Complaint: California vs. Alexander Hoch
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2 ANNE MARIE SCHUBERT SPD-22-316946
3 DISTRICT ATTORNEY FILED
Superior Court of California
4 901 G STREET TEAM: 62/TH (TT2)
Sacramento
5 SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 11115/2022 (IC) 11/15/2022
Electronically Filed
6 (916) 874-6218 Case Number:
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8 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
9 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO
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11 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OFCALIFORNIA, No.
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Defendant.
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The People of the State of California upon oath of the undersigned, upon information and belief
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complain against the defendant above named for the cri~e(s) as follows:
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23 On or about November 10, 2022, at and in the County of Sacramento, State of California, the
24 defendant, ALEXANDER FRANCIS HOCH, did commit a felony, namely: a violation of
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unlawfully and knowingly threaten the life of, and threaten serious bodily harm to KATIE
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VALENZUELA, a member of the Sacramento City Council, and KARINA TALAMANTES, a
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29 candidate for Sacramento City Council and a staff member to Sacramento City Council Member
30 Angelique Ashby, with the intent that the statement be taken as a threat and with the apparent
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3 COUNTTWO
4 For a further and separate cause of action, being a different offense of the same class of crimes
5 and offenses and connected in its commission with the charges set forth in Count One hereof: On
6 or about November 10, 2022, at and in the County of Sacramento, State of California, the
7 defendant, ALEXANDER FRANCIS HOCH, did commit a fe lony, namely: a violation of
8 Section 422 of the Penal Code of the State of California, in that said defendant did willfully and
9 unlawfully threaten to commit a crime which would result in death and great bodily injury to
10 KATIE VALENZUELA and KARINA TALAMANTES, with the specific ntent that the
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13 It is further alleged that the threatened crime, on its face and under the circumstances in which it
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15 VALENZUELA and KARINA TALAMANTES a gravity of purpose and an irnn1ediate prospect
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It is further alleged that the said victim, KATIE VALENZUELA and KARINA TALAMANTES ,
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was reasonably in sustained fear of his/her safety and the safety of his/her immediate family.
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For a further and separate cause of action, being a different offense of the same class of crimes
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and offenses and connected in its commission with the charges set forth in Counts One and Two
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hereof: On or about November 10, 2022, at and in the County of Sacramento, State of California,
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the defendant, ALEXANDER FRANCIS HOCH, did commit a felony, namely: a violation of
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Section 76(a) of the Penal Code of the State of California, in that said defendant did willingly,
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unlawfully and knowingly threaten the life of, and threaten serious bodily harm to MAl YANG,
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who was elected to the Sacramento City Council, with the intent that the statement be taken as a
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threat and with the apparent ability to carry out that threat.
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3 I declare upon information and belief and under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and
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6 Executed at Sacramento County, California, the 15th day ofNovember, 2022.
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3 HOLDING ORDER
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5 _ _ It appearing to me that the offense(s) in the within complaint has/have been committed,
6 and that there is sufficient cause to believe that the defendant, ALEXANDER FRANCIS
7 HOCH, is guilty thereof,
8 _ _ The defendant, ALEXANDER FRANCIS HOCH, having waived preliminary hearing to
9 the offense(s) set forth in this complaint,
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15 I order that the defendant be held to answer to same. In my capacity as Judge of the Superior
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Judge of the Superior Court Sitting as Magistrate
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