A judge sentenced a Los Angeles man to seven years in state prison for the stabbings of two people outside The VU Bar and Lounge, District Attorney officials said Friday.
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Kevin James King, 38, of Los Angeles, pleaded no contest to two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with an allegation of great bodily injury.
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He was booked on two counts of attempted murder, and deputies are planning to seek a special gang allegation against him, officials said Tuesday.
Sheriff’s Station officials indicated another arrest could still take place in the assault, which officials described as a verbal altercation that escalated into violence.
Two were left in the hospital after the attack, officials said.
Robert Arvizu, 47, of Newhall, was arrested in connection with the fight shortly after the crime took place.
He was arrested in April and briefly held in lieu of $1 million bail.
He was released the following Tuesday after his court appearance.
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Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station detectives with the Career Offenders Burglary Robbery Assault Unit, or COBRA, a squad specialized in gang-related incidents, investigated the Newhall stabbings.
The fight and alleged attempted murder took place around 12:50 a.m. April 20, 2014 near The VU Bar and Lounge, officials said.
The victims, whose names were not released Sheriff’s Station officials, were taken to the hospital with wounds that were not life-threatening, said Lt. Mark Hershey of the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station.
The Vagos are considered a major “Outlaw Motorcycle Gang” operating throughout the country, according to a 2011 FBI report titled “National Gang Threat Assessment.”
Arvizu is not in custody at this time.
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