MURRIETA (CNS) - A probationer accused of stabbing a man multiple times during an attack in Lake Elsinore was charged Wednesday with attempted murder and other offenses.
Pablo Bustamante Jr., 38, was arrested in the predawn hours Monday following a Riverside County Sheriff's Department investigation.
Along with attempted murder, Bustamante is charged with sentence- enhancing allegations of using a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony and inflicting great bodily injury.
The defendant, who is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Byrd Detention Center, was slated to make his initial court appearance Wednesday at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta.
According to sheriff's Corporal Evan Bechtold, at about 11:15 p.m. Sunday, Bustamante and the victim, identified only as a Lake Elsinore man, were involved in an unspecified confrontation in the 31000 block of Riverside Drive, near Lakeshore Drive, during which the defendant allegedly pulled a knife and attacked the other man.
Patrol deputies converged on the location minutes later and discovered the victim "suffering from multiple stab wounds and losing consciousness," Bechtold said.
The man was taken to Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar for treatment. His condition Wednesday could not be confirmed.
Deputies obtained a description of the suspect and were directed to a residential area in the 15000 block of Lincoln Street, just over a mile away from where the attack occurred. Bustamante was apprehended roughly three hours later without incident, according to Bechtold.
The motive for the alleged attack was not provided.
According to court records, the defendant has a prior misdemeanor conviction for driving under the influence.
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