SAPD arrests stabbing and carjacking suspect

Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: Police arrest suspect in Stabbing/Carjacking

Mon, 1/20/14 10 PM, SAPD officers responded to 3900 W. Hazard, reference a report of a subject who had been stabbed multiple times. Upon their arrival, officers learned the victim (M/H/42) was seated in the driver’s seat of his parked vehicle when the suspect (Osvaldo Vallejo -18) entered the passenger’s side and began to physically assault and stab him.

The victim was able to flee on foot and call 911. After the victim fled on foot, the suspect stole the victim’s vehicle a 2001 Honda Civic, white in color. The victim sustained multiple stab wounds to his neck and upper torso. He was transported to UCI with non-life threatening injuries.

At approximately 1040 PM, an officer on patrol located the victim’s vehicle, conducted a traffic stop and the suspect, Osvaldo Vallejo was taken into custody without incident. Vallejo was booked into the SAPD Jail for:

•  CPC 215 – Carjacking
• CPC 245 – Assault with a deadly weapon
• CPC 203 – Mayhem
• CVC 10851 (a) Taking vehicle without owner’s consent

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Art Pedroza Editor

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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