WV XMAS STABBING 12/26/12 7:30a DMF

A MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING A WOMAN AFTER A BRIEF STANDOFF WITH POLICE WAS ARRESTED EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. WATSONVILLE POLICE WERE DISPATCHED TO A HOME ON THE 20 BLOCK OF SYDNEY AVENUE AROUND 2:30 A.M. WITH REPORTS OF A STABBING VICTIM. OFFICERS LOCATED A 35-YEAR OLD WOMAN SUFFERING FROM AT LEAST ONE STAB WOUND TO HER UPPER TORSO. CARLOS SANCHEZ IS ALLEGED TO HAVE STABBED THE WOMAN AND THEN FLED IN A CAR WITH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL AND WATSONVILLE POLICE OFFICERS CHASED DANCHEZ THROUGH WATSONVILLE OUT TO NORTHBOUND HIGHWAY 1. THE PURSUIT ENDED NEAR FREEDOM BOULEVARD AND SANCHEZ WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO COUNTY JAIL ON SUSPICION OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT.