(Butte County, CA) – In Butte County Court yesterday, 31-year-old Samuel Dickenson pled guilty to multiple charges for an attack in Magalia in August.

Dickenson was wearing an all black ninja outfit, armed with knives & duct tape as he entered a home on Temple Circle late at night, with the intent to kidnap and rape an 8-year-old child living there. The child and the child’s mother were not there, but Dickenson was confronted by the child’s 70-year-old grandmother, who was stabbed twice in the chest, then as the woman’s 72-year-old husband attempted to save her, he was also stabbed. A 13-year-old in the home was able to call 911.

Both stabbing victims continue their recovery according the the D.A.

Dickenson faces 16 years in prison and remains jailed without bail until sentencing.