MARTINEZ — A 39-year-old man has been charged with homicide for allegedly stabbing a Martinez resident in Harmony, court docket information present .
Geraldo Delgado was charged final week with killing 31-year-old Thomas Arellano, who was stabbed to loss of life round 6:30 p.m. Jan. 22. The lone cost carries an enhancement alleging use of a knife within the fee of the crime, which is able to add a yr to Delgado’s sentence if he's convicted.
Arellano was killed on Bennett Means throughout an altercation inside a house there, police stated. He suffered from a number of stab wounds. Authorities haven't launched the suspected motive within the killing.
Delgado is in Contra Costa jail in lieu of $1 million bail. He's due in court docket for his first look at 1:30 p.m. Monday, prosecutors stated.
Arellano’s killing was Harmony’s first murder of 2022.