Man Arrested In Haverhill Stabbing

HAVERHILL, MA-- A 21-year-old man is being held by police on $50,000 bail after being charged with stabbing two men outside a local bar early Sunday morning, the Eagle-Tribune reports.

Haverhill police arrested Hayden Delafuente, 21, of Washington Street, and charged him with two counts of armed assault with intent to murder and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Delafuente is scheduled to be arraigned two Tuesday in Newburyport District Court.

Police responded at 12:30 a.m. to the Barking Dog Ale House, 77 Washington St. to find two men had been stabbed following an altercation.

The victims, a 28-year-old Lawrence man and a 30-year-old Salem, N.H. man, were transported to Lawrence General Hospital. The Lawrence man was then flown to a Boston hospital, where he remains in critical condition.

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