North Carolina man arrested, charged 3 months after stabbing near the Boise River
After a “lengthy investigation,” a North Carolina man has been arrested after police allege he stabbed another man near the Boise River.
Richard Lemaster, 37, was charged Tuesday with felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon enhancement on a nationwide extraditable arrest warrant from North Carolina, according to a news release from the Boise Police Department and court records. He is from Winnabow, North Carolina, which is about 15 miles from Wilmington.
Lemaster’s bond has been set at $300,000 and he was in custody at the Ada County Jail on Friday, online court and jail records showed.
Boise police responded on July 29 to a report of a stabbing near 9th Street and the Boise River, according to a previous Twitter post from the department. The male victim was treated and released for non-life-threatening injuries at a local hospital.
Boise police said a fight broke out between the two men before the stabbing.
This story was originally published October 28, 2022 at 10:37 AM.
