A Bristol Township man was stabbed early Wednesday morning inside an apartment, police said.
Credit: Bristol Twp. Police
Tara Patrone, 28, of the Levittown Trace apartments, was engaged in verbal argument with her boyfriend when police allege she stabbed him with a six-inch knife.
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Police were called around 1 a.m. and arrived to find a stab wound on the man’s shoulder, a cut on his chest and a blood-stained T-shirt on the couch in the apartment.
Patrone told police she did stab the man but only in self defense, court papers say.
The man reportedly told police Patrone put the knife in the kitchen sink after the attack.
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The Bucks County Rescue Squad transported the man to Aria Hospital’s Torresdale campus for treatment. Acting Bristol Township Police Chief John Godzieba said Wednesday afternoon that the stabbing victim’s condition was currently unknown.
Police officers did secure the knife at the apartment.
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Patrone is charged with aggravated assault, possession of an instrument of crime, simple assault and reckless endangerment of another person. She was remanded to Bucks County prison on 10 percent of $100,000 bail.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
