A Solano County Superior Court judge sentenced a 31-year-old Oakland man to four years and eight months in state prison for assault on a peace officer with a deadly weapon.

Judge William J. Pendergast III sentenced Erick Baudelio Sanchez Ovelle on Aug. 6 in Department 11 in the Justice Center in Fairfield, District Attorney Krishna Abrams noted in a press statement issued late Tuesday.

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A jury on May 29 found Sanchez Ovelle guilty of the charge, a felony, and two other felonies: evading an officer with willful disregard and resisting arrest.

Court records show that at about 3:25 a.m. June 1, 2023, Fairfield Police Officer Dustin Kimball (now of the Placer County Sherriff’s Department) was patrolling the area of Red Top Road and Interstate 80. A white van caught Kimball’

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