Man Charged in Thanksgiving Day Stabbing

Police have arrested a man who is accused of stabbing a relative in Willimantic on Thanksgiving morning.

Police responded to Summit Street just after 9 a.m. on Thursday and found 50-year-old Jose Cosme lying on the floor, suffering stab wounds to the neck and abdomen. A medical transport helicopter brought him to Hartford Hospital and he was in stable condition  while he was in the hospital, police said.

Police have obtained an arrest warrant for Luis Sanchez, 30, charging him with first-degree assault, first-degree robbery and criminal act while on bond.

Sanchez was held on $150,000 bond and is due at Danielson Superior Court on Tuesday morning.   

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