Attempted Assault with a Knife

December 21, 2017 @ 9:30am

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Lt. Daniel Duncan, Corvallis Police Department

(541) 766-6986/ daniel.duncan@corvallisoregon.gov

By: Lt. Daniel Duncan

Attempted Assault with a Knife

On December 20th, 2017, at 10:05 am, Corvallis Police Department Officers responded to a home under construction in the 2800 block of NW Margarita Pl for a report of an assault.  Two constructions workers at the home were holding down their co-worker who had assaulted and attempted to stab one of them.  The suspect, identified as 46-year-old Ignacio Cervantez-Castaneda of Tangent, was taken into custody when officers arrived.  At the time he was taken into custody he was in possession of a concealed .32 caliber handgun in his waistband.  A folding pocketknife was also recovered from the scene.  The assault victim only suffered minor injuries from being punch in the face.

Cervantez-Castaneda was transported to the Benton County Jail where he was lodged on charges of Attempted Assault II, Assault IV, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm with a bail of $200,000.

https://www.co.benton.or.us/sheriff/inmate_detail?inmate=1700001940