{"id":963,"date":"2026-08-20T23:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T23:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/08\/20\/mass-stabbing-at-california-casino-leaves-5-employees-injured-co-worker-arrested-authorities\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T23:22:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T23:22:58","slug":"mass-stabbing-at-california-casino-leaves-5-employees-injured-co-worker-arrested-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/08\/20\/mass-stabbing-at-california-casino-leaves-5-employees-injured-co-worker-arrested-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Stabbing at California Casino Leaves 5 Employees Injured, Co-Worker Arrested: Authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Naugle was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after five of his coworkers were stabbed at Thunder Valley Casino<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/mXY-0-pcXNCzNodVVRTc0AUbRP4=\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)\/Thunder-Valley-Casino-stabbing476-08202026-136724604fff4191aa4abd536d11e684.jpg\" alt=\"Thunder Valley Casino stabbingCredit: ABC10\" title=\"Thunder Valley Casino stabbing\" \/><figcaption><i>Thunder Valley Casino stabbing<br \/>Credit: ABC10<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Five Dos Coyotes employees were stabbed inside the restaurant\u2019s kitchen at Thunder Valley Casino<\/li>\n<li>None of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries<\/li>\n<li>Coworker Joseph Naugle was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Five restaurant workers were stabbed inside a California casino kitchen, and one of their coworkers has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p>The stabbing took place about 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19, inside the Dos Coyotes restaurant at Thunder Valley Casino in Lincoln, the Placer County Sheriff\u2019s Office said in an <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcPwRfLHCds\/?hl=en\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">Instagram post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies arrived within minutes and took a suspect into custody, according to the sheriff\u2019s office \u2014 the agency later identified him as Joseph Naugle.<\/p>\n<p>All five victims and Naugle worked at the restaurant, and no casino guests were involved, a Thunder Valley Casino spokesperson told CBS Sacramento. The stabbing occurred in the restaurant\u2019s kitchen, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/xy6qVWI2PnLGcHOy3mpkqNIUKlQ=\/fit-in\/640x480\/Joseph-Naugle477-08202026-a59ffa96f93042e49af3345b6bbd671c.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph NaugleCredit: Placer County Sheriff's office\" title=\"Thunder Valley Casino stabbing\" \/><figcaption><i>Joseph Naugle<br \/>Credit: Placer County Sheriff&#8217;s office<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One victim was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. The four others were treated at the scene by Thunder Valley Casino EMTs and Cal Fire, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>None of the five victims\u2019 injuries were considered life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p>A CBS Sacramento camera captured Naugle, who appeared to still be wearing a kitchen apron, being placed into a sheriff\u2019s vehicle.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/RzTB2tC7MyBCxveNJS10bfO6J0w=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/Thunder-Valley-Casino475-08202026-5d849b8afd7c46199d5ad1d5d2614c0b.jpg\" alt=\"Thunder Valley CasinoCredit: google maps\" title=\"Thunder Valley Casino stabbing\" \/><figcaption><i>Thunder Valley Casino<br \/>Credit: google maps<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office said Naugle appeared to know all five victims. He was booked into the Placer County Jail on suspicion of attempted murder, and the sheriff\u2019s office expects additional charges, KCRA reported.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have not disclosed a possible motive.<\/p>\n<p>No additional suspects were being sought, and the sheriff\u2019s office said there was no threat to the public. The casino remained open following the stabbing, its spokesperson told CBS Sacramento.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Naugle was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after five of his coworkers were stabbed at Thunder Valley Casino Thunder Valley Casino stabbingCredit: ABC10 NEED TO KNOW Five Dos Coyotes employees were stabbed inside the restaurant\u2019s kitchen at Thunder Valley Casino None of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries Coworker Joseph Naugle was arrested on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything-else"],"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"1":{"name":"Everything Else","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/category\/everything-else\/"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}