BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (TCD) -- A jury recently found a 31-year-old man guilty of killing his grandmother in 2023 after an argument about cigarettes.
Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer announced that Juan Valdez was convicted on Feb. 6 of the second-degree murder of his 70-year-old grandmother, Maria Valdez, with an enhancement for use of a deadly weapon.
Juan Valdez is scheduled to be sentenced March 7 and faces up to 15 years to life in prison with an additional year for the enhancement.
According to prosecutors, on July 13, 2023, shortly before 12 a.m., Juan V
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