WATSONVILLE — A man wanted in a Sunday morning stabbing was arrested Tuesday, police said.
According to Watsonville Police, Omar Contreras, 29, was wanted for stabbing a 23-year-old man in the chest at a restaurant on the 100 block of Main Street in Watsonville at about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday.
Officers from the Watsonville Police Department, California Highway Patrol and Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office arrested Contreras at a home in Las Lomas on Tueaday morning.
The victim was taken to an out-of-county trauma center for treatment and has since been released from the hospital, according to police.
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With the help of surveillance footage and witnesses, officers were able to identify Contreras as the suspect.
Contreras was booked into Santa Cruz County Jail with a $375,000 bail.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Nelson Hernandez at 768-3358.
