Cottonwood police were called to the 700 block of North Main Street around 8:30 p.m., Monday, April 22, for someone reporting they had been stabbed.
The 57-year-old male victim went to a nearby residence seeking help, bleeding profusely and told them someone just stabbed him.
The officers on scene discovered the victim suffered a “large full thickness laceration” to his forearm.
The victim told police 29-year-old Cottonwood resident Robert Dean Secord III, who he reportedly knew, stabbed him for reasons unknown while they were hanging around outside of the victim’s residence.
Secord fled the scene on foot but was later apprehended in the area of North Main Street and East Cherry Street. He was taken into custody without incident, reportedly admitted to stabbing the victim and was found in possession of a knife that police believe is the probable weapon.
Secord said he stabbed the victim in self-defense but would not provide any further information or details.
The victim was transported to the Verde Valley Medical Center Emergency Department and later flown in critical condition to the Flagstaff Medical Center ED for advanced medical treatment. The victim is listed in stable condition.
Secord was booked into the Yavapai County Detention Center in Camp Verde for one felony count of aggravated assault.
