MARS HILL, Maine — A Mars Hill man faces felony assault charges following a knife attack Saturday evening that injured another local man.
Adam Jackson, 42, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon, according to a release from the Aroostook County Sheriff's Office.
Sheriff's deputies went to a Benjamin Street home at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday after Central Aroostook Ambulance reported it was at the home on an unrelated call and found a victim with severe puncture wounds consistent with a knife assault, the release states.
The 39-year-old victim was taken to Northern Light AR Gould Hospital in Presque Isle with non-life-threatening injuries.
Jackson was taken to the Aroostook County Jail.
Maine State Police and the Presque Isle Police Department assisted the sheriff's office.