Woodbridge man arrested after stabbing incident in West End

Published January 25, 2023 at 1:45PM

Alexandria Police arrested a Woodbridge man for allegedly stabbing a man in the 1400 block of N. Beauregard Street on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023 (via Google Maps)

A 28-year-old Woodbridge man is being held without bond for allegedly cutting a man with a knife in the West End on Sunday morning, Jan. 15.

The incident occurred just after midnight in the 1400 block of N. Beauregard Street, near the William Ramsay Recreation Center. The 45-year-old victim was cut with a sharp object and treated at the scene, police told ALXnow.

The suspect, Mateo Amaya, knows the victim and was arrested that day and charged with malicious wounding, according to police.

“A weapon was recovered (in connection to the incident),” Alexandria Police Department spokesperson Marcel Bassett told ALXnow. “Nothing was reported stolen.”

Amaya goes to court for the offense on February 17.

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