NOT GUILTY PLEA ENTERED IN STABBING.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - A 19-year-old man pleaded not guilty Monday in the gang-related slaying of a 19-year-old Canyon Country man. Esteban Alonso is the 17th suspect implicated im·pli·cate tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. in the Jan. 16 stabbing of Byron Benito, which homicide detectives said was in revenge for the shooting death of a gang member the night before. Alonso was arrested Friday, and authorities say they have issued arrest warrants for two more suspects. Sheriff's officials said a group of young men, plus two 14-year-old boys and one woman, lured Benito to a vacant parking lot where they stabbed him. Investigators said the group was trying to avenge the death of Victor Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the , 19, of Piru, whose body was found in a dry creek Dry Creek may refer to:
Benito's body was found about 1:20 a.m. the following day, lying on a curb on Golden Bush Way in the Greenbrier greenbrier: see smilax. East Mobile Home Park. He managed to escape from a parking lot where a struggle ensued and to jump over a wall and into the mobile-home park where he sought help, officials said. Preliminary hearings for the adults are scheduled for Monday and in April for the juveniles. |
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