LEWISTON (AP) — Lewiston police have charged a 43- year-old man for allegedly stabbing another man in the chest.
Police on Thursday charged Tony Leonard with elevated aggravated assault. He’s being held at the Androscoggin County Jail on $100,000 bail.
Police say Leonard’s charged with stabbing 41- year-old Vincent Turner, who was found in a Bartlett Street apartment just after 5 p.m. Wednesday after his roommate called police.
Turner was unresponsive when police and rescue crews arrived and was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Police say he was transferred to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where he was listed in serious condition.
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