WATSONVILLE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED 2 SUSPECTS FOR A KNIFE ASSAULT. AUTHORITIES SAY A 28 YEAR OLD MALE AND 29 YEAR OLD FEMALE WERE STABBED ON THE 100 BLOCK OF KEARNEY STREET ON MAY 17TH. INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED 1 OF THE ALLEGED ATTACKERS WAS 32 YEAR OLD JESUS SALVATTI, A FORMER BOYFRIEND OF THE FEMALE VICTIM WHO WAS STABBED WHEN SHE TRIED TO STOP THE ATTACK. THE OTHER ALLEGED ATTACKER, 21 YEAR OLD FABIAN ORTEGA WAS IDENTIFIED ALONG WITH SALVATTI ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. BOTH MEN HAVE BOOKED INTO SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JAIL ON ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES. BAIL HAS BEEN SET AT 500 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
