OAKLAND — A local resident who tracked down his stolen truck, then killed the man who’d taken it , was given a plea deal that allowed him to avoid jail and end his requirement to wear a GPS ankle monitor, which he’d been doing since his release from jail in December 2023, court records show.

Jose Campos Rodas, 31, had been out of custody facing a murder charge in the May 2023 shooting death of 38-year-old Manuel Zambrano. In a plea deal with Alameda County prosecutors, Campos Rodas pleaded no contest to assault with a firearm, then was sentenced to the time he had already served. The sentence was split between the seven months he spent behind bars, and the time he was free but equipped with the GPS device, court records show.

The result is a far cry from what the prosecutor called “hon

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