Transient Charged In Rochester Stabbing [NEWS]
(Rochester, NH) - Rochester Police have arrested a transient after an early-morning attack in a First Street home. 20 year old Lashante Daniel Word faces multiple charges.The 19-year old male victim said he awoke just before 2 am to find Word stabbing him. The victim fended off the attack and his assailant fled on foot. Police arrested Word around 6 this morning and he is being held without bail for assault, criminal threatening, criminal mischief and resisting arrest.
The victim sustained cuts and puncture wounds to his arms.