Jonathan Comfort Whitworth
Costa Mesa Police Department
Advisory: Man arrested for stabbing acquaintance after a verbal argument
For immediate release: May 25, 2018
Case #: DR #18-6919
Costa Mesa, Calif. — The Costa Mesa Police Department arrested a man yesterday for stabbing an acquaintance after a verbal argument.
On May 21, 2018, around 6:30 p.m., officers responded to a phone call regarding a stabbing. The 30-year-old male victim, a Costa Mesa resident, was driving to a nearby hospital with injuries sustained from a stabbing that had just occurred in the 2000 block of National Avenue, Costa Mesa.
Officers met the victim at Hoag Hospital and learned the suspect was known to the victim. Continue reading