Man Pleads Not Guilty in Pregnant Woman’s Stabbing at San Diego ATM

Published on June 21, 2024

SAN DIEGO—A man who allegedly stabbed a pregnant woman multiple times at a drive-through ATM in Mira Mesa in what a prosecutor described as a “premeditated and unprovoked attack” pleaded not guilty June 20 to charges that include attempted murder. Cole Klemke, 27, of Carmel Valley on California’s Central Coast, is accused of attacking the victim—who was four months pregnant—at around 10 a.m. Saturday near the Target store on Mira Mesa Boulevard. Deputy District Attorney Spencer Sharpe alleged Mr. Klemke watched the victim for about a minute from across the parking lot as she pulled up to the ATM and exited her vehicle in order to reach the machine....