NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WVEC) — Newport News police arrested a man for choking and stabbing a woman.
Police responded to a call at 1:24 a.m. on Tuesday November 6 for a stabbing in the 3800 block of Roanoke Avenue.
Officers found a 52-year-old woman bleeding from cuts in her face when they arrived at the scene. She was taken to the hospital for treatment where she told police that 68-year-old Lennis McNair of the 3800 block of Roanoke Avenue choked her and then began to stab her while they were in a car together.
The victim said she knew McNair.
Police were able to obtain warrants for the 68-year-old's arrest for abduction, strangulation, and malicious wounding and arrested McNair Tuesday.
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