On Dec. 3, Nampa Police Detectives were notified that 25-year-old Simon Sarmiento of Nampa was arrested by the Douglas Arizona Police Department on an outstanding Nampa warrant for 1st Degree Murder, 1st Degree Kidnapping and Felony Destruction of Evidence.

These charges are from a homicide that took place in November 2021 in the 50 block of S. Chase Street, Nampa that claimed the life of 22-year-old Luis Garcia.

The process of Sarmiento’s extradition back to Idaho has started.