Woman stabbed by boyfriend in Salinas, runs through fields for help

Monterey County Sheriff deputies and Salinas Police Officers were called to the area of Davis and Blanco road in Salinas at about 5 p.m. for a possible stabbing.

Sheriff deputies say a man and his girlfriend got into an argument and the man stabbed her.

The woman ran through ag fields, screaming she had been stabbed when a good Samaritan picked her up and took her to Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital.

According to the victim’s family, she had surgery for a punctured lung and is expected to recover.

Deputies tracked the suspect down, tased him after he resisted arrest and arrested for attempted murder, drug possession and vehicle theft.