Domestic fight ends with stabbing A man...

Domestic fight ends with stabbing

A man stabbed his girlfriend’s roommate with a kitchen knife

during a fight early Nov. 4, police said. Both were taken to

hospitals with injuries, but neither was arrested.

Police responded to the call at 6:57 a.m. in the 8000 block of

Mermaid Circle. said Sgt. Steve Johnson. Initially, the female caller

said her roommate was assaulting her boyfriend.

When police arrived, the woman said her boyfriend, Allan Lecus,

42, of Huntington Beach, stabbed her roommate after the roommate,

Curtis Bortel, also 42 and of Huntington Beach, assaulted him.

Both men were treated for injuries. Bortel was hospitalized at

Western Medical Center with a cut to the lower abdomen, police said,

and Lecus was sent to Huntington Humana Hospital with facial

contusions and a possible concussion.

Both remain in serious condition but are expected to recover,

police said.

Former treasurer court date set

Michael Rangel, former PTA treasurer and parent at Kettler

Elementary School, will be arraigned in court on Nov. 16 on a charge

of grand theft in connection with $40,000 he allegedly stole from the

Kettler Elementary School PTA between March 2003 and May 2004.

Police investigated Rangel in June 2004 when Cathy Lindsey,

Kettler PTA president, reported missing funds. Police detectives then

investigated Rangel’s bank records and found that deposits made to

his bank account matched withdrawals from the PTA’s finances, police

said.

Police said Rangel was not arrested because he cooperated with

detectives.