Man Who Stabbed 61-Year-Old Outside OC Motel Charged With Attempted Murder, Police Say

ANAHEIM, CA — A 35-year-old man was charged Thursday for allegedly nearly stabbing to death an acquaintance outside of an Anaheim motel.

Darvante Brown Mobley was charged with attempted murder with sentencing enhancements for attempted premeditated murder, inflicting great bodily injury on the victims and the personal use of a deadly weapon.

Mobley was accused of attacking the man about 2 p.m. Aug. 29 outside of a motel in the 1400 block of West Ball Road, according to Anaheim police Sgt. Matt Sutter.

The 61-year-old victim was stabbed numerous times and suffered "significant blood loss," Sutter said.
Officers who responded to the scene stanched the blood loss with tourniquets until paramedics could arrive and rush the victim to an area hospital in critical condition, Sutter said. The officers were credited with helping to save the victim's life.

Mobley did not enter a plea at his arraignment Thursday in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana. The hearing was rescheduled for Oct. 9 in the North Justice Center in Fullerton.