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Man Arrested in Gang-Related Fatal Stabbing
Santa Maria police on Wednesday charged a man they believe is responsible for a gang-related fatal stabbing in December on the 2200 block of North Easy Street.
Detectives with the gang suppression team said their investigation of the Dec. 12, 2009, death of 18-year-old Erik Alonso, led them to Javier Venegas, 19, of Santa Maria.
He was arrested the night after the stabbing for an unrelated probation violation and robbery charge, and was booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail, where he has remained in custody.
During their investigation, gang detectives said they were able to gather enough evidence to charge Venegas in the stabbing. He was booked Thursday at the county jail for one count of murder and one count of the gang enhancement of street terrorism.
Officials said Alonso and Venegas were members of rival gangs.
— Noozhawk managing editor Michelle Nelson can be reached at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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» on 02.04.10 @ 04:28 PM
Arrest and deport illegals and their anchor babies go home—gang injuntions—please liberals—it could be your kids next..
» on 02.04.10 @ 07:17 PM
Noozhawk should report immigration status of violators of ALL races (and their parents!) for two reasons:
1)People like the above commentor would not be able to jump to conclusions if the violator is a legal citizen.
2)If the bulk of the gang problem IS in fact due to illegal immigration we citizens need the facts to deal with the problem!
I hope that we are not committing suicide or endangering lives for fear of being perceived as profiling. If that is the case then PLEASE report the status of every violator, white, green or purple.
This is TRULY a serious matter of life and death. Please explain, Noozhawk why this is “taboo” information. What are you afraid of? The job of journalism is to get facts to the public so they can make informed decisions.
[Noozhawk’s note: The information is not “taboo,” and we’re not afraid to publish it. When we have such information, we include it. We can only report the information released to us.]
» on 02.04.10 @ 11:46 PM
The people of santa barbara and calif are sick of punks in gangs—lets take them out and thin the weak heard—for our kids..
The clown outfits are funny looking—but serious..
» on 02.05.10 @ 12:15 AM
Thank you for the explanation, it is long overdue. The fault then must lie with law enforcement. I think then that they should be pressured into revealing the information. There is no doubt that they have it.
» on 02.06.10 @ 12:30 AM
He was doing the work YOU lazy amerikkans won’t do.
» on 02.06.10 @ 05:48 PM
The guy looks Filipino.Don’t be too quick to judge and point the Finger.Filipinos also have Spanish names.Even if he was Mexican,feel good and proud that he stab somebody, at-least the Cops have a freaggin’ Job to do,if life was so whitey and peaceful-ville you’ll have more People unemployed and committing hideous crimes,no matter what race.Just pointing the fact that in life things happen and people want to base their bias with story like this.You ought to be a stupid troll feeding off this.
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