Minnesota man arrested in Harrison County for stabbing

HARRISON COUNTY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Authorities in Harrison County, Missouri arrested a man in connection to a stabbing in Faribault, Minnesota.

According to a media release from the Faribault Police Department, police were dispatched to a stabbing in the 600 block of Third Avenue NW in Faribault, Minnesota.

Officers arrived on the scene and made contact with a 50-year-old victim who had been stabbed multiple times in his torso and arm by a known suspect while inside his residence.

The suspect, 46-year-old Ricardo Ortiz, was wanted on multiple counts of felony assault and burglary was taken into custody by the the Harrison County, Mo. Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, March 4.

Ortiz was taken into custody in cooperation with the Bethany, Mo. Police Department and Missouri State Highway Patrol.