A suspect in a 1998 homicide in Turlock has been arrested after being at large for more than a decade, police said on Thursday.

Alma Peralta, 19, was shot and killed on Angelus Street on June 2, 1998. Police said the shooting stemmed from a dispute that escalated into violence.

According to a news release from the Stainlaus County District Attorney in 2012, Peralta and three friends went to the home of Jose Villa knowing that he was out and that his girlfriend was home. Prosecutors said Villa was Peralta's drug dealer.

At the home, prosecutors said Peralta stole Villa's cocaine from his girlfriend before they went to a home on Angelus Street, where they took the cocaine.

Around 3 a.m., Villa and Rene Mendosa arrived at the home and began arguing with Peralta and a 16-year-old. The argu

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