Four people were stabbed over the weekend in three separate attack s in Santa Cruz and Watsonville, police reported.
In Santa Cruz, two 21-year-old men suffered minor injuries when they were stabbed in separate incidents Sunday night, but both refused to cooperate with police.
- The first attack possibly happened near the beach area, but officers weren’t called until the victim, who lives in the county, went to Dominican Hospital for treatment around 8:30 p.m., police reported. He suffered a stab wound to his shoulder and one to his ear. He told officers he didn’t want police involved.
- The second attack occurred on the 500 block of Front Street around 8:50 p.m. The victim was a Santa Cruz man. Police said they didn’t find a knife or any other evidence at the crime scene.
It’s unknown if the two cases are related or what the motive for either attack was, police said.
In Watsonville, two 16-year-old boys suffered minor injuries when they were stabbed a little before midnight Saturday at Lincoln Street and Palm Avenue, police said.
Sgt. Terry Traub said the teens were walking home when they were attacked at 11:44 p.m. One of the teens was stabbed twice in the back, the other once in the buttocks. Neither was able to provide police with suspect information.
They flagged down a taxi for a ride to a local hospital, where they treated and released, Traub said.
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666 // Jun 16, 2008 at 3:34 pm
whi cares?? we have a dog beach n money to spend on it
the food bank n real crime is a low priority in SC-
our dogs first
vets n (less then 20 an hour) taxpayers come last.
if yer rich- a snob-or punk-yer welcome in SC the rest get the hell out!
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From Bonny Doon // Jun 17, 2008 at 2:52 pm
A stabbing at 8:50 p.m. on Front St. There is a reason I haven’t gone to downtown SC in the evening in years (honestly…years!).
Paul // Jun 29, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Gee, I wonder who paid for their stab wounds? I imagine they all pulled out their blue cross/blue shield cards and got sewed up immediately.
Patrick Salandro // Jun 30, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Lets just decriminlize stabbing like pot and then there won’t be a problem. Santa Cruz (Holy Cross) was always a conservetive town untill the communist factory on the hill opened up, and things have gone down hill ever since. I know next will open up a park for derilict drug addict homeless who want to live off the grid but only if everyone else pays taxes fot the parks they sleep in. If you want to be a free spirit and live off the land there is plenty of blm land for that. Tolerence of drug use is what brings in gangs. so we are going to get what we deserve.
sweet lorraine // Jul 4, 2008 at 11:02 pm
“communist factory on the hill”, very well put.
I agree, this town has gone way downhill, I’ve lived in this county since 1976, I’ve gone up there only a few times. It feels strange there, and there are so so many liberals running it and brainwashing the kids that go there. They live in lala land.
anyhow, yep, this place is not safe, and it just feels depressing now. mostly.
SL
Lazarus // Jul 8, 2008 at 9:43 am
I’m hardly one to agree with most of the political BS that goes on up at UCSC (…and I’m a graduate, BTW), UCSC ultra-liberalism has nothing to do with this particular problem. Many of the other problems in Santa Cruz, absolutely. Not this one though. If the stabbings were done by drug-addled dreadlocked transients, then I’d be more inclined to agree with you. The gang problems we’re dealing with here are far larger than just Santa Cruz, and are part of a bigger pissing match between the Hispanic gangs across the state. Just ask Watsonville and Salinas.
e money // Jul 22, 2008 at 4:43 am
the problem is hispanics. for some reason they just love to knife people or fight in un-even numbers.
jamie // Jul 23, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Excuse me Polly Plant??
That is a very racist statement you have made. Grow up. And why would the Sentinel allow this inappropriate post?
No Sniveling // Jul 23, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Quit the whining..She can have any opinion she wants.
DONT TR1P // Oct 25, 2008 at 1:32 pm
E MONEY IS A PIECE OF SHIT. AS FOR SANTA CRUZ, ACCEPT THE FACT THAT HISPANIC/LATINOS/MEXICANS ARE HERE TO STAY SANTA CRUZ IS OURS SO GET OVER U FUCKIN IDIOTS GETTING ALL BRAVE ON THE COMPUTER BUT U LOOK DOWN WHEN WE WALK BY YOU. HAHA SCARED ASS BITCHES
Joseph // Oct 26, 2008 at 9:43 am
Of course your here to stay… We need you mexicans to clean our houses, mow our lawns and wash our cars, what else can you brown people do?
Honestly // Oct 30, 2008 at 10:37 pm
No one owns Santa Cruz. Especially a bunch of weak, nothing to lose gangster punks with guns & knives. Losers without weapons are zero, nothing, & you know it. All that macho, gutter vernacular only shows how stupid, uneducated, and scared you truly are without your group of string-bean armed idiots with weapons. What have you ever done to make this a better place? You’re as worthless as dog shit, & stink even more!
honestly // Oct 31, 2008 at 9:18 am
No one owns Santa Cruz, especially a bunch of weak, nothing to lose gangsters with guns & knives. Losers without weapons are zero, nothing, & you know it. All that macho, gutter vernacular only shows how stupid, uneducated, & scared you truly are without your group of string-bean armed idiots with weapons. What have any of you pathetic excuses for human beings done to make this a better place? You’re as worthless as dog turds, & stink even more!
Steve F Cruz // Nov 1, 2008 at 1:21 am
‘Joseph’, don’t ever ask why there’s racism in the world, just look in the mirror.
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