The man charged with attempted murder for setting a Watsonville mobile home on fire Tuesday morning and injuring three people is now facing numerous other charges and enhancements, according to a complaint filed in Santa Cruz County Superior Court.
Duane Hawkins, 65, allegedly came to the mobile home near Crespi Way on Tuesday morning and started a fire after an argument. He sustained moderate injuries and was taken to a Bay Area trauma center, while another person in the home sustained minor injuries and was taken to a county hospital.
A court filing shows that one of the mobile home’s inhabitants was a person that Hawkins was in a relationship with. On top of an attempted murder charge, Hawkins is facing additional charges of first degree burglary, corporal injury to a person he was in a relationship with, false imprisonment by violence and animal cruelty, as he allegedly “maimed, mutilated and tortured” two dogs his partner owned.
Hawkins is also facing enhancements to the charges, including that he allegedly committed the crime against a particularly vulnerable victim, that his crimes were planned and premeditated, that the crime caused damage of great monetary value, that he took advantage of a position of trust, that he engaged in violent conduct, and that he has prior convictions that are “numerous and of increasing seriousness.”
Hawkins is scheduled for arraignment on Monday.
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