Crime & Safety

Marlborough Man Charged In Stabbing Linked To Fight Over Alcohol

Two men got into a fight Sunday at an address along Lincoln Street, police said.

Marlborough police arrested a 30-year-old local man after a stabbing along Lincoln Street Sunday afternoon.
Marlborough police arrested a 30-year-old local man after a stabbing along Lincoln Street Sunday afternoon. (Neal McNamara/Patch)

MARLBOROUGH, MA — A local man is facing multiple charges after a weekend stabbing that stemmed from a fight over alcohol, according to police.

Near 4 p.m. Sunday, police went to an address near the corner of Lincoln and Cross Street on a report of a fight. When police arrived, they found one man with a stab wound that was not serious.

The victim and the attacker got into a fight after one tried to take alcohol from the other, police said. The victim had punched the man with the knife, identified by police as Rodolfo Orozco-Austin, 30, in the face before the stabbing police said.

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Orozco-Austin was arrested on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery causing serious bodily injury.

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