Memorial Day mayhem

Memorial Day weekend was a busy one for crime in Butte County, as the Chico Police Department responded to three stabbings and multiple agencies cooperated to make 18 DUI arrests.

On Friday, May 26, Oroville resident Jess Geiger was allegedly stabbed in the upper back by Jeffrey Goodwin, a homeless man, on the 2300 block of Fair Street, according to a CPD press release. Geiger’s wound was non-lethal.

At 7:27 p.m. on Memorial Day, an 18-year-old woman was stabbed in a home in the 1600 block of East Avenue following a fight with a 19-year-old woman. About an hour later, police arrived at West Third and Broadway streets, where a 33-year-old man was stabbed by one of two 15-year-olds sought in the investigation—a boy and girl.

Both victims were taken to Enloe Medical Center for non-life-threatening wounds.