A man who stabbed a Corona manufacturing plant employee during a robbery outside the business was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in state prison.
Oscar Moreno, 26, pleaded guilty last month to assault resulting in great bodily injury and robbery, with a sentence-enhancing allegation for using a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony. In exchange for his admissions, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office dropped an attempted murder charge.
Superior Court Judge O.G. Magno certified the terms of the plea deal and imposed the sentence stipulated by the prosecution and defense.
According to Corona police Sgt. Chad Fountain, the victim, whose identity was not disclosed, was walking to his vehicle during a coffee break at the plant in the 300 block of El Sobrante Road when Moreno confronted him with a knife about 5 p.m. on Sept. 26, 2018.
Moreno stabbed the man in the upper body and took several of his personal items, then fled the area. Witnesses called 911, and the victim was taken to Corona Regional Medical Center, where he underwent surgery.
Fountain said detectives quickly developed leads pointing to Moreno as the assailant, and he was located less than two hours later at his residence near the intersection of Ontario Avenue and Via Pacifica.
Fountain said evidence from the robbery was found in Moreno’s possession.
Moreno had no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.