JAMESTOWN, NY — Officers from the Jamestown Police Department’s First Platoon were dispatched to a local business for a report of a fight at approximately 12:34 p.m. Dec. 13.
Upon arrival, officers determined that two individuals had been involved in a physical altercation inside the business.
During the incident, a third individual, identified as James Morris, 43, of Jamestown, stabbed one of the participants.
Officers subsequently located Morris a short distance from the scene and took him into custody without incident.
The male victim sustained a large laceration to his arm and was transported to UPMC for medical treatment.
He was later transferred to UPMC Hamot in Erie, Pennsylvania, for further treatment.
Morris was charged with assault in the first degree, tampering with physical evidence and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.
Following arraignment, Morris was remanded to the Chautauqua County Jail.
