UpdatedWed, Apr 14, 2021 at 4:12 pm PT
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Jerry Anthony Valdepena (Banning Police Department)
BANNING, CA A man suspected of fatally stabbing a father and wounding his juvenile son nearly five years ago in Banning has been arrested, Banning police announced Wednesday.
Jerry Anthony Valdepena, 24, was taken into custody Friday in Hemet and was booked into Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, jail records show.
He was due in court Wednesday.
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According to Banning police, officers were called to the 400 Block of Alessandro Road in Banning around 12:47 a.m. June 5, 2016. At the location, they found Jeremy Frank Cooley, 26, and his juvenile son suffering from multiple stab wounds.
24-year-old man arrested in connection with 2016 Banning murder
Police have arrested a suspect believed to have been behind the June 2016 stabbing death of a man in Banning.
Jerry Valdepena, 24, was arrested by Banning police detectives, with assistance from the Riverside County District Attorney’s Gang Impact Team, in Hemet on April 9.
Valdepena is accused of killing of Jeremy Cooley, 26 in June 5, 2016.
Police say that Valdepena and a second suspect, identified as James Chagolla, 30, attended a party on the 400 Block of Alessandro Road in Banning. At around 1:30 a.m., Cooley asked them to quiet down and the two men stabbed him multiple times.