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LEWISTON — A Greene man was arrested late Tuesday after a local man was found stabbed in the neck at an Oxford Street apartment, police said.
Paul Fernald
Lewiston Police Department photo
Paul A. Fernald, 25, was charged with elevated aggravated assault, a felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison.
The victim, Johnathan A. Beaudette, 26, was taken by ambulance to Central Maine Medical Center where he was treated for the injury, which was considered non-life-threatening, according to a media statement released Wednesday morning by Lt. David St. Pierre.
A detective was called to the scene to investigate.
Fernald, who was held at Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn on a probation hold, also was charged with refusal to submit to arrest or detention and falsifying physical evidence, St. Pierre said.