convictions for voluntary manslaughter, assault, and false imprisonment in exchange for prosecutors dropping a murder charge. Lewis received credit for the time he spent since December 2022, when the charges were filed.
The criminal complaint says that Lugo was beaten to death on July 5, 2022. Lewis was charged after the coroner’s office finished its report that made Lugo’s manner of death official, records show.
The plea deal was finalized last July but has not been previously reported. Lewis is currently serving his sentence at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, records show.