Man accused of stabbing roommate

SANDUSKY – A 64-year-old man is was arrested on June 21 after he allegedly stabbed his roommate in the arm.

According to a report from the Sandusky Police Department, police responded to the house after the Sandusky Fire Department claimed that David Brown was holding a knife and preventing them to tend to a woman with chest pains.

According to the report, when police arrived, the immediately handcuffed Brown in the house. Brown, according to the report, admitted to police to stabbing his roommate. He claimed he did in self defense after his roommate slapped him in the face.

The roommate, according to the report, was found a with four inch laceration on his arm. He was transported to Firelands Regional Medical Center by the Sandusky Fire Department for his injuries. At the hospital, he claimed that he was just sitting in a chair when Brown came by and cut him with a knife.

The report states that police found a large amount of blood inside on the kitchen floor.

Brown was charged with felonious assault, a second-degree felony.

Also in the house police were able to locate the woman with chest pains, along with another woman, who was arrested on a warrant.

This article was written by Nate Hinners. Contact Nate at nhinners@huroninsider.com.