Crime & Safety
South Bay Man Attacked Former Workplace With Machete: Police
The suspect was located and arrested without incident and was booked into Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of attempted murder.
SUNNYVALE, CA — A 22-year-old man was arrested Monday for allegedly attacking someone with a machete at his former workplace in Sunnyvale, the city's Department of Public Safety said Wednesday.
San Jose resident Ryan Jean-Simon was arrested after officers responded at 12:56 p.m. Monday to the business in the 500 block of Mercury Drive on a report of a machete attack and arrived to find the victim lying in the parking lot with several large lacerations and a fracture.
He was taken to a hospital for treatment of his injuries, and investigators identified the suspect as Jean-Simon, who had been fired from the business in January. He was located and arrested without incident and was booked into Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of attempted murder.
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Anyone with additional information about the case is asked to contact Detective Ben Holt at (408) 730-7143 or bholt@sunnyvale.ca.gov.
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