GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Jared Williquette was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison for killing a man during a drug deal and armed robbery.
In May, a jury convicted Williquette, now 21, of second-degree reckless homicide and armed robbery for the shooting death of Federico Abarca, 18, on Feb. 22, 2019.
The sentence includes 18 years in prison for the armed robbery, with a seven-year prison sentence to be served concurrently on the reckless homicide count. Williquette was also placed on extended supervision for eight years by Judge Marc Hammer.
Three others – Colton Kehoe, Jarid Stevens and Gavin Rock – were also charged in the case.
Green Bay police said Rock set up a drug deal with Abarca on Snapchat. The four went to Abarca’s apartment planning to steal five vaping cartridges that contained THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. A dispute occurred, and Abarca was killed.
Kehoe was previously sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Rock and Stevens had been scheduled enter pleas and be convicted in February, but the hearings were postponed, as their attorneys wanted to wait and see how Williquette’s case turned out. Rock is now scheduled to enter a plea Thursday, while Stevens has such a hearing Aug. 9.
Presuming Stevens and Rock are convicted, the four men would share in the responsibility to pay $12,083.39 in restitution.
