A 38-year-old man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend multiple times in Hemet and then eluding police for several weeks made his initial court appearance Monday and was appointed an attorney.
Abel Mondragon was arrested in Perris on Aug. 1 for the alleged attack on the victim, identified in court documents only as Jane Doe.
Mondragon is charged with attempted murder, domestic violence, robbery, assault resulting in great bodily injury and violating a restraining order.
He appeared before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Mark Johnson, who appointed him a public defender and scheduled his arraignment for Tuesday morning at the Banning Justice Center.
The defendant is being held without bail at the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta.
According to Hemet Police Lt. Eddie Pust, the alleged attack happened about 7:40 a.m. on July 21 in the 200 block of North San Jacinto Street, near Florida Avenue.
Pust said the defendant and victim were involved in a dispute that culminated in Mondragon allegedly pulling a knife and stabbing the woman repeatedly, inflicting non-life-threatening wounds.
Mondragon fled immediately after the attack, and patrol officers were unable to locate him, according to Pust.
He said the woman was taken to a hospital and received treatment for her stab wounds, from which she is still recovering.
An arrest warrant was issued for Mondragon and felony charges were filed against him five days later.
Detectives eventually tracked him to a Perris residence, where he was taken into custody without a struggle.
The defendant has no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.