Connecticut man arrested in connection with Dartmouth stabbing

By Josh Faiola

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DARTMOUTH, MASS (WLNE) – Following an investigation of a stabbing, Dartmouth Police arrest a male suspect from Connecticut for involvement in a stabbing on Saturday. 

At approximately 12:13 a.m, Dartmouth Police responded to the Residence Inn on Faunce Corner Road for a reported disturbance. 

Police say they learned upon arrival that a 30-year-old Connecticut man had been stabbed during an earlier altercation with a co-worker.

According to police, both victim and suspect were part of a work crew staying at the hotel. 

With the information they received on the scene, police learned that the suspect, now identified as 26-year-old Tyreke Brooks, of Manchester Connecticut, fled the scene prior to their arrival. 

The victim was transported to Rhode Island Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries to receive further treatment. 

Police say at approximately 8:21 a.m, they received information that Brooks returned to the Residence Inn.

Officers, including a Dartmouth Police K-9, returned to the hotel and took Brooks into custody without incident.

Brooks has two outstanding warrants for his arrest in addition to being charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. 

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