Man Arrested for Cutting Woman After She Asked Him to Leave Motel Room

VICTORVILLE – A Victorville transient was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon after injuring his female friend with a knife.

On Thursday, September 20, 2018, at around 4:18 a.m. deputies from the Victorville station responded to the Green Spot Motel in the 16900 block of C Street in the City of Victorville. When they arrived they learned that Clifton Plesant, 48, was with the victim in her motel room at the motel. “When the victim asked him to leave he became very angry and cut her with a knife multiple times,” said Victorville Station Spokeswoman Mara Rodriguez.  “Deputies arrived and arrested Plesant, without incident.”

The woman was transported to a local hospital for the treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Plesant is due to return to the Victorville Superior Court on Monday, October 1, 2018.  Meanwhile, he is at the High Desert Detention Center and is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail. 

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