Man with extensive criminal history charged with stabbing in New Bedford
A 46-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a stabbing in downtown New Bedford, police said.
New Bedford police were called to the intersection of Elm and Purchase streets on Wednesday for a report of a stabbing victim. Arriving officers found a man with a "severe laceration" to his arm and two other minor wounds, New Bedford Police said in a statement .
A man identified as a suspect had fled the scene by the time officers arrived, police said. The man, identified as Dennis Hart, was found at the Serta Bus Terminal.
Hart is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury in connection with the incident. At the time, police say, Hart was on probation out of New Bedford District Court.
Hart has a lengthy criminal record including 43 adult arraignments and convictions for strangulation, distribution of a class B substance, assault and battery and malicious destruction of property, police said.
