Juvenile arrested in Friday stabbing incident

A 16-year-old male was arrested by South Lake Tahoe Police Saturday afternoon for allegedly stabbing a man in the arm during an altercation on 11th Street and Eloise Avenue on Friday.

Following up on leads, police found the juvenile suspect around 12:30pm Saturday in an apartment on Blackwood Trail after identifying it as the apartment of a parolee, according to Sgt. Josh Adler of South Lake Tahoe Police. Earlier, during their investigation police took into custody a 17-year-old male from a location on Kokanee Trail in El Dorado County who was allegedly also involved in the incident. Police say Sonya Klempner was also at that location and obstructed the investigation and was also arrested.

Police say the stabbing does not appear to be gang related.

On Friday, police and fire personnel responded to a call and found a 22-year-old male who said he had been riding a bicycle and got into an altercation with a male riding a skate board who stabbed him in the arm and then fled west across Emerald Bay Road. The victim was taken to Barton Hospital for treatment and police, with the assistance of the El Dorado County Sheriff and California Highway Patrol, searched the area but were unable to locate the alleged assailant at the time.

Sgt. Adler told Lake Tahoe News the victim is in stable condition after surgery.

Police are still investigating the crime and said anyone with information should contact them at (530) 542.6100 or Secret Witness at (530) 541.6800