One person arrested after Saturday night stabbing
Published: Aug. 6, 2022 at 10:45 PM CDT|Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 11:02 PM CDT
WEINER, Ark. (KAIT) - One person is in the hospital Saturday night after being stabbed.
According to Poinsett County Sheriff Kevin Molder, Rudy Bautista stabbed a person in Weiner near an apartment complex on Fuller Street.
Molder said officers were called to an altercation at the apartments around 8:33 that night.
When officers arrived one person was stabbed and Bautista left the scene in a vehicle. He then crashed the vehicle and ran away.
Officers found him and arrested Bautista around 9:50 Saturday night.
The name of the person stabbed has not been released, but Molder said the victim suffered non-life threatening injuries.
The Poinsett County Sheriff’s Department will be investigating the stabbing.
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