Somerville Man Charged in Stabbing Released on Personal Recognizance

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A Somerville man charged in an early-morning Boston stabbing has been released from custody on personal recognizance, according to the Suffolk County DA’s office.

Evan Cobb, 22, was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court Thursday on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and carrying a dangerous weapon, the DA’s office announced. Prosecutors suggested bail of $10,000, but Judge Catherine Byrne released Cobb.

Boston Police responded to the Point Bar on Hanover Street at approximately 1:13 a.m. for a report of a stabbing. Upon their arrival, officers located Cobb, who was bleeding from a laceration over his right eye. While speaking with Cobb outside, officers were informed of a stabbing victim inside the establishment. Police followed a blood trail inside the bar and located a 32-year-old man lying on the floor with a stab wound to his neck.

Witnesses identified Cobb as the assailant, indicating that he and the victim had been involved in a verbal argument outside that led to a physical altercation, investigators said. One witness observed Cobb holding a knife behind his back during the fight, prosecutors said.

Officers then searched Cobb and found a folding knife clipped to his back pocket, investigators said. He allegedly made post-Miranda statements indicating that he became involved in a physical altercation with the victim and pulled out a knife when the victim overpowered him in the fight.

The victim was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital with a stab wound to the throat and has since been released. Cobb was transported to Tufts Medical Center for the treatment of minor injuries, police said.