BUCKFIELD — A man from the Waterville area was arrested Monday night in the stabbing of a Buckfield man.
Abdul-Rashad Bilal, 27, was arrested following a brief search after an incident on Sodom Road, said Oxford County Chief Deputy James Urquhart.
The sheriff’s office received a called at 9:23 p.m. Monday reporting an adult male was stabbed following a fight. The suspect had fled the scene by the time authorities arrived.
Deputies provided aid to the stabbing victim, who was identified as Michael Johnson-Wynter, 37, of Buckfield. He was transported by Buckfield Rescue to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston for non-life-threatening injuries, Urquhart said.
Following an extensive 30-minute search of the area, law enforcement located Bilal approximately a half-mile from the scene.
Bilal was charged with elevated aggravated assault, a Class A felony. He was transported to the Oxford County Jail in Paris, where he is being held on $50,000 bail, Urquhart said.
The case remains under investigation.
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