Police arrest SLO County man suspected of stabbing, sexually assaulting friend

A Morro Bay man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder Friday night after police said he stabbed and sexually assaulted a friend.

At 6:36 p.m., officers received reports of a stabbing in the 2400 block of Reno Court in Morro Bay, according to a news release shared on the Morro Bay Police Department’s Facebook page.

According to the release, officers “immediately located an adult female victim suffering injuries to the neck and multiple stab wounds to her chest and hands.”

The woman identified her assailant as Jerry Eugene Adams, 71, who was staying in the 400 block of Bonita Street, police said. She then was promptly rushed to the hospital.

Police said Adams was “a known friend” of the injured woman.

Officers then located Adams and took him into custody.

Adams was booked into the San Luis Obispo County Jail on suspicion of charges of attempted homicide, false imprisonment, intimidating a witness and sexual assault against a victim through force.

Adams remained in custody as of Sunday morning, with bail set at $500,000, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office’s Who’s in Custody website.