A16-year-old boy was stabbed yesterday during an assault over a stolen bicycle. Atascadero police officers were sent to the 6700 block of El Camino Real just before 11:30 a.m. When they arrived, they found the teen with a non-life-threatening injury on his forearm. During a confrontation between the teenager and 39-year-old Markus Hales, Hales allegedly stabbed the boy in the forearm. The boy was treated at an area hospital for his injury. Police caught up with Hales a short time later and charged him with assault with a deadly weapon.
