Lakeport, Calif. -- Lakeport police arrested a man Tuesday afternoon for stabbing another man.
Shortly after noon Tuesday, Lakeport Police Officers responded to a report of a male subject walking in and out of traffic and yelling at motorists on S. Main St. at E St.
Upon arrival officers made contact with Wayne Pernell 70 who is described as a transient. Pernell reported being stabbed by another male subject.
As Pernell was speaking to the officers he pointed up the street to a male subject, identified as Brett White 33 Lakeport and stated he was the person who stabbed him.
Officers detained White, and through the course of the investigation, learned that White and Pernell had been drinking alcohol in the area of Lupoyoma Heights when Pernell made sexual advances toward White.
White told Pernell to stop touching him but Pernell continued.
White, who was holding a folding pocket knife with the blade open, warned Pernell that if he didn’t stop touching him, he would stab him.
Pernell told White to “go ahead” and White reached toward Pernell with the knife and stabbed Pernell in the left hand as Pernell was placing his hands up to protect himself.
Pernell was evaluated at the scene by Lakeport Fire and subsequently transported to Sutter Lakeside Hospital, via ambulance.
White was placed under arrest for violation of Penal Code section 245(a)(1) PC-Assault with a deadly weapon or force likely to produce great bodily injury and 422 PC-Criminal threats.
White was transported to the Hill Road Correctional Facility where his bail was set at $25,000.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Officer Trouette at the Lakeport Police Department 707-263-5491.