By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – A 19-year-old Chehalis resident is jailed after a fight in which he reportedly tried to take a man’s backpack and got stabbed in the shin in return, early this morning alongside Interstate 5 in Chehalis.
Police say the two are acquaintances who had been camping near the state Route 6 bridge.
Officers responded to an approximately 4:50 a.m. call of a physical altercation near the freeway onramp at the Main Street-state Route 6 interchange, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
Police department spokesperson Linda Bailey says officers learned the 19-year-old demanded and then forcibly attempted to take the backpack. He allegedly struck the 41-year-old Curtis man in the face, causing a laceration.
That’s when the 41-year-old victim stabbed the teen in the leg with a folding knife, according to Bailey.
Both were taken to the hospital, treated for non-life threatening injuries and then released, according to police.
However, Jose M. Almanza,19, of Chehalis, was arrested for second-degree robbery and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Bailey.
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