Man suspected of assaulting couple after Carlsbad crash has record, prosecutors say

A man suspected of stabbing a man and striking a woman after the individuals were involved in a car crash on a freeway off-ramp in Carlsbad appeared in court Wednesday to face charges. Orlando Chavez, 47, pleaded not guilty to assault with serious bodily injury and attempted murder in the altercation that started as a car crash between two trucks on the off-ramp from Interstate 5 to Tamarack Avenue. “What started as a fender bender, which I think many of us have had before, kind of t...