New trial date for East Bay woman accused of 2021 Fairfield killing
A Solano County Superior Court judge on Wednesday set a January jury trial for a 27-year-old San Pablo woman charged with a 2021 Fairfield murder.
During the morning session, Judge Wendy Getty ordered Kamaria Isis Davison Strange, who earlier appeared in Department 8 for a previously scheduled trial, to return to face jurors at 9 a.m. Jan. 8 in the Justice Center in Fairfield. The trial is expected to last three to four weeks, according to official court documents.
Getty also set some pretrial matters, including a readiness conference at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 25 and a trial management conference at 8:30 a.m. Dec. 16.
In other related matters, Getty on Wednesday issued a bench warrant for a no-show prosecution witness in the amount of $25,000.
Alternate Public Defender Jennifer Proctor represents Strange, who faced a two-day preliminary hearing last year in April. Deputy District Attorney Bill Ainsworth leads the prosecution.
Strange, a previously convicted felon, had earlier pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and second-degree robbery for the killing of Michael Vincent Lopretta, 19, of Benicia.
She was arrested Nov. 5, 2021, at the San Pablo Police Department, then booked into Solano County Jail later that night on suspicion of killing Lopretta in the 1000 block of Tyler Street.
Fairfield Police Sgt. John Devine said at the time that dispatchers received a call at 12:19 p.m. Nov. 4 about “a man down on Tyler Street.”
Upon arrival, officers found Lopretta, who was not breathing, had blood coming from his mouth and had suffered a gunshot wound.
Detectives later determined that Lopretta had responded to a car-for-sale advertisement on a website, OfferUp, that turned into a robbery and was shot.
Strange was arrested again Dec. 1, 2021, at Solano County Jail, on a bail bond surrender on three charges: making a terrorist threat, a felony; battery and brandishing a firearm, misdemeanors. Her bail on those charges was set at $150,000.
The Solano County District Attorney’s Office filed its complaint against Strange on Nov. 9, 2021.
Strange, who is 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds, remains in jail in Fairfield without bail on the murder charge.