FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A man has been arrested after sheriff’s deputies say he say physically assaulted and stabbed a woman after entering her Fresno County home.
Authorities say 41-year-old Samuel Rodriguez went to the home on Belmont and DeWolf between 7:30 and 8 pm Sunday.
Deputies say the front door was unlocked and the garage was open when Rodriguez went inside and attacked the woman.
After the assault, the woman locked herself in a room until a family member came home and called 911.
Rodriguez was taken into custody around 1 pm Tuesday at a Jack in the Box in Sanger.
He will be charged with attempted murder.
Listen to the report by KMJ’s Liz Kern.