A judge sentenced a Los Angeles man to seven years in prison for the stabbings of two people outside The VU Bar and Lounge in Newhall, District Attorney officials said Friday.
Kevin James King, 38, of Los Angeles, pleaded no contest to two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with an allegation of great bodily injury.
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Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station detectives with the Career Offenders Burglary Robbery Assault Unit, or COBRA, a squad specialized in gang-related incidents, investigated the Newhall stabbings.
The fight and alleged attempted murder took place around 12:50 a.m. April 20, 2014 near The VU Bar and Lounge, officials said.
The victims, whose names were not released Sheriff’s Station officials, were taken to the hospital with wounds that were not life-threatening, said Lt. Mark Hershey of the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station.
The Vagos are considered a major “Outlaw Motorcycle Gang” operating throughout the country, according to a 2011 FBI report titled “National Gang Threat Assessment.”
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