The suspect was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
HOLYOKE – A 23-year-old city man, treated by ambulance personnel on Appleton Street for a bloody knife wound to his arm Wednesday afternoon, refused to admit to police that he had been stabbed.
“No, I just fell,” said Capt. Arthur R. Monfette, quoting the injured man from a narrative on the incident in a report filed by police.
The victim, who bled quite a bit, Monfette said, stuck to his story even after a 26-year-old suspect, found with a bloody knife in his pocket, admitted to the stabbing, Monfette said.
Police were summoned to the area of 365 Appleton St. for a report of a stabbing and arrested the suspect, Juan C. Perez, of 374 Maple St., first floor. He was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Monfette said he believed the victim was treated a hospital but had no further information.