EUSTIS – A Eustis man is accused of stabbing a teenager in the hand with a knife early Tuesday during an argument after the two left a party together at Flagstaff Lake in Somerset County.
The knife went through tendons of the right hand of Cote O’Neill, 18, of Eustis, said Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Turcotte on Wednesday. The wound required surgery, he said. O’Neill was listed in stable condition Wednesday at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, Turcotte said.
Shawn Lord, 21, of Eustis, was arrested on charges of violating conditions of release for a previous incident and reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday after he was located at his home, Turcotte said. Lord remained at the Franklin County jail Wednesday evening, held on $1,000 cash bail in Farmington, an intake worker said Wednesday.
The sheriff’s office received a 911 call early Tuesday, just after midnight Monday, of a report of a stabbing at Flagstaff Apartments in Stratton Village, the deputy said.
Maine State Police Trooper Matt Casavant and his tracking dog, Kaiser, were called in to assist Turcotte, Deputy Michelle St. Clair and Trooper Scott Stevens, at the scene, Turcotte said.
The stabbing occurred inside a vehicle parked in the lot at Flagstaff Apartments, Turcotte said.
When he arrived, Turcotte said, Lord had fled on foot.
O’Neill was taken by private vehicle to the Farmington hospital after refusing ambulance services, he said.
Initially police couldn’t locate Lord, Turcotte said, but he was found later at his home.
Lord and O’Neill were acquainted and had been drinking together at a party at Flagstaff Lake, the deputy said.
Turcotte, who said he didn’t know what the dispute was about, is continuing to investigate the incident.
Turcotte said he also charged O’Neill on a count of operating under suspension and a civil charge of possession of alcohol by a minor.
Two others were charged in the course of the investigation, Turcotte said. Bobbie Jo Cote, 18, of Farmington, was charged on counts of criminal trespassing and criminal mischief because she allegedly kicked in a door of an apartment, Turcotte said. A 15-year-old Eustis boy was also charged on a charge of possession of alcohol by a minor, he said.
“It’s just another example of bad things happening when underage people drink,” Turcotte said. He received a grant this year to work on the underage drinking problem.
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