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Two stabbed, third person hit in head with pipe in Ventura crime spree: Suspect in attacks arrested

David von Diemar
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Unsplash

The attacks all occured during a short period of time in the downtown Ventura area.

A man is facing a string of criminal charges following a Ventura crime spree in which two people were stabbed, and another was hit in the head with a pipe.

It happened just after 7 a.m. Saturday. Ventura Police received a 911 call from a man who had been stabbed in the back by a passing bicyclist. Moments later, there was calls about a second stabbing victim nearby, as well as a person who had been hit with a pipe and robbed.

Officers flooded the area, and found a fourth victim who had been robbed of his car keys at knifepoint. They say arrested Efrain Troncoso as he tried to start the stolen vehicle.

The 22-year-old man had recently been released from the Ventura County Jail, and was already facing arson, and resisting arrest causing injury to an officer charges. Troncoso is now facing a half dozen additional criminal counts.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.