Stabbing suspect arrested in Atlantic City, NJ

Cops in Atlantic City didn't have to travel too far to take a stabbing suspect into custody.

According to the ACPD, just after 8:30 on the morning of Monday, December 2nd, their officers responded to the 1300 block of Atlantic Avenue for a report of a man who was stabbed.

The victim, 45 years old and from Atlantic City, was transported to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center-City Division to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Officers learned that the suspect had left the area in a gray vehicle and, thanks to a citizen, they obtained a picture of him. Additionally, ACPD Surveillance Unit personnel and detectives were able to locate video of the vehicle.

Later that afternoon at about 2:40, officers located that vehicle in the 800 block of Maryland Avenue, and 30-year-old Luis Martinez-Colon of Atlantic City was taken into custody as he left a nearby house.

Martinez-Colon was charged with aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and remanded to the Atlantic County Justice Facility.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the ACPD's Criminal Investigations Unit at (609) 347-5766.

The public is reminded that charges are accusations and all persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.