WINCHENDON, MA — A woman was stabbed in the neck during an early morning incident on School Street.
Winchendon police responded to 5 School St. at approximately 1 a.m. Thursday for a reported stabbing.
Officers Dylan Mei and James Maynard discovered a female victim who had been stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife.
The alleged perpetrator was sitting inside a locked vehicle in the driveway.
As officers approached the suspect, he began stabbing himself in the neck.
Officers broke a window and gained access to the suspect, who was subdued with a Taser.
The female victim, who is related to the suspect, was transported to UMASS Hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
The suspect was identified as Jack Newbrough, 25, of Athol.
Newbrough sustained superficial self-inflicted injuries and was arrested at the scene.
He is charged with assault and battery with serious bodily injury and assault to murder.
