Crime & Safety
Man Stabs Rival Over A Woman in RSM
Late-night altercation between two men, both 20, ends with one in jail and a Rancho Santa Margarita man in the hospital.
Rancho Santa Margarita may be one of America's safest cities, but that had little bearing on the welfare of a Rancho Santa Margarita man late Thursday night.
A fight between two 20-year-old men over a woman ended with one stabbing and wounding the other, a sheriff's lieutenant said Friday.
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The fight happened around 11:20 p.m. Thursday in front of the victim's house in Rancho Santa Margarita in the 10 block of Montana Del Lago Drive, said Orange County sheriff's Lt. Colin Murphy.
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The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment of a non-life threatening injury, while his rival, whose name was not released, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, Murphy said.
—City News Service
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