--- description: Plus, he has previous convictions for drug dealing title: A Guy Named Alpacino Has Been Accused of Murder image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc5a11a473a78e44/69869acfcd6848c0ec0958f6/26383441.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Guy Named Alpacino Has Been Accused of Murder by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 8, 2014 3:15 PM CUT  American actor Al Pacino, circa 1972. American actor Al Pacino, circa 1972.Roy Jones—Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 8, 2014 3:15 PM CUT Sometimes life really does imitate art. At least, that seems to be the case for 29-year-old Alpacino McDaniels. Yup, this guy is really named Alpacino, and he’s really been charged with murdering three people, the San Francisco _Chronicle_ [reports](http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Man-named-after-Scarface-star-accused-of-5605241.php "undefined"). He also faced additional charges for gun possession, and he has previous convictions for drug dealing and evading police. Since he’s named after Al Pacino, you’d think he was trying to emulate the iconic Tony Montana from _Scarface._ But, twist! [According to](http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci%5F26076159/police-two-men-charged-fatal-2013-oakland-shooting "undefined") the San Jose _Mercury News_, McDaniels’ street name is actually Capone — so in that case, he should probably change his legal name to Robertdeniro McDaniels. ([h/t UPROXX](http://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/2014/07/theres-a-real-guy-named-alpacino-in-oakland-and-hes-been-charged-with-murder/ "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2965855/a-guy-named-alpacino-has-been-accused-of-murder/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2965855/a-guy-named-alpacino-has-been-accused-of-murder/"},"headline":"A Guy Named Alpacino Has Been Accused of Murder","datePublished":"2014-07-08T15:15:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:28.405Z","description":"Plus, he has previous convictions for drug dealing","url":"https://time.com/2965855/a-guy-named-alpacino-has-been-accused-of-murder/","keywords":["Newsfeed","California","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc5a11a473a78e44/69869acfcd6848c0ec0958f6/26383441.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc5a11a473a78e44/69869acfcd6848c0ec0958f6/26383441.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Al Pacino","caption":"Al Pacino","creditText":"Roy Jones—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2965855/a-guy-named-alpacino-has-been-accused-of-murder/","name":"A Guy Named Alpacino Has Been Accused of Murder"}}]}] ```