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Attempted Homicide - 4400 South 4th Street
Date: June 24, 2009
Time: Approximately 1648 Hours
Location: 4400 S. 4th Street
On June 24, 2009, at about at about 4:48 p.m., at 4400 S. 4th Street, a 56-year-old woman was in the process of firing Benny Peralta. Peralta had been hired to assist in caring for her 62-year-old husband, but things were not working out. Peralta became upset and grabbed a dog from the husband’s lap, who was seated in a wheelchair and threw it against the wall. Peralta then pulled the man from his wheelchair and stabbed him with a kitchen knife while he was on the ground. The man’s wife tried to intervene, but Peralta struck her in the head with a frying pan. Peralta then obtained money from the woman and fled.
Peralta was arrested and will be booked for the following charges:
1 Count Attempted Homicide
1 Count Aggravated Assault
1 Count Armed Robbery