LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said a teenager wanted in connection for a stabbing last week has been taken into custody.

On Friday, deputies located and arrested 14-year-old Nova Fabisch, according to sheriff’s office spokesperson Lauren Berlinn.

Berlinn said deputies found Fabisch in Lakeport and arrested her on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, battery causing serious bodily injury and attempted murder.

Last Wednesday, sheriff’s deputies responded to Sutter Lakeside Hospital after receiving reports of a female juvenile who had sustained multiple stab wounds, as Lake County News previously reported.

During an interview at the hospital with the victim and her parents, the deputies were told that the suspect — identified as Fabisch — had stabbed her multiple times with a pocket knife.

The victim was expected to make a full recovery, according to the sheriff’s office.

Due to the seriousness of the charges and Fabisch’s identification as the suspect, the sheriff’s office chose to release her name.

After her arrest on Friday, Fabisch was transported to and transferred into the custody of the Lake County Probation Office, Berlinn said.

So far, there does not appear to be any plans to charge Fabisch as an adult. 

Chief Deputy District Attorney Rich Watson told Lake County News that Fabisch is being handled as a juvenile case.
 
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