GLENDALE, Ariz. — A Maricopa County jury has convicted an 18-year-old of murdering a man in Glendale three years ago.
Gilbert Lucero was found guilty of first-degree murder and armed robbery last week in Superior Court.
The teenager and two others were arrested in 2019 for fatally shooting 41-year-old Osmin Aristides Diaz. The defendants were suspected of committing a string of robberies in the Valley.
They were caught by police after investigators tracked the geocoordinates of a stolen cell phone to the trio's vehicle. Lucero was only 15 at the time of the crimes but he was prosecuted as an adult.
The other defendants, Nathan Gamez and Emarquis Beasley, are already serving lengthy sentences in the Arizona Department of Corrections for their involvement in the 2019 crimes.
Lucero is scheduled to be sentenced next month.
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