OAKLAND — A 43-year-old man accused of stabbing two individuals to demise and trying to homicide a 3rd in three separate assaults allegedly known as one of many stabbings “a sacrifice” for Jesus and exhibited apparent indicators of getting a psychological sickness or delusion throughout an interview with police, based on court docket data.
John Regan, who additionally goes by Sean Patrick Carsetti, is charged with two counts of homicide and one rely of tried homicide, in reference to stabbings in March and April 2021. After a preliminary listening to in late Might through which Regan was ordered to face trial, prosecutors have moved to mix his two prison instances into one which encompasses all three prices.
On July 7, Regan pleaded not responsible by purpose of madness to all prices. His subsequent court docket date has been set for Oct. 11, when a choose is scheduled to obtain the report of two medical docs assigned to judge Regan’s psychological well being, based on court docket data.
On the preliminary listening to, police and eyewitness testimony publicized new particulars concerning the stabbings, together with Regan’s alleged feedback about being related to “Freemasons,” believing he wanted to kill individuals earlier than he was fatally attacked, and remarks about desirous to make “a sacrifice” for Jesus, amongst different indicators that Regan was delusional.
A detective additionally testified that on Feb. 22, 2021 — a month earlier than the stabbing spree — Regan stated he was “out to catch a physique” to an officer responding to a name about Regan screaming on the sidewalk. Police allege that Regan fatally stabbed Enrique Lazard Ortiz, who died from a number of stab wounds to his neck and the again of his head at about 3 a.m. March 18, within the 22000 block of Foremost Road.
After his arrest on April 3, 2021 — the identical day he allegedly stabbed a girl greater than a dozen instances, almost killing her — he sat down for an interview with Hayward police and allegedly stated that the next day being Easter Sunday took a particular significance for him.
“He stated, ‘I did it for Jesus,'” Hayward police Det. Scott Navas testified, later including that Regan stated, “that he’s the one which individuals are attempting to kill or sacrifice and that he’s attempting to get on the opposite aspect of the fence and he needed to simply get one. After which after he stated he needed to simply get one, he yelled, ‘Completed.’ ”
Navas testified Regan appeared “delusional” and would begin “rambling” about random matters, and admitted to generally listening to voices and seeing issues that weren’t actually there. Hayward police Det. Justin Inexperienced, who participated within the interview, testified he was unaware if Regan had ever been identified with a psychological sickness.
Regan was homeless and residing in Hayward on the time. He was additionally arrested for allegedly being drunk in public between the 2 homicides, and had a protracted knife in his possession throughout that arrest, court docket data present. He’s additionally been linked to prior assaults involving melee weapons.
In October 2016, he reportedly approached a 49-year-old man, requested to see the person’s knife, then attacked him along with his personal weapon, based on police studies in court docket data. Three years later, he was arrested in reference to an ice decide assault on a girl in San Francisco, based on media studies.
Final January, Regan allegedly attacked a deputy on the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin — the place he stays, on a no-bail maintain — utilizing a weapon crafted from 4 bars of cleaning soap positioned right into a sock. The deputy, Joseph Meadows, wrote in court docket data, “I used to be capable of rapidly evade with out being hit and introduced Regan to the bottom utilizing a takedown maneuver.”