A 20-year-old Fullerton man was arrested Thursday in connection with a stabbing at a Brea park.
Joseph Angel Olvera was arrested when detectives served a search warrant about 5:15 p.m. at a residence in Fullerton, police said.
The male victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the stabbing, which occurred shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday at Arovista Park in the 500 block of West Imperial Highway, according to Brea police.
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“During the service of the search warrant, detectives seized evidence and took Olvera into custody,” according to a police statement.
Olvera was booked at the Orange County Jail and was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail, police said.
According to police, a witness called authorities at 1:52 p.m. Tuesday to report a person yelling that he had been stabbed at the park. Officers responded but were unable to find a victim or a suspect.
The male victim called police about 2 p.m. and said he was at a hospital being treated for a stab wound. Officers interviewed him at the hospital, but police did not release his name or age.
Police had released a suspect photo on social media on Wednesday. They said at the time that the victim and the suspect were believed to be acquainted.
–City News Service