A 28-year-old Ventura man was arrested Oct. 20 in connection with a stabbing the day before in the Ventura River bottom.
Officers with the Ventura Police Department responded to the river bottom near Highway 33 and the city's West Park around 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19 and found the victim with stab wounds to the torso, according to a news release.
The man, a 38-year-old from Ventura, was transported to the hospital. He has since been treated and is expected to survive, police said.
Detectives investigating the attack identified a man whom they believed attacked the victim and fled the scene. A patrol officer spotted the 28-year-old Oct. 20 and arrested him without incident, according to police.
He was booked into Ventura County jail on suspicion of felony
assault with a deadly weapon. He is being held on $250,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in Ventura County Superior Court Oct. 22, according to jail records.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Sgt. Fabian Gutierrez at 805-339-4428.
This article originally appeared on Ventura County Star: Ventura police arrest man believed tied to stabbing in river bottom
