COWLEY COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect for an alleged attack on his roommate.
Early Tuesday, police were dispatched to 221 W. Adams Avenue in Arkansas City for a report of a physical disturbance in which the victim had been stabbed, according to a media release from police.
When they arrived on scene, they found a 20-year-old Arkansas City man with a severe laceration to his hand. He was evaluated and treated at the scene by the Arkansas City Fire-EMS Department, which then transported him to South Central Kansas Medical Center for further treatment of his injury.
Police learned the suspect in this incident, later identified as 29-year-old Felipe Augustine was in the bathroom of the residence, but he refused to leave. After some time, he exited the room, still in possession of the knife.
Augustine, who police determined to be the victim’s roommate, was taken into custody without incident on requested charges of aggravated battery, criminal threat and identity theft. He was transported to and booked into the Cowley County Jail in Winfield.