A Fall River man will spend the next 28 to 35 years in state prison for stabbing and shooting a New Bedford woman to death at a Fall River car wash in broad daylight.

Angelo Leo of Fall River, 35, sat impassively in Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River on Monday, Dec. 29. Earlier this month, a jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the May 29, 2023, death of Jessenia Simmons of New Bedford. On Dec. 18, Leo pleaded guilty to the Armed Career Criminal Act — a sentence enhancement in force because Leo had been previously convicted of two violent crimes.

“Needless to say, Jessenia Simmons’ life mattered,” said Judge Thomas McGuire. “It mattered to her children. It mattered to the community.”

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