LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is working to locate a teenager who authorities said stabbed another girl this week.

Nova Fabisch, 14, of Nice, is being sought in connection to the assault, which the sheriff’s office said occurred on Wednesday.

Although Fabisch is a juvenile, sheriff’s spokesperson Lauren Berlinn said her name is being released to the public due to Fabisch being wanted for attempted murder and because she has been “definitively identified as the suspect.”

On Wednesday, sheriff’s deputies responded to Sutter Lakeside Hospital after receiving reports of a juvenile who had sustained multiple stab wounds, Berlinn said.

When they arrived at the hospital, deputies spoke with the juvenile victim in the presence of her parents, Berlinn said.

Berlinn said the victim reported that during a physical altercation, the suspect, identified as Fabisch, stabbed her multiple times with a pocket knife. 

The victim was treated for her injuries and is expected to make a full recovery, Berlinn said.

“This appears to be an isolated incident, and there is no ongoing threat to the community,” the statement issued by Berlinn on Thursday said.

Berlinn said an active felony warrant has been issued for Fabisch’s arrest on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, battery causing serious bodily injury and attempted murder.
 
Anyone with information related to this case is urged to contact the Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit at 707-262-4088.