Three Gang Members Sentenced to Prison

Three Watsonville gang members were sent to state prison for unrelated convictions on Thursday, according to the District Attorney's Office.

Josue Castenada Granados, 18, was sentenced to 15 years in state prison after , the D.A.'s Office reported.

Granados attacked a gang dropout on Freedom Boulevard in June. He stabbed the man more than a dozen times. Granados was arrested a day later.

Judge Paul Marigonda handed down the sentence; Granados will have to serve at least 85 percent of the sentence before becoming eligible for parole.

Shane Kenneth Miller, 19, pleaded guilty to being a gang member, to assault and firearms possession and to injuring a police officer while resisting arrest. A Watsonville police officer interrupted him as Miller aimed a handgun at residents of an often-targeted house on Brennan Street. Miller ran from the cop, but was caught.

Judge Paul Burdick sentenced him to four years, four months in state prison. Miller also must serve at least 85 percent of the sentence before becoming eligible for parole, according to the DA's office.

Burdick also sentenced Emigdio Gudino Martinez to five years in state prison for being a gang member, selling narcotics and assaulting a police officer, the DA's office reported. Martinez was arrested during Watsonville Police Department's "Operation Groundhog," a yearlong investigation in to the Sureno criminal street gang in Watsonville.