Teens will face trial in stabbing

A judge determined Friday there was enough evidence to try two teenagers in the stabbing of a sleeping rival.

Adrian Garcia, 14, and Francisco Monroy, 15, are each charged with suspicion of attempted murder, battery with a deadly weapon and burglary with a deadly weapon. The juvenile girlfriend of Monroy was arrested also on suspicion of principal to attempted murder, obstruction and a probation violation for allegedly harboring Monroy and Garcia after they entered the home of 16-year-old neighbor and stabbed him seven times as he slept.

The teen testified in a preliminary hearing that ended Friday, that after chasing the two off, he woke his mother who drove him to the hospital. A Carson City investigator credited the boy's survival to the heavy blanket the boy was sleeping under.

Officers followed footprints in the snow to a neighboring home, where they contacted the female. She denied knowing anything about the incident, but while being questioned by an investigator, Garcia and Monroy were discovered hiding under her bed, said Detective Daniel Gonzales.

Garcia and Monroy will be arraigned in District Court on Jan. 22.

Under Nevada law, they are automatically certified as adults because attempted murder is not considered a delinquent act.