A Costa Mesa man is due in court Tuesday on allegations he tried to stab two people at the Costa Mesa Motor Inn on Friday night, authorities said.
Joseph Robert Barnes, 28, was just three days out of jail Friday when police said he lunged at two people at the motel while he was under the influence of methamphetamines. When witnesses tried to stop him, Barnes made a run for it and ended up at the New Harbor Inn a couple of blocks down the street, officials claim.
That's when police got involved. According to a police department press release, an officer driving down Harbor Boulevard saw Barnes in a confrontation with two other men. One man was holding a bicycle lock, in an apparent attempt to defend himself from the knife-wielding Barnes.
