CSPD: Man arrested after breaking into home, trying to stab person with a butcher knife
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Police say a man is in custody after he broke into a home in northern Colorado Springs on Friday evening before attempting to stab a victim with a butcher knife.
The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) said that at 5:23 p.m. on Jan. 16, officers received a report of a home invasion in the 4500 block of Gold Medal Point, just off Dublin Boulevard near Jenkins Middle School.
The caller reported that a man had forced entry into their home before trying to stab them with a butcher knife, CSPD said.
Officers responded to the scene, where they located a man who fit the suspect's description and detained him. The department said witness statements and a field identification confirmed the man they'd detained was the suspect.
The man, who was identified as 28-year-old Anthony Hawk, was taken into custody on an active felony warrant and multiple other charges stemming from Friday, including first-degree burglary, menacing, and weapon offenses, police said. He has since been booked into the El Paso County Jail.
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