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Monterey County California - SEASIDE MAN CONVICTED OF PREMEDITATED ATTEMPTED MURDER AND MAYHEM FOR 30 YEAR OLD SHOOTING 15 February 2024 ( news )
Monterey County , state California ( By Press Release office)
Feb 15,2024
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Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine Pacioni announced today that a Monterey County Jury has found Dimas Cruz - Molina , age 62 , originally of Seaside , guilty of Attempted Murder in the First Degree for a shooting that took place on Christmas Eve in 1992 . Judge Pamela Butler will sentence the defendant on March 22 , 2024 . The defendant is facing life in prison with a chance of parole .
The case arose from an incident at a bakery in Monterey where the defendant and victim worked . The defendant had paranoid ideas that others in the bakery were plotting against him , so he brought a gun to work and shot the victim in the face . The defendant then fled to Mexico for numerous years . The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office found him living in Phoenix , Arizona in 2023 . He was arrested and brought back to stand trial .
The victim has spent the last 20 years recovering from his injuries . He spent months in the hospital recovering from a spinal injury . Eventually , he learned to walk again and returned to his job at the bakery .
This case was investigated by the Monterey Police Department .
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