Coachella Stabbing Leads To Arrest

Palm Desert CA

23 December, 2021

1:22 PM

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COACHELLA VALLEY, CA — A man was behind bars Thursday on suspicion of committing a non-lethal stabbing in Coachella. Hernan Bustamante Meza, 30, of Coachella was arrested on Wednesday after a follow-up investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department into a reported stabbing. Deputies received the report at 11:09 p.m. Saturday in the 85000 block of Avenue 52. Authorities arrived on the scene to find a man who had sustained non-life-threatening stab injuries, saying that an unknown Hispanic male attacked him, according to Sgt. Mariano Matos. Deputies conducted a follow up investigation on Wednesday and identified Meza as a potential suspect. A search warrant was issued at his residence in the 85200 block of Cairo Street, where authorities found the knife believed to be used in the incident as well as a loaded handgun. Meza was subsequently booked into the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and remains held on $25,000 bail. Jail records indicate he will make his initial court appearance at the Larson Justice Center on Monday.