MARLBOROUGH – A Lawrence man faces attempted murder charges following an alleged stabbing.
Ivan Trinidad-Lopez, 30, has been charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a dangerous weapon and attempted murder.
On Nov. 30 at about 1:34 p.m., Marlborough offers were dispatched to the Sunoco on Maple Street.
According to the statement of facts filed in Marlborough District Court, when officers arrived, they saw an unconscious man on the ground with a “pool of blood” near him. Officers wrote that the man had a laceration to the side of his neck.
The victim reportedly told police that Trinidad-Lopez stabbed him. Trinidad-Lopez allegedly told police that the man cut himself.
When police reviewed camera footage, they reportedly saw the victim, Trinidad-Lopez and a third man get out of a car and walk toward the icebox at Sunoco.
The third man told police that Trinidad-Lopez and the victim are roommates. Trinidad-Lopez told police that the victim doesn’t pay rent, and Trinidad-Lopez takes him to work with him. According to the court documents, the third man told officers they were having alcoholic beverages and had been in Marlborough working on fences.
The man told police the victim had been driving and Trinidad-Lopez was in the front passenger seat.
“[The man] informed me that Ivan was acting crazy and pointed a box cutter at him,” police wrote. “He was afraid because he was acting crazy. He then witnessed Ivan cut [the victim] on the right side of his neck quickly.”
The three then got out of the car. According to the statement of facts, security footage showed Trinidad-Lopez and the third man talking to the victim. Police wrote that the third man was blocking the camera at one point, and the victim fell to the ground. Trinidad-Lopez, officers said, turned the victim to face up.
Officers wrote that during the booking process, Trinidad-Lopez’s speech was slurred.
“While fingerprinting him, he stated in Spanish, ‘if he dies he dies,’’ the statement of facts reads.
Police later told the Community Advocate that the victim is expected to make a full recovery.
Trinidad-Lopez was arraigned in Marlborough District Court on Dec. 1 where he was ordered committed with bail on dangerousness. His detention hearing is scheduled for Dec. 6.
