On Thursday, March 22, 2018, at approximately 12:00 AM, Oregon State Police from the Springfield Area Command responded to a stabbing at the southbound Oak Grove Rest Area on I-5 in Linn County.
While responding information was received that the victim had been transported away from the scene in a private vehicle towards Coburg.
Oregon State Police coordinated to meet the victim at the Coburg exit with medical personnel to render aid while other Trooper’s responded to the rest area where they located and detained the suspect.
Detectives with the Oregon State Police-Major Crimes Section responded to the criminal investigation. The investigation revealed the suspect and victim were brothers.
The suspect, 35-year-old Nicholas Matthew Arnold, was transported to the Linn County Jail where he was booked on one count of Assault 1st Degree.
The victim, 33-year-old Matthew James Arnold, was transported to Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend for treatment of serious but non-life threatening injuries.
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