Petaluma Woman Wanted In Stabbing Turns Herself In

PETALUMA (CBS SF) - A 20-year-old Petaluma woman wanted for allegedly stabbing a 16-year-old boy turned herself into police on Wednesday afternoon, according to sheriff's officials.

The suspect, identified as Raquel Magana, was wanted on a $150,000 warrant, sheriff's officials said. She is currently in custody at the county jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and child endangerment.

The boy was riding his bicycle on a bike path in front of the Rancho Vista Mobile Home in the 17300 block of state Highway 12 in Aqua Caliente near Sonoma around 8 p.m. when he was confronted, the sheriff's office said.

The woman asked the boy his gang status and stabbed him in the stomach, chest and arm when he said he wasn't a gang member, the sheriff's office said. The boy rode home on his bike and his parents called an ambulance.

The boy suffered serious injuries but is expected to survive.

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