Bee Staff
District Attorney Jan Scully said today that the State Board of Prison Terms has denied parole for a man convicted of killing an Orangevale pizza restaurant manager in 1987.
Damian Toyebo, now 48, could not reapply for parole for an "unusually long ten-year period of time," Scully said.
The victim - Matthew Donovan, 22 - was the manager of a Domino's pizza outlet on Madison and Hazel avenues when Toyebo entered and demanded money at gunpoint, The Bee reported. Donovan was the only employee in the restaurant.
Toyebo ordered Donovan to turn around and then shot him in the back, according to a news release from the District Attorney's Office.
Donovan was able to crawl for a phone and call 911, the release states.
"During his call, Toyebo could be heard yelling obscenities at him and threatening to shoot him a second time," the release states.
Donovan died shortly thereafter.
The Bee reported that at the time of his arrest, Toyebo had a .26 percent blood alcohol level, more than two and half times the then legal level of intoxication, according to investigators.
During the hearing, the members of the Prison Terms Board commented on the brutality of the crime, Toyebo's violent behavior since arriving in prison, and his failure to address his addiction issues, the release states.
The hearing was attended by the victim's father and Assistant Chief Deputy District Attorney Marv Stern.
Stern said: "We will seek justice for our victims and their families no matter how long it takes. The twenty-two years that have passed since this terrible crime have not diminished the tragedy and senselessness of this act."
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