Man arrested for stabbing another man on Stock Island

A 77 year old Stock Island man went to jail Friday for stabbing another man at a trailer on 5th Avenue, Stock Island.

When Lt. Donnie Catala and  Deputies John Allen and Wendy Negron arrived at  3:30 p.m. the suspect and victim were still on the scene. The 66 year old male victim was bleeding from cuts to his hand and chest. The suspect, Manuel Garcia, was sitting at a table at the front of the residence with the 10 inch filet knife he used to stab the victim sitting on the table beside him.

A witness also at the trailer said he’d been sleeping in the back of the trailer and woke to the sounds of the two other men arguing. He said the two had been arguing on and off all week. He said he walked out to check on them and found the victim bleeding. That is when he called the Sheriff’s Office.

The victim told Deputy Negron the witness invited him over to the residence. He said when he got there, Garcia told him to leave. He said Garcia continued arguing with him and telling him to leave. He said it was during this argument that Garcia grabbed a knife. He said he held up his hands to defend himself and was cut on the hand; he said after he was cut on the hand, Garcia cut him on the chest.

The victim was treated and released from the hospital. Garcia was arrested, charged with aggravated battery and was taken to jail.

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