Crime & Safety
Woman Arrested In Milford 'Near Fatal' Stabbing: Police
Milford police shut down Purchase Street Monday after finding a man there with a major stab wound.

MILFORD, MA — A town woman was arrested Tuesday in connection to a serious stabbing along Purchase Street early Monday, according to police.
Milford detectives on Tuesday near 4 p.m. pulled over Sandy Villeda Martinez, 35, near the intersection of Sumner and Dilla streets. She is being charged with mayhem, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault to murder and obstruction of justice.
Police began receiving 911 calls near 4 a.m. Monday. The man as lying along the road with a stab wound. He was taken to UMass Memorial in Worcester for treatment, and was in serious but stable condition, police said.
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After the incident, police closed the portion of Purchase Street between Glines Avenue and Mechanic Street, an area that is just north of Route 16/Main Street. The road reopend just before 10 a.m.
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