Berkeley stabbing sends man to hospital, 1 arrested
Suspect James Jones was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, police said.
A stabbing in downtown Berkeley sent a man to the hospital with serious injuries Saturday morning, leading to an arrest, authorities report.
Just before 9:40 a.m., BART police asked Berkeley police for help to detain the suspect after getting flagged down by the involved parties, BPD said.
The victim, a man in his 40s, was taken to Highland Hospital "Code 3" (with lights and sirens) with a wound to the torso, according to emergency dispatches.
The stabbing happened in the 2000 block of Kittredge Street, authorities said, not far from the Berkeley Public Library.
Officers recovered a knife during the investigation.
No information about what prompted the stabbing has been released.
Suspect James Jones, 53, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, according to police and public records.
Both men were listed as unhoused.
The University of California Police Department had just arrested Jones in mid-April on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, according to court records.
He was charged with a misdemeanor and released on his own recognizance.
That followed an assault with a deadly weapon arrest in Contra Costa County in 2022, according to public records. No other information was available about that case.
As of publication time, Jones' initial court appearance and bail amount had not been posted.
Update, 2:20 p.m. Jones is being held at Berkeley Jail on $35,000 bail with arraignment, at Wiley Manuel Courthouse, scheduled for Thursday, according to booking records.
In addition to felony assault with a deadly weapon, he also was arrested on suspicion of disobeying a court order, a misdemeanor, according to booking records.
Editor's Note: The Scanner added a reader photograph from the scene during the afternoon update and updated several details after publication.
