A woman has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for stabbing a sleeping man on the Blue Line Trolley in La Jolla and she was on probation at the time for displaying a knife to her 10-year-old son’s face, a report says.

Deputy District Attorney Roza Egiazarian and the probation department urged a 27-year prison term for Angelina Montes Stricklen, 31, who pleaded guilty to attempted murder of Kevin Gutierrez-Salmeron, 21, whom she did not know.

Gutierrez-Salmeron staggered off the trolley at 3449 Nobel Drive in La Jolla at 5 p.m. after being stabbed twice in his chest. He was taken to a hospital on Oct. 22 and lost three pints of blood, according to a probation report released on Feb. 7.

The knife used to stab the victim “just barely” missed his heart, said the surgeon who operated on Gutierrez-Salmeron, who asked paramedics not to let him die, the report said.

Security cameras show that Stricklen rose from her seat shortly before the trolley stopped at the Nobel Drive station and took the victim’s cell phone that was in his lap as he slept. The report said she put it in her waistband and then sipped from a wine bottle she carried with her.

The victim stopped her from stabbing him a third time, the report said. As he exited, she wiped the blood off her pocketknife with a piece of clothing and took his Adidas bag, according to surveillance cameras. Witnesses said she began dancing inside the trolley car with the wine bottle and then quickly exited at the next stop.

San Diego Superior Court Judge Rachel Cano told Stricklen she may one day have a relationship with her three children after she is released from prison. She lost custody of them and they were living with her grandmother, records say.

Cano imposed 10 years for the attempted murder and added three years consecutively for her conviction of child abuse and use of a knife in a 2021 incident when she showed up at her grandmother’s residence with a knife.

The probation report says she had a knife and tried to stab “the family parrot through the cage” while demanding the bird be still. The parrot was not injured. Stricklen said she was only “fake stabbing” at the bird and didn’t intend to injure the parrot.

However, her presence at her grandmother’s house with the children violated a restraining order. She walked inside her 10-year-old son’s room “with a pocketknife with the blade pointed at him inches from his face,” according to the report.

Her attorney, Sarah Brand, asked for a 14-year sentence, saying Stricklen had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and PTSD, and was intoxicated at the time of the assault.

“She was born into a family of domestic violence, as were her three children,” said Brand. “Angelina is a victim of sexual abuse and domestic violence. She suffers daily. She’s remorseful.”

Stricklen’s family members signed declarations saying she experienced terrible things in her childhood and adult life. Brand said “She has been in a cycle of abuse,” which also included being raped.

She has worked as a nurse’s assistant. She has been convicted of misdemeanor drunk driving with injury and gang-related vandalism, the report said.

She did not show up for her video appointment from jail with the probation department. The report said a sheriff’s deputy said Stricklen refused to prepare for the video interview.

“Her actions in this case prove she is a serious threat to the community,” wrote the probation officer. “She stabbed and almost killed a stranger as he slept on the trolley.”

“Then, in an even further display of her callous, uncaring nature, she went through and took the victim’s belongings, and was seen dancing on the trolley,” wrote the probation officer. “This level of apathy towards human life is great cause for concern for the rest of the community.”

Cano gave her credit for serving 109 days in jail and fined her $670.