in Rancho Cucamonga, jurors recommended a death sentence for a man

in Rancho Cucamonga, jurors recommended a death sentence for a man who murdered an armored car guard during the robbery of a bank. Joe Henry Abbott, 35, is to be sentenced Jan. 13 in West Valley Superior Court.
Judge Craig Kamansky has the discretion to discard the jury's recommendation and impose a sentence of life without parole. Abbott was convicted in September of murdering 25-year-old Samuel Saenz.
Abbott, a black man, paid a Hollywood makeup artist to disguise him as an old white man the day before the Oct. 30, 2000 killing.