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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Police said Sunday that a suspect in the early morning stabbings of two people remained at large while a vehicle he was believed to have driven from the scene was found abandoned later the same day.
Ronald James Blesio, 34, of Nice, was identified by the Lakeport Police Department as the suspect in the stabbings, which took place shortly before 1:30 a.m. Sunday at the Shell station at 975 S. Main St. in Lakeport, as Lake County News has reported.
Blesio allegedly drove a dark-colored 1990s model Toyota from the scene, according to police.
Police said Blesio is armed and dangerous, and being sought for two counts of attempted murder in connection with the incident.
Later on Sunday, the dark green Toyota – registered to an Upper Lake woman, according to radio reports – was found.
“We located the vehicle unoccupied in Lakeport and have confirmed it is the suspect vehicle from last night,” said Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen.
Rasmussen said the vehicle was impounded for evidence processing.
Blesio, however, remained at large on Sunday, Rasmussen said.
The two stabbing victims had been taken to Sutter Lakeside Hospital before one of them was airlifted to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, according to Lakeport Police Sgt. Jason Ferguson.
On Sunday afternoon, Ferguson said the victim at Sutter Lakeside Hospital had been released, while the other, who had been taken to Santa Rosa, had undergone surgery.
Blesio had been arrested by members of the Sheriff's Narcotics Task Force on May 6 after a vehicle stop in which he was found with 165 marijuana plants, processed marijuana and other cultivation-related items in his car, as Lake County News has reported.
At the time of his May 6 arrest, Blesio had a $40,000 warrant for his arrest for possession of marijuana for sales, possession of a dangerous weapon and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to a sheriff's office report.
In January, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office had reported that a 34-year-old James Blesio of Nice had been stabbed in an altercation at Lake Mendocino, but it wasn't clear if the two men were the same person.
Ronald Blesio, who according to his most recent booking sheet works in construction, is described as a white male adult, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 190 pounds, with blue eyes and blond hair.
If Blesio is spotted don't confront him; call 911.
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