CLEARLAKE – Clearlake Police have had their hands full this week, with two stabbing cases in less than a week's time.

The most recent stabbing case occurred Tuesday.

Lt. Mike Hermann said Osvaldo Diaz of Clearlake, who turned 26 on the day the incident took place, allegedly stabbed another 26-year-old man at the victim's brother's home on Lane Avenue at about 3 p.m. that day.

Hermann said an argument took place during which the stabbing is alleged to have occurred.

The Clearlake Police log from that day has Diaz reporting the stabbing to police, saying he had stabbed the victim with a knife with a 4-and-a-half-inch blade because the man was destroying his vehicle.

The victim suffered two small stab wounds to his back and was taken to Redbud Community Hospital for treatment, said Hermann. The wounds aren't life threatening.

Diaz, who jail records say works as a clerk, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. He remains in the Lake County Jail on $15,000 bail, with a Friday court date listed.

Hermann said Diaz had a few prior contacts with Clearlake Police but no arrests before Tuesday.

Earlier in the week, on Sunday, Clearlake Police made another arrest for a stabbing, said Hermann.

Marian Geneva Anderson, 46, of Clearlake, was arrested after allegedly assaulting her live-in boyfriend, said Hermann.

Anderson, whose occupation is listed on her booking sheet as an In-Home Supportive Services worker, attacked her 54-year-old boyfriend with a kitchen knife at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday, said Hermann.

The victim, said Hermann, sustained a deep laceration to his left lower arm.

Anderson was booked on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, making terrorist threats and domestic violence, with bail set at $40,000, according to her booking sheet.

She has since been released from jail, with records indicating she is to appear in Lake County Superior Court on Sept. 26.

Hermann said she had numerous prior contacts with police, with her last arrest taking place in 2003 for misdemeanor charges.

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