A career criminal with at least 50 prior arrests and 40 convictions murdered a man with a machete in Waterbury, Connecticut, on Saturday evening.
Kendren Barnes was charged with murder after ‘stabbing’ victim Ricardo Maldonado, 57.
According to reports, police were called to an apartment complex in Waterbury on Saturday evening and found the two men suffering from stab wounds.
Barnes and Maldonado were transported to a local hospital. Moldanado died from his injuries.
Barnes is being held on a $2.5 million bond.
The News-Times reported:
Police have identified the victim of a fatal stabbing on Grove Street over the weekend as a city resident.
Ricardo Maldonado, 57, of Waterbury died at the hospital after an incident on Grove Street Saturday, police Lt. Joseph Morais said in a news release Tuesday.
Morais said officers were called to an apartment building on the 100 block of the road at 7:17 p.m. Saturday for reports of a physical altercation involving a weapon inside. He said arriving officers located two male victims, later identified as Maldonado and 47-year-old Kendren Barnes, who had sustained wounds inflicted by edged weapons.
Both were transported to area hospitals, Morais said, where Maldonado later died from his injuries.
Barnes has an extensive criminal history. Police described him as a man who is “frequently arrested.”
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