Crime & Safety
17-Year-Old Slashed In Unprovoked Petaluma Attack: Police
The suspect , described as an older white man with long gray or black hair, remains at-large.
PETALUMA, CA — Petaluma police are investigating an attack that injured a 17-year-old boy on a basketball court near the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds in Petaluma on Friday afternoon.
Officers responded at 1:25 p.m. Friday to a call from the boy who said he was attacked about 45 minutes earlier on the court in the 100 block of Fairgrounds Drive, according to police.
The victim said a male suspect jumped a chain-link fence and slashed him with a broken piece of glass that was partially wrapped in duct tape that acted as a handle. The victim said the attack was unprovoked and he didn't know who the suspect was, police said.
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The suspect -- described as an older white man who had long gray or black hair and wore an orange San Francisco Giants hat, a green flannel shirt and blue jeans -- remains at large. The victim suffered a minor injury but did not require medical attention, according to police.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Petaluma police at (707) 778-4372.
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