LYNN – Three local men were sentenced to state prison on Tuesday for the deadly beating of 22-year-old Jose “Danny” Alicea of Hyde Park, near Club 33 in Boston in 2009.Suffolk Superior Court Judge Patrick Brady ordered Daniel Ek, 24, of Lynn, to serve a term of five to six years for Alicea’s death, plus an additional one to two years for kicking a surviving victim during the Aug. 21, 2009 incident on Stanhope Street. Brady sentenced Johan Garcia, 30, of Lynn, to four and a half to five and a half years in state prison for Alicea’s death, plus an additional year for his assault on a surviving victim, and sentenced Anthony Villalobos, 23, of Revere, to a term of four to five years for Alicea’s death plus six additional months for the non-fatal assault.All three, who were convicted of involuntary manslaughter and other offenses on Feb. 28, will serve probationary terms of two years after the completion of their consecutive prison terms. A fourth defendant, Jason Benalfew, 28, of Lynn, pleaded guilty in the midst of trial and will be sentenced on April 15.”In a case of such pointless violence, each of us was impressed by the dignity of Danny’s family,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley of the victim’s relatives. “They represented him and his memory with grace. That says a lot about who Danny was and what we all lost when he was taken.”The night of the beating, prosecutors said Ek and the others involved, who were wearing tuxedos and red vests, exchanged words with Alicea and a group of his friends. In response, Ek and the other defendants allegedly kicked and beat Alicea so badly that he died on Aug. 24, 2009.Ek’s attorney, William White said a surveillance video of the incident clearly shows that his client was not part of the brutal beating. However, since a witness pinned Ek at the scene, White said he was lumped in with the deadly incident.”The sentence he received is basically consistent with aiding and abetting,” he said. “There were a number of guys involved, so it’s difficult for the jury to tell who is or isn’t participating (in the video). He was part of a bad group of people. It wasn’t necessarily a fair assessment, but all I can do is speculate how they (jury) came up with it.”As a result, White said his client was dealt a punishment that the judge deemed appropriate.”I think the moral of the story here is that if your friends are getting into a fight, you have to run the other way,” he said.In a statement made in court, Alicea’s older brother, Angel Ortiz, said Jose, a father, was trying to be the better man in the incident.”He was trying to walk away, but he was chased down like an animal? if you all had given him two more minutes, you’d have thought he was the best person in the world, because he was,” Ortiz said.A total of 13 defendants were charged in connection with the incident. Aside from the four convicted last month, five other men have already pleaded guilty to assaulting and beating Alicea’s friend. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Friday for the remaining four defendants charged with Alicea’s homicide.Assistant District Attorneys David Fredette and Amy Galatis of the DA’s Homicide Unit tried the case. Katherine Moran was the assigned victim-witness advocate. Ek, Garcia, Villalobos, and Benalfew were represented by attorneys White, Timothy Bradl, Francisco Napolitano and Hank Brennan.