She has possible warrants out of Pierce County

The woman, Yadira Dayana Chavez Cruz, attempted to steal shoes from the store on Thursday, said Carla Iafrate of the Bellevue police.When Cruz was contacted by the store's loss prevention officer, she pulled a knife out from her purse and slashed the officer, cutting his arm, Iafrate said. Cruz fled in a four-door black Toyota pickup truck.The driver of the pickup was not seen.Chavez Cruz, 24, is described as 5-feet-4-inches tall, 125 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair with blond highlights. She has a large sleeve tattoo on her upper right arm. She should be considered armed and dangerous, Iafrate said.She has lived at various addresses in the Tacoma area. She may be driving a 2009 black Toyota crew cab truck with a possible Washington state license plate B70659Y.She also may be driving a 2006 black Ford Mustang with a possible Washington state license plate ALZ9325.Chavez Cruz is wanted for investigation of first-degree robbery and first-degree assault. She has possible warrants out of Pierce County and is a suspect in other Fred Meyer thefts.

An apparently suicidal man was hospitalized early Saturday morning after cutting himself and refusing to put away his knife when confronted by a police officer in Santa Rosa, according to police.officers were dispatched to a house in west Santa Rosa after a suicide prevention hotline reported that a man had called saying he was suicidal and had cut himself, according to police.As an arriving officer approached the home on foot, he saw a man standing in the driveway with a bloody arm holding a folding knife with the blade open.The officer drew his service weapon, told the man to drop the knife and called for additional officers.Police said the man refused to drop the knife and told the officer, "You are going to have to kill me."The officer repeatedly told the man he didn't want to hurt him and to get rid of the knife, police said.Minutes later, the man put the knife in his pocket, followed the officer's request to get on the ground and was handcuffed, according to police.Medical personnel took the man to a local hospital for treatment and mental health evaluation.