Crime & Safety
Stabbing Suspect Identified, Charged With Attempted Murder
The victim is reportedly in critical condition.
Police have made an arrest in the brutal stabbing of a man on Massachusetts Avenue.
Friday afternoon, police responded to reports of a stabbing on Massachusetts Avenue. The victim -- reportedly stabbed multiple times -- is 55-year-old male who was taken to Lawrence General Hospital and then flown to a Boston hospital.
Alcides B. Barahona, 29, of North Andover, was arrested at the scene and has been charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery domestic, attempted murde and assault and battery with serious bodily harm, according to District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett's office.
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The victim is reportedly in critical condition. Earlier reports said that he had suffered significant blood loss and partial finger amputation.
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