JaJa Brathwaite, 21, was charged with slashing a man with a knife in the city's Forest Park neighborhood, according to Springfield Police Sgt. Sean Arpin.
SPRINGFIELD — A police K-9 unit tracked a slashing suspect to Beaumont Street, where he was arrested and charged early Sunday morning, Springfield Police Sgt. Sean Arpin said.
The incident happened at about 3 a.m. on Dickinson Street near the "X" in the city's Forest Park neighborhood, but the suspect was tracked to nearby 71 Beaumont St. and taken into custody, police said.
Authorities said JaJa Brathwaite, 21, whose address was unavailable, threatened a man at knifepoint at a Dickinson Street residence. When the man opened the door to talk to Brathwaite, the suspect used a knife to slash the man's hand, Arpin said.
The victim received a slash wound to his right index finger, Arpin said. Brathwaite fled the scene on foot but was caught a short while later at the Beaumont Street address.
He is expected to be arraigned Monday in Springfield District Court.
LOCATION OF BEAUMONT STREET ADDRESS WHERE SLASHING SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED: