A Hyde Park man will serve about two months in jail for his role in a courtroom fracas that erupted earlier this year as four men were sentenced to life in prison after a month-long trial in Suffolk Superior Court, Daniel F. Conley said today.

REINALDO ORTIZ (D.O.B. 12/13/83) pleaded guilty to a single count of disorderly conduct stemming from his actions on May 25, when he and a large group of courtroom spectators began to yell at, push, and fight one another as four convicted murderers were sentenced to life in prison.

Assistant District Attorney Lynn Feigenbaum recommended a six-month house of correction sentence with three months to serve and the balance suspended for one year, with orders to stay away from Suffolk Superior Court and the Boston Municipal Court unless he has court business at either location. Boston Municipal Court Judge Annette Forde sentenced Ortiz to six months in the house of correction, with 59 days to serve and the balance suspended for one year. She adopted Feignebaum’s recommended stay-away orders.

Had the case proceeded to trial, Feigenbaum would have proven that Ortiz was present in courtroom 907 for the sentencing of PAUL GOODE (D.O.B. 1/9/83), PEDRO ORTIZ (D.O.B. 8/8/79), and TERRANCE PABON (D.O.B. 1/22/90), all of Dorchester, and MARKEESE MITCHELL (D.O.B. 4/9/91) of Brockton. As the four were sentenced to mandatory terms of life in prison for murdering 16-year-old Terrence Jacobs, Ortiz was among those who became unruly.

As the shouting and fighting spilled into the hallway, Boston Police and Trial Court security officers ordered Ortiz – and others – to leave the area. Ortiz repeatedly refused those instructions and continued yelling, shouting, and encouraging others to do the same. He was finally taken into custody. A second man, BRANDON PIGHT (D.O.B. 3/17/93) of Dorchester, was also arrested at the scene and is expected to face trial on assault and battery charges in late November.

Ortiz was represented by attorney Terrence Slater.