POLICE BRIEFS: Victoria
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Charges laid after woman attacked
The man accused of stabbing an Esquimalt woman in her own home appeared in court Tuesday. He is charged with aggravated assault, robbery, breaking and entering, and assault with a weapon.
Alexander Vince Escobar, 18, turned himself in to Victoria police on Saturday.
Escobar allegedly broke into the woman’s Anderson Road home, and stabbed the homeowner in the leg, leaving her with “life-altering” injuries before fleeing, police said.
Beating suspect surrenders to cops
A man has been arrested and charged in connection with an assault that left a 19-year-old man lying in the street in James Bay with severe head injuries.
Robert Kalen Gray, a 25-year-old man from Saanich, turned himself in to Victoria police on Monday – two weeks after the assault. He appeared in court Tuesday, charged with attempted murder and assault with a weapon.
Police said Gray attacked the victim once at the corner of Niagara and Menzies streets, then hit him with his vehicle at Toronto and Menzies streets.
Drug-smuggling attempt fails
Victoria police were waiting with handcuffs at the ready when a man suspected of smuggling drugs from the Lower Mainland landed at the HeliJet terminal last Friday.
The man stashed 7.5 kilograms of marijuana in a duffle bag. As HeliJet employees loaded the bag onto the aircraft, they smelled the pot inside and called police.
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