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One man hospitalized, another in custody after stabbing in Dartmouth

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A 22-year-old man is facing multiple charges in connection to a stabbing in downtown Dartmouth.

Halifax Regional Police said officers responded to 60 Alderney Dr., close to the Alderney Gate Public Library, just before 10 p.m. on  Aug. 20.

Police said there was “a group of people fighting in the area.”

“Several officers attended the area and located an adult male who had been stabbed and needed medical treatment,” the release said.

The man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

In an update released Aug. 24, police said officers arrested the suspect at the scene.

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Justin Jay William Tecomba, 22, is charged with assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon and assaulting a police officer.

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