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MinSec Inmate Charged In Stabbing

MinSec Inmate Charged In Stabbing - Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 04:02AM EST

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Wednesday March 24 2010
LUZERNE COUNTY - More troubling news from a halfway home in Hazleton.

The Standard-Speaker reports an escaped inmate is a suspect in a stabbing Tuesday evening.

Police say Nelson Rodriguez stabbed a man in the 900 block of W. Fourth St.

Rodriguez walked away from Minsec 10 months ago.

Another inmate escaped the facility just this week.

Rodriguez is behind bars this morning.

The victim was taken to the hospital; no word on a condition.