Lee also has nine felony convictions in the last decade, including for theft of a motor vehicle, possession of stolen property, attempted robbery, and attempted burglary. He's now charged with four counts of first-degree assault and one count of fourth-degree assault.

Roland Jerome Lee is accused of stabbing five people as they stood on the sidewalk in a roughly four-block area in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. He faces four first-degree assault charges and one count of fourth-degree assault.