A Vancouver man was sentenced Friday to 10 years in jail for stabbing a Clark School worker within the neck in Could whereas she sat exterior a campus constructing.
Salvador Aguilar, 31, pleaded responsible in Clark County Superior Courtroom to first-degree assault and tried theft of a motorcar. His sentence is about to run concurrent with a 13-month sentence in a 2023 residential housebreaking case, court docket data present.
Vancouver police responded at 4:29 p.m. Could 14 to the faculty at 1933 Fort Vancouver Manner for a report of a stabbing. Officers arrived to seek out Jami Crawford had been stabbed within the neck, in response to a possible trigger affidavit. Clark School beforehand stated she was an worker of the faculty.
Crawford informed officers she was sitting exterior Gaiser Corridor on the principle campus when a person she didn’t acknowledge approached her. She stated the person, whom police later recognized as Aguilar, struck her within the neck, and she or he initially thought he’d punched her. She then realized she was bleeding and had been stabbed, court docket data state.
Earlier than Aguilar stabbed her, Crawford stated he yelled one thing a couple of sexual assault of his daughter, in response to the affidavit.
Crawford was taken to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Middle. Medical personnel decided her harm was not life-threatening, however the wound was close to very important veins, the affidavit states.
Police searched the realm across the Vancouver faculty for the assailant, however they didn’t discover him. Officers considered surveillance video that captured the stabbing, in response to court docket data.
Clark School safety alerted police to an incident the day prior with a similar-looking suspect. Safety officers stated a girl contacted them about 7 p.m. and stated a person had tried to get into her automobile whereas she was sitting in it in one of many parking heaps. The girl, recognized as Trista Cochran, stated the person pulled on her open door and repeatedly made feedback concerning the sexual assault of his daughter. There was safety footage of that incident, as nicely, the affidavit states.
Police shared images of the assailant, which led to a tip that he was frequenting a enterprise within the Rose Village neighborhood. A person stated he typically let Aguilar keep on his property. Officers went there and located Aguilar sleeping contained in the cab of a truck. Police arrested him and located the clothes he was seen carrying on the faculty contained in the truck, in response to court docket data.
Throughout an interview with police, officers stated Aguilar informed them he was defending himself when he stabbed Crawford. Police famous within the affidavit that wasn’t per the surveillance video. Investigators stated Aguilar additionally admitted to attempting to steal Cochran’s automotive, in response to the affidavit.