plea deals for suspected gang members

Three suspected gang members charged in connection to an assault at a southwest Bakersfield bar have taken plea deals. Court records indicate Fidel Gandara, Anthony Martinez and Rene Sanchez pleaded no contest to assault and gang charges after they attacked a man in a gang-related incident at the Monopoly Club on Oak Street in November 2023. Prosecutors say the incident involved members of the West Side Bakers street gang where the assailants beat another individual who appeared to be a threat but did not fight back. Martinez and Sanchez were sentenced to time served and probation on misdemeanor charges. Gandara pleaded no contest to a felony assault charge and is scheduled for sentencing in January. Three other men involved in the beating return to court next month.