Tag: Fatal Stabbing

Murder Conviction in Road Rage Stabbing of Father of 5 Upheld

SAN DIEGO—An appeals court panel on Jan. 18 upheld the murder conviction of a motorist who stabbed another driver seven times on a South Bay street following a road rage dispute. Rickey Vernon Smith was convicted by a Chula Vista jury and sentenced to 16 years to life in state prison for the Nov. 27,…


French Prosecutors Open Terror Probe in Official’s Killing

RAMBOUILLET, France—French prosecutors opened a terrorism investigation into the fatal stabbing Friday of a French police official inside a police station near the historic Rambouillet chateau outside Paris. Police shot and killed the attacker at the scene, authorities said. Anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard told reporters that his office took over the probe because the attacker…


Man Dies from Stabbing at Hotel in Anaheim, Suspect in Custody

ANAHEIM—A man who was stabbed during an argument at a hotel in Anaheim Feb. 26 later died at a hospital. A suspect was in custody, police said. Officers responded just after midnight to the Clementine Hotel and Suites, 1700 S. Clementine Street near Disney Way, and found the victim, who was taken to a hospital…