Crime & Safety
Stabbing Wednesday Night In Pottstown Was Self-Defense: Police
A stabbing in Pottstown Wednesday night sent a victim to the hospital, and was determined to have been done in self-defense, police said.
POTTSTOWN, PA — Police determined a stabbing on Wednesday night in the 100 block of N. Charlotte Street in Pottstown was done in self-defense.
Johon Ford, 38, of Norristown, was found on N. Charlotte St. with a minor stab wound in his chest around 8:40 p.m., Pottstown Police Department Chief Michael Markovich reported. Ford was found near the Tri-County YWCA office on King Street and was taken to Reading Hospital and was released.
A police investigation determined another man had stabbed Ford, but in self-defense, Markovich confirmed.
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Neither of the men wanted to be interviewed or discuss the incident further, Markovich said.
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