Trial date set for parolee charged with shooting into occupied Fairfield home

A parolee arrested in 2018 in connection with shooting into an occupied Fairfield residence will face a jury trial in the coming months.

After a December preliminary hearing, Nakita Lamont Hubbard, 24, returned to Department 11 on Jan. 15 for further proceedings in Judge William J. Pendergast’s courtroom.

The judge scheduled Hubbard to return for a trial readiness conference and a motion to suppress evidence at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 28. Pendergast also set a trial management conference for 8:30 a.m. March 12 and a jury trial at 9 a.m. March 16, also in Department 11, in the Justice Center in Fairfield.

Police records indicate Hubbard was arrested Oct. 16, 2018, and booked into Solano County Jail on suspicion of several charges besides shooting into an inhabited dwelling. They include assault with a deadly weapon; being a felon in possession of a firearm; being in possession of a firearm after having been convicted of a violent offense; carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle; being a felon in possession of ammunition; committing a felony while out on bail; and violating the terms of his parole.

Fairfield police records note a dispatcher began to receive calls around 10:30 a.m. Oct. 15 about reports of gunshots heard in the area of Travis Boulevard and Union Avenue.

Around the same time, a resident in the 2000 block of Hampton Place also reported hearing gunshots — just before one of her front windows shattered.

Witnesses later told officers they believed someone in a red Dodge Charger with tinted windows was the culprit.

Investigators reviewed surveillance footage, and the next day an officer spotted what appeared to be the suspect’s vehicle drive by the residence. Recognizing the driver as Hubbard, the officer pulled him over and detained him and his two passengers.

After finding a loaded firearm during a search, and, upon learning that Hubbard was the shooter, the officer arrested him and booked him into Solano County Jail, where he is being held without bail.

During past proceedings, Hubbard has been represented by the Solano County Public Defender and the Alternate Public Defender. Most recently, his attorney of record was Stratton S. Barbee.

If convicted of all the charges at trial, Hubbard faces several years in state prison.