Placentia
Stabbing Victim Was Wanted: Placentia police said a victim of a Saturday night stabbing and robbery has been identified as a man wanted by police in Hawaii on rape, kidnap and assault charges. Mitchell Yamada, 21, of Anaheim, was found by police at La Jolla and Cypress streets after he allegedly had been stabbed by a person who stole his motorcycle, said Placentia police Lt. Daryll Thomann. Yamada was found, with slashes on his head, about two blocks from where he claimed to have been robbed, Thomann said. He was treated at UCI Medical Center in Orange and then transported to the Orange County Jail medical ward, where he reportedly is in stable condition.
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