The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has arrested 18-year-old James Anthony Rivas in connection to the attack on a female jogger in Rossmoor on Tuesday night. The arrest occurred at the suspect’s home several blocks away from where the incident occurred on the 3200 block of Bostonian Drive. The victim was jogging alone around 9 o’clock in the evening when she was attacked and stabbed. Despite being wounded, she fought back against her attacker, who fled after a neighbor came out and yelled. An extensive search was unable to to locate the suspect at the time. On Thursday night, the Sheriff’s Continue reading >>>

ROSSMOOR – An 18-year-old man was arrested Thursday night in connection with what officials said was the random stabbing of a 28-year-old woman earlier this week. James Rivas was taken into custody at his home in the 12000 block of Davenport Road on Thursday night, just a few blocks from where the attack happened Tuesday evening. The arrest came two days after a woman who was jogging suffered cuts and stab wounds in the attack in a neighborhood residents described as safe and popular with dog-walkers and joggers. The attack was reported in Continue reading >>>

James Rivas mugshot (Sheriff-Coroner Department, County of Orange, CA) An 18-year-old man has been arrested in the savage stabbing attack that injured a 28-year-old female jogger in Rossmoor earlier this week. The attack occurred Tuesday around 9 p.m. in the affluent Orange County community. The suspect, identified in a release as James Rivas of Rossmoor, grabbed the victim from behind as she jogged along Bostonian Drive and stabbed her. During the struggle, the woman was able to knock the knife out of the assailant's hand, but he recovered and pushed her to the ground, stabbing her twice Continue reading >>>

ROSSMOOR (CNS) A suspect sought in connection with the stabbing of a 28-year-old woman who was attacked while jogging in the unincorporated community of Rossmoor was arrested today, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department. The 18-year-old suspect was taken into custody around 7:45 p.m. at a Rossmoor house where he lives with his parents, according to CBS2. A sheriff's department watch commander confirmed that an arrest had been made, but provided no other details. "We've been conducting a non-stop investigation for two days and we've had over 20 people out here with some of our Continue reading >>>

Police say that an 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the brutal stabbing of a female jogger in Rossmoor. The suspect, James Rivas, was booked on suspicion of attempted murder, according to police. Rivas, who just graduated from Los Alamitos High School last year, lives with his parents and siblings in Rossmoor. Detectives spent the night Thursday digging through their garage, removing several paper bags full of evidence.People who live in the area attended a community meeting on Thursday with law enforcement.Deputies told KTLA that they made the arrest after talking Continue reading >>>

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ROSSMOOR (CBSLA.com) — An 18-year-old man was arrested Thursday for attempted murder in the stabbing of a female jogger in Orange County earlier this week. KNX 1070′s Margaret Carrero reports neighbors were stunned when James Rivas was identified as a suspect following an interview conducted by Orange County Sheriff’s investigators. Prior to his arrest, deputies conducted a surveillance of Rivas’ Rossmoor home that he shares with his parents. “At approximately 8 p.m., Rivas was seen leaving his residence. Deputies identified themselves and a short foot pursuit ensued before Continue reading >>>

An 18-year-old man who lives with his parents was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of stabbing a female jogger in Rossmoor earlier this week. James Rivas was taken into custody around 8 p.m. after a foot chase near his family's Rossmoor house, which is three blocks from the crime scene, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department. A knife was recovered nearby, authorities said in a press release issued Friday morning. The arrest followed two days of canvassing the Rossmoor neighborhood for clues in the attack, authorities said. Investigators interviewed numerous residents and employees Continue reading >>>

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