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Suspect faces assault charge in Bangor stabbing

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A Bangor man accused of stabbing a woman with a knife has been charged.

Bangor Police said officers responded to a call at 49 Ohio Street around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The caller told them that a woman had been stabbed and the suspect was being restrained by another resident.

Police arrived to find the suspect still being restrained, and a woman suffering from a stab wound to the abdomen. She was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

The suspect, 34-year-old Kurt Fowler, was charged with aggravated assault.

The investigation is ongoing.

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