LOS ANGELES — A 34-year old man has entered a no contest plea for purposely driving a vehicle into a La Mirada gym.
Sergio Gabriel Reyes of Whittier entered the plea to one count of assault with a deadly weapon, an automobile.
Deputy District Attorney Robert Villa said Reyes was immediately sentenced to nine years in state prison as a result of the negotiated plea.
In March 2019, Reyes’s gym membership was terminated due to alleged inappropriate behavior toward women. Reyes had disputes with gym personnel over his $70 enrollment fee and stated he would return, the prosecutor said.
On March 19, 2019, Reyes took a relative’s vehicle, drove to the gym and crashed through the front window where an employee was standing at the reception desk, nearly hitting the employee. He fled the scene and was arrested shortly thereafter.
JUST IN: Surveillance video shows suspect drive stolen car into Crunch Fitness in La Mirada — ID’d as 32-year-old Sergio Reyes, former member. He’s been arrested on attempted murder charge. #abc7eyewitness pic.twitter.com/aoEy3A0L8h
— Marc Cota-Robles (@abc7marccr) March 19, 2019
