• The Escondido Police are seeking the public’s help in finding John Patrick Butler. Butler is a registered sex offender who failed to update his registration information as required by law. He wanted on a felony charge for failing to do so. John Patrick Butler is a white male, 55 years old, 5’8”, 200 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. He has a tattoo on his left forearm of moons and stars. He also has a Merlin wizard tattoo on his right forearm. Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of John Butler is asked to call Escondido Police at 760-839-4722. An anonymous tip can be left at Tip Line, 760- 743-TIPS (8477).
• Escondido Police arrived at the Escondido Transit Center at 6:47 a.m. Thursday, February 25 on a report that two men were fighting. When they arrived they found one of the men had been stabbed in the neck. Police stopped the assailant as he was leaving the area. According to Lt. Ed Varso of the EPD, the two men had a disagreement on a bus and started fighting at the Transit Center. One of the men allegedly pulled out a pair of scissors and stabbed the other man once in the neck. The victim was taken to Palomar Medical Center for the non-life threatening wound. Escondido police arrested Christian Willingham, 29, on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. The employee was given a misdemeanor for the crime, police said.
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