Ex-Long Beach Marriott chef to be sentenced Monday for threatening mass shooting

LONG BEACH — Sentencing is set Monday for a former Long Beach Marriott hotel chef who threatened to shoot up his place of business last summer.
Rodolfo Montoya, 37, of Huntington Beach, pleaded no contest Jan. 13 to two felony counts of criminal threats. He is facing three years and eight months in prison as a result of the plea negotiated with prosecutors.
Montoya told a co-worker last Aug. 19 “that he was going to shoot up fellow employees and people coming into the hotel,” L