Arrest made after stabbing on Rehoboth Beach boardwalk

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Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Arrest made after stabbing on Rehoboth Beach boardwalk
Rehoboth Beach police have arrested a man in connection with a stabbing on the boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach.

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (WPVI) -- Rehoboth Beach police have arrested a man in connection with a stabbing on the boardwalk over the weekend.

The incident began Saturday just after 10 p.m. when a fight broke out on the boardwalk in the area of Wilmington Avenue.

Police say 23-year-old Marques J. Gantt stabbed an 18-year-old man with a pocket knife.

Gantt was later arrested after police located him inside a hotel room.

He is being charged with first-degree assault, possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony, and one count of carrying a concealed deadly weapon. Gantt was also charged with one count of misdemeanor terroristic threatening.

The victim was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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