Roberto Carlos Hernandez Valencia JR

The following is based on your complainant’s review of the reports of other officers and your complainant’s own investigation: On January 30, 2026, at about 1:30pm, Maplewood Police responded to JC Penney’s, [ADDRESS REDACTED]. N., Maplewood, Ramsey County on a report of assault. On arrival, officers encountered a man with significant facial injuries. He was identified as MAM ([DOB REDACTED]). Employees said that he had been assaulted by a recently-terminated employee, the defendant, ROBERTO CARLOS HERNANDEZ VALENCIA ([DOB REDACTED]). MAM told officers that the defendant had come into the store seeking payment of past wages.

He said that when he told the defendant that the defendant could not be paid this day, the defendant repeatedly punched him in the face with a closed fist. MAM was transported to the hospital for treatment of his injuries. He was found to have suffered a displaced right nasal bone fracture, among other injuries. Officers were unable to locate the defendant at the time. They contacted his mental-health caseworker and advised that he should turn himself in. He did so several hours later. He declined to make a statement.

The defendant's criminal record includes a 2024 conviction for Assault in the Fourth Degree – Gross Misdemeanor (Case No. ••-CR-••-••••).