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Victim Hospitalized, Supect Arrested Following Knife Assault In St. James
A suspect is behind bars and a victim was hospitalized following an assault with a knife in St. James early Tuesday morning. St. James police and Watonwan County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call at 3:45 a.m. Responding officers found a victim with a knife wound to the neck, according to a press release. The suspect had fled the scene before police arrived, but was ultimately identified as German Alexis Funez Canelas, 29. Canelas is being held on charges of 2nd-degree assault, domestic assault, and interfering with a 911 call.