Man arrested after stabbing, slashing, g’pa in face 20 times

FONTANA — A 61-year-old man is recovering today after suffering serious facial and head trauma when his own grandson “stabbed and slashed” him “twenty times” during an argument at a private residence Monday evening, Dec. 10.  The victim is expected to survive, “but with severe facial trauma and disfigurement,” Fontana PD reported after the incident and arrest.

The alleged suspect was later arrested after holding another family against their will, when he went into their home while still armed with the bloody knife and told them he had just killed his grandfather.

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Fontana police officers were dispatched to a residence on the 8900 block of Pepper Ave. shortly after 7 p.m., after receiving reports of a stabbing that had just occurred.

When officials arrived at the scene they learned Anthony Hernandez, 21, of Fontana, had “stabbed and slashed his grandfather 20 times in the face and head causing great bodily injury,” Fontana PD later explained. ” The victim was able to flee for help and was transported to Kaiser Hospital Fontana for treatment.”

Investigating officers soon learned that after the violent incident Hernandez fled to a neighbor’s house “asking to come inside with a bloody knife in hand,” Fontana PD explained. “Once inside he told the family he had just killed his grandfather.”

Hernandez reportedly refused to allow the terrified family leave or use the telephone, holding them inside the residence against their will.

Officers eventually learned where Hernandez was hiding and made contact with him at the front door of the neighbor’s home, where he was apprehended without further incident.

No one inside the second residence was injured and the alleged suspect’s grandfather is expected to survive, despite severe facial trauma and disfigurement.

Hernandez was later booked into West Valley Detention Center on suspicion of attempted homicide and false imprisonment, Fontana PD reported.

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Trevor Montgomery, 47, moved last year to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, The Valley Chronicle, and Anza Valley Outlook; as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County and Mountain Echo in Shasta County.

Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back, and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)

During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations; including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and Lake Elsinore Station; along with other locations.

Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.

Trevor has been married for more than 28 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 15 – but soon to be 16 – grandchildren.