A Santa Maria man has been sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison for the 2021 murder of a 19-year-old.

Alfredo Junior Alaniz, 25, of Santa Maria, has been sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison for the murder of Mario Merino Gonzalez on May 16, 2021, according ...

Alfredo Junior Alaniz, 25, of Santa Maria has been sentenced to fifty years to life for the May 19, 2021, murder of ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Alfredo Junior Alaniz was convicted of murder in the first-degree for the benefit of a criminal street gang in connection with the death of 19-year-old Mario Merino ...

A Santa Barbara County Superior Court jury found a Santa Maria man guilty of first-degree murder this week for killing a rival gang member from Guadalupe in 2021 after shooting him 15 times in the ...

A California gang member was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the shooting death of a man in Santa Maria. Alfredo Junior Alaniz, 25, of Santa Maria, was sentenced for the murder of Mario Merino ...

Jurors heard from the victim’s mother and a friend at the scene during the 2021 homicide in a Santa Maria Superior Court trial for a man accused of a fatally shooting a rival gang member. Alfredo ...

The trial for a 25-year-old Santa Maria man accused of the alleged gang-related shooting death of a rival in 2021 is underway, as prosecutors and defense attorneys sift through potential jurors.

People v. Alfredo Junior AlanizSanta Barbara County Superior Court Case No. 21CR04149 SANTA MARIA, Calif., March 5, 2026 — ...