Clearlake Oaks man arrested for stabbing
- Elizabeth Larson
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CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – A Clearlake Oaks man has been arrested for stabbing another man during a fight last weekend.
Travis Frank Yudnich, 25, was arrested early on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 12, a few hours after the incident occurred, according to Sgt. Corey Paulich of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Paulich said the stabbing occurred at about 2 a.m. Aug. 12 at a residence in the 17000 block of Holly Way in Spring Valley.
Yudnich and a 26-year-old Clearlake Oaks man – whose name has not been released – were visiting the residence when a physical altercation broke out between them, Paulich said.
Paulich said no one knew why the fight started, although both men appeared to have been intoxicated.
During the fight authorities said Yudnich stabbed the victim. He is also alleged to have tried to hit the victim with his vehicle based on a witness statement, according to Chief Deputy District Attorney Richard Hinchcliff.
The victim, who suffered damage to a lung from the stabbing, was transported via air ambulance to an out-of-county trauma center. Neither Paulich nor Hinchcliff had any information on Friday on the victim’s condition.
Paulich said deputies found Yudnich at his home and arrested him at about 4:30 a.m. Aug. 12.
On Friday, Yudnich remained in custody at the Lake County Jail, with bail set at $50,000, according to jail records.
Hinchcliff said Yudnich has four counts of assault with a deadly weapon against him for the use of the knife and the vehicle.
Yudnich has previously had cases in the local criminal system involving misdemeanors which were “nothing serious,” Hinchcliff said.
In this new case, Yudnich is facing up to seven years in prison if convicted, according to Hinchcliff.
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