SANTA ROSA – What started as a gathering, and then fight in the park ended with a stabbing and a suspect on the run.
A gathering at Julliard Park turned violent Saturday night.
On Saturday night, at 8:50 pm, Santa Rosa Police were called to Julliard Park on Santa Rosa Avenue on reports of a stabbing. They discovered that a group had gathered there at the park, and two of the young men began to fight over something, and the argument turned physical. One of them, 20-year-old William Estomba of Santa Rosa, was said to have stabbed the other in the back twice.
The stabbing victim was sent to the hospital for treatment of what were called non-life threatening injuries, while police investigated the scene. After taking statements from witnesses, they broadcast a description of Estomba and set up an area perimeter. Two police dogs were brought in, and the K9 teams searched the park and neighboring areas.
By 9:15 pm, not far from the park on Sonoma Avenue, the teams spotted the young man up in a tree, about 15 feet off the ground. Stuck where he was with no outlet for escape, Estomba complied with their orders to come down, and he was duly arrested.
Estomba fled to Sonoma Avenue and climbed up a tree, where he was found by police.
William Estomba has had a history of trouble. In November 2012, the then 18-year-old from Healdsburg was accused of following two teen girls home one Friday, and then later that night, breaking into their home, according to a report from Healdsburg Patch. He had broken into an upstairs window, was confronted by the yelling girls, and left. He even returned to the scene when police had arrived, and ran away when contacted by them. After a short foot chase, he was arrested for burglary, possession of drug paraphernalia, and a probation violation. He has since had other arrests, including a shoplifting arrest, also in November 2012, and a drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest charge in March of 2013.
For this latest incident, he was booked into Sonoma County jail facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon and another violation of probation.
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