LANCASTER, Pa. — The Manheim Township Police Department charged a Lancaster man with aggravated assault after he allegedly stabbed a victim on Christmas Eve.
Roger Martinez-Lopez, 19, of Lancaster, is accused of stabbing his victim in the back shortly after 11 p.m. on Dec. 24.
According to police, Martinez-Lopez and the victim were engaged in an altercation in the 1300 block of Millersville Pike. The suspect allegedly admitted to wielding a knife.
Officers say Martinez-Lopez claimed that he brandished the knife in self defense, but police found almost no physical evidence to corroborate his claim that the victim attacked him with a weapon.
The victim allegedly told police that when Martinez-Lopez pulled out the knife, they fled and tripped, at which point the accused caught up and stabbed him in the back.
Martinez-Lopez was committed to Lancaster County Prison and released on $25,000 bail.
