A Huntington Beach man and former Long Beach Marriott hotel chef who threatened to shoot up his place of business pleaded no contest Monday to making criminal threats. Rodolfo Montoya, 37, is set to be sentenced Jan. 27 in Long Beach. He faces three years and eight months in prison as a result of the plea negotiated with prosecutors. Montoya told a co-worker on Aug. 19 “that he was going to shoot up fellow employees and people coming into the hotel,” Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna said at a news conference announcing the arrest. The co-worker told the hotel’s general manager, Imran Ahmed, who called police.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 14, 2020 00:22 UTC