Police: Berkeley man, 21, arrested after stabbing father
Isaac Bolton was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and elder abuse. He had been released from jail in June on his own recognizance.
A young man is in custody this week after stabbing his father at their northwest Berkeley home Monday evening, authorities report.
Berkeley police said Isaac Bolton, 21, fled the scene and tried to hide in the bushes a half-mile away before officers found and arrested him.
The incident began around 5:45 p.m. when police were dispatched to the 800 block of Hearst Avenue, near Sixth Street, to investigate a stabbing.
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When they got there, they found a 72-year-old man who had been stabbed in the side. But the suspect was gone.
The Berkeley Fire Department rushed the victim to Highland Hospital "Code 3" for treatment.
Meanwhile, police immediately began to search for Bolton. Officers found him in the 1700 block of 10th Street, near Virginia Street, at about 6 p.m.
He was arrested without incident on suspicion of attempted murder and elder abuse, both felonies, BPD said.
Isaac Bolton. BPD
Bolton also was arrested on suspicion of violating the terms of his release in a misdemeanor case from earlier this year.
In June, the Alameda County district attorney's office had charged him with exhibiting a deadly weapon, criminal threats, vandalism and two counts of elder abuse. He was later released on his own recognizance.
(The details of that incident were not immediately available.)
As of publication time, Bolton remained in custody at Berkeley Jail on $55,000 bail, according to booking records.
He is scheduled for arraignment Thursday.
His father has been discharged from the hospital to recover at home, police said Tuesday night.
No motive in the stabbing has been released.
