Man accused of stabbing fellow Spiritwood worker in Jamestown

JAMESTOWN, N.D. — One man was arrested early Friday, Dec. 16, after a stabbing in Jamestown, based on the Jamestown Police Division.

Santos Eraza Lara, 29, was taken into custody after police investigated a report of a stabbing at 12:45 a.m. Friday at 1014 16 St. NE, police Lt. Robert Opp mentioned in a information launch.

The sufferer was taken to Jamestown Regional Medical Heart by ambulance, the place he was handled for a number of stab wounds within the stomach. Opp mentioned his situation was unknown however the accidents had been reportedly non-life-threatening, he mentioned.

Opp mentioned the investigation decided that each the assailant and sufferer labored at a building web site at Spiritwood. The investigation additionally signifies the assailant particularly focused the sufferer and no present hazard exists to the group, he mentioned.

Lara was taken into custody with out incident and is at the moment being held on the Stutsman County Correctional Heart.

Opp mentioned Lara got here from Honduras to work on a building challenge at Spiritwood. His immigration standing isn’t identified at this time however is being investigated, he mentioned.