Man Charged With Trying to Kill His Pregnant Girlfriend

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A 46-year-old San Diego man has been charged with attempted murder and other felonies after allegedly stabbing his pregnant girlfriend multiple times at a Ramona home on November 6, 2026, prosecutors announced.

Read the Los Angeles County District Attorney release: https://da.lacounty.gov/media/news/man-charged-attempted-murder-after-attacking-pregnant-girlfriend

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced the charges on November 12, 2026.

The defendant is Fermin Fuentes Jr., 46, of San Diego.

Fuentes is in custody, and prosecutors requested bail be set at $1.885 million, according to the release.

Attempted Murder, Corporal Injury, And False Imprisonment

Fuentes is charged with one count of attempted murder, according to the release.

He is also charged with one count of corporal injury to a spouse, cohabitant or dating partner, and one count of false imprisonment by violence, according to the release.

The charges include allegations that Fuentes inflicted great bodily injury, inflicted great bodily injury on a pregnant victim, and personally used a deadly and dangerous weapon, a knife, according to the release.

The charges also allege a prior felony conviction for assault with a deadly weapon, according to the release.

The case is No. 26CJCF07161003, according to the release.

A Ramona Home, A Knife Attack, And A Friend's Arrival

On the afternoon of November 6, 2026, Fuentes allegedly stabbed his pregnant girlfriend, who is also the mother of his child, multiple times at a home in Ramona, according to the release.

He then allegedly slammed her head into the floor and dragged her into the garage, refusing to let her leave, according to the release.

Fuentes allegedly fled when a friend arrived at the home, according to the release.

The woman survived and was treated at a hospital, and her unborn child also survived, according to the release.

Fuentes was arrested later that day in Ramona by the San Diego County Sheriff's Office, with assistance from the FBI Fugitive Task Force, and was extradited to Los Angeles County, according to the release.

"Pregnancy should never be a time marked by fear," District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said, according to the release. "This was a brutal attack on both a mother and her unborn child, carried out by the person who should have been protecting them. Our office stands firmly with this survivor and will work tirelessly to ensure the individual responsible is held fully accountable. No one should ever have to endure this kind of violence, especially during such a vulnerable period in their lives."

Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California announced separate federal charges against Fuentes on the same day, including attempted murder within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States and assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm, according to that office. Those federal charges are separate from the Los Angeles County case.

Arraignment In Los Angeles, A Life Sentence Possible, And An Ongoing Case

Arraignment is scheduled for November 13, 2026, in Department 30 of the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, according to the release.

If convicted as charged, Fuentes faces 19 years to life in state prison, plus nine years, according to the release.

The case is being prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Richard W. Smith of the Domestic Violence Section, and it was investigated by the San Diego County Sheriff's Office, according to the release.

The charges are allegations, and Fuentes is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact law enforcement. Victims of domestic violence can seek help through local law enforcement and victim services.

Sources Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office — Official News Release, November 12, 2026: https://da.lacounty.gov/media/news/man-charged-attempted-murder-after-attacking-pregnant-girlfriend U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of California — Official Press Release, November 12, 2026 (federal charges)