AUTO REPOSSESSION HAZARD STABBING SUSPECT ARRESTED.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer PALMDALE - Sheriff's deputies arrested on Friday a reputed gang member suspected of stabbing an automobile repossessor who was trying to retrieve a car at a Palmdale apartment building. The victim, a 37-year-old Lancaster resident whose name was not released, suffered a deep stab wound to the back of the neck about 4:25 p.m. Thursday, and was airlifted to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History in Mission Hills, authorities said. He remained in critical condition Friday, and hospital officials said they feared that the stab wound might have severed sev·er v. sev·ered, sev·er·ing, sev·ers v.tr. 1. To set or keep apart; divide or separate. 2. To cut off (a part) from a whole. 3. the man's spinal cord spinal cord, the part of the nervous system occupying the hollow interior (vertebral canal) of the series of vertebrae that form the spinal column, technically known as the vertebral column. . Steven Michael Torres, 25, of Palmdale was arrested Friday afternoon when he returned to the apartment building, after eluding e·lude tr.v. e·lud·ed, e·lud·ing, e·ludes 1. To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill: The suspect continues to elude the police. 2. deputies for almost 24 hours. His girlfriend, Jeanine Peters, 22, had been arrested the previous day. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Deputy Paul Ullman, the victim and his partner went to an apartment building in the 1000 block of East Avenue R, where they'd been hired to repossess repossess v. to take back property through judicial processes, foreclosure, or self-help upon default in required payments. a car for nonpayment. The victim had connected the vehicle to the tow truck when he was approached by Peters and Torres, who screamed at him not to repossess their car, Ullman said. ``By the time the vehicle is hooked to the truck, it's the repossessor's responsibility and he can't let it go,'' Ullman said. Witnesses told deputies that Peters attacked the victim, and that Torres stabbed the man in the neck with a lockblade knife, Ullman said. The suspect, a reputed gang member, fled, leaving the victim collapsed next to his truck - the knife still in his neck, Ullman said. Deputies searched the neighborhood for an hour but failed to find Torres. Peters was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. , officials said. She was taken to the Lancaster sheriff's station jail where she was being held in lieu of $1 million bail. Torres was arrested on a warrant for suspicion of attempted murder. His bail was not immediately known. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) An L.A. County Fire Department helicopter lands in a Palmdale school playground Thursday to airlift a stabbing victim. The man had been stabbed while repossessing a vehicle. Charles F. Bostwick/Staff Photographer (2 -- color) TORRES |
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