Suspect in 2023 Pleasant Hill bartender’s shooting found guilty of first-degree murder

Suspect in 2023 Pleasant Hill bartender’s shooting found guilty of first-degree murder

(KRON) -- The suspect in the homicide of a Pleasant Hill bartender in 2023 was found guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday, according to the Pleasant Hill Police Department Andre Barocio Jr. will be sentenced in June, officials confirmed in a social media post Thursday. Andre Barocia, Jr., 34, of Hercules, was arrested for murder and several other charges in the shooting of a Pleasant Hill bartender. (Pleasant Hill Police Department) Police s…

Suspect In 2023 Pleasant Hill Homicide Found Guilty Of First-Degree Murder

In March 2026, the murder trial of Andre Barocio Jr. began in Contra Costa County Superior Court. On April 8, 2026, Barocio Jr. was found guilty of first-degree murder. He is scheduled to be sentenced in June 2026. On April 3, 2023, officers with the Pleasant Hill Police Department responded to a report of a shooting in the parking lot in front of Farrington’s Bar in Pleasant Hill. Upon arrival, officers located 37-year-old Oscar Laredo-Arellano…