Update: Cambria man arrested for attempted murder
–On Nov. 4, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Office received a call from a citizen in Cambria who had spotted the suspect from the previous night’s attempted murder in Cambria. In that incident, Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report of an assault in a transient camp off Highway 1 near Cambria Drive in Cambria. Two men at a transient camp began fighting when the victim says the suspect made threats to kill him and then hit him in the face with a hatchet. The victim received a minor laceration.
The suspect ran off and a search was conducted by multiple law enforcement agencies but the suspect was not located. The suspect was identified as 32-year-old Kellen Christopher Trimble of Cambria. Saturday morning, Trimble was seen walking along Main Street in Cambria before heading down to the creek area under the Highway 1 bridge. A State Parks Ranger assisted with the call, located Trimble in the creek bed and detained him. Deputies then arrested him without incident and Trimble was booked into the County Jail. Trimble is facing charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
32-year-old Kellen Christopher Trimble of Cambria.
On Friday, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report of an assault in a transient camp off Highway 1 near Cambria Drive in Cambria. Two men at a transient camp began fighting when the victim says the suspect made threats to kill him and then hit him in the face with a hatchet. The victim received a minor laceration. He refused medical treatment at the scene.
The suspect ran off and a search was conducted by Deputies, Sheriff’s K9’s, State Park Rangers, CHP Officers and a CHP Plane. The suspect has not been located at this time and the search has been suspended. The suspect is known to law enforcement and the weapon used in the incident has been recovered. At this time, there is no threat to the public.
The suspect has been identified as 32-year-old Kellen Christopher Trimble of Cambria. If the public sees Trimble, they are asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office at (805) 781-4550.
