Crime & Safety
Former UFC Champion Cain Velasquez Sentenced To 5 Years Prison In 2022 "Vigilante" Shooting
"Today's results are bittersweet -- we had hoped Mr. Velasquez would remain out of jail," Hessing said in a prepared statement.
March 25, 2025
Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for what prosecutors had called a "vigilante shooting spree" while chasing a vehicle across the South Bay carrying a man suspected of molesting Velasquez's relative.
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Velasquez pleaded no contest last year to charges of attempted murder, felony assault, and gun charges for the Feb. 28, 2022 chase through streets of Morgan Hill and San Jose and the shooting at a truck carrying three people, including Harry Goularte, who was charged with felony child molestation.
The shooting instead injured Goularte's stepfather, while Goularte's mother escaped injury. Goularte, who is accused of molesting Velasquez's relative at a home daycare run by his mother, denies the charge and the case against him is pending.
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Cain Velasquez as seen during his arraignment in 2022/CBS
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