A 26-year-old San Pablo woman accused of first-degree murder in connection with a fatal November 2021 shooting in Fairfield will face a preliminary hearing in April.
Court records show that Kamaria Isis Davison Strange appeared Dec. 13 for a hearing setting in Department 9, where Judge Carlos R. Gutierrez scheduled it for 10 a.m. April 24 and 25 in the Justice Center in Fairfield.
Strange, who is represented by Deputy Public Defender Sara Johnson, pleaded not guilty during a brief, late-November court appearance last year in Gutierrez’s courtroom.
She was arrested Nov. 5 and booked into Solano County Jail on suspicion of killing a 19-year-old Benicia man in the 1000 block of Tyler Street. The Fairfield Police Department identified the victim as Michael Vincent Lopretta.
The Solano County District Attorney’s Office filed its complaint against Strange on Nov. 9, and Deputy District Attorney Bill Ainsworth leads the prosecution.
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.
Strange remains in Solano County Jail without bail.
Detectives determined that the victim responded to a car-for-sale advertisement on a website, OfferUp, that turned into “a robbery gone wrong and the male was shot.”
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