ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. – A man wanted in connection with a stabbing during a hotel fight in Paducah, Kentucky, was arrested earlier this week in St. Charles County.
The Paducah Police Department reports that a 26-year-old Ricardo Esquivel Garcia was taken into custody Wednesday on warrant for first-degree assault.
St. Charles County police located Garcia at a home after receiving a tip from Paducah authorities. Garcia was booked into the St. Charles County Corrections Center, where he awaits extradition to Kentucky.
The arrest stems from a fight Tuesday evening at a Paducah hotel. Investigators say several men had been drinking when a physical altercation broke out. A 40-year-old man told police he was stabbed during the fight and accused Garcia, though he had reportedly left the scene before officers arrived.
The man stabbed suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
“The Paducah Police Department would like to extend their gratitude to the St. Charles County Police Department for their assistance,” said the department via Facebook.