CLEARLAKE ? Two Clearlake men are currently hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries and another in jail for attempted murder.
Alejandro Mondragon, 31 was arrested for attempted murder on Wednesday in relation to an alleged altercation that resulted in the stabbing of the two men.
According to Clearlake Police Chief Allan McClain, officers responded to St. Helena Hospital Clearlake at approximately 3 a.m. on Wednesday following a report of two stabbing victims in the emergency room.
The victims, identified as Wesley Auten, 26 and Samuel Auten, 21 received stab wounds to the back and are currently hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
Detectives and the Crime Suppression Unit were requested to investigate the crime. McClain said that as a result of the investigation it was determined that the stabbings took place at a residence on the 3000 block of Oak Avenue in Clearlake after a physical fight between the Autens and Mondragon.
Mondragon was booked into Lake County Jail with bond set at $50,000.
