A man stabbed two people and attacked and robbed another person in a series of back-to-back crimes in Ventura, police said Saturday.
Efrain Troncoso, 22, was arrested on suspicion of assaulting multiple people while officers were receiving 911 calls about violent crimes downtown around 7:04 a.m. Friday, Ventura police said. All were reported from the area of ​​Ash Street and Thompson Boulevard to the intersection of Palm Street and Santa Clara Street.
During the initial call, someone reported being stabbed in the back by a person on a bicycle in the 100 block of South Ash Street, according to police. While officers were helping him, police said, another person called 911 and said they had been stabbed in the neck by a man near the 200 block of South Chestnut Street — about two blocks away.
Two minutes later, someone called 911 and said they had been hit in the head with a metal pipe and robbed near South Oak Street and East Santa Clara Street, police said. As officers searched for the attacker, they received another 911 call at 7:30 a.m. from a person who said they had been robbed of their car keys at knifepoint in the 100 block of Palm Street.
When they arrived on scene, officers said, officers found Troncoso in a car he had allegedly broken into and was trying to start.
He was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, robbery and attempted car theft, according to police.
