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King City man turns himself in for attempted murder and robbery


On Saturday night, June 9 a suspect was arrested south of King City for armed robbery and attempted murder in Salinas. 21-year-old Victor Alejandro Valdez of King City is accused of robbing a house of a 43-year-old man at gunpoint on the 1300 block of Rhode Island Street in Salinas on Thursday, June 7. The investigation by law enforcement reveals that Valdez contacted the victim to borrow money and when the victim offered him $100, Valdez demanded all of his money and credit cards, but when the victim refused, Valdez shot him once in the lower body before fleeing the scene. The injury that the victim received was non-life threatening. On Friday, June 8, detectives, SPD SWAT and other agencies served a search warrant of the suspect’s house on Pine Canyon Road near King City where enough evidence was recovered to charge Valdez and he turned himself in. Valdez was booked into the Monterey County Jail for attempted murder, robbery and burglary charges.

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