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Joel Escobar-Barrientos, 29, has been charged with one count of malicious wounding in the 4 a.m. incident Saturday, June 24 on the 500 block of Crestwood Street SW, local police said.
Escobar-Barrientos stabbed the victim in his 20s in the upper body during an argument, police said. The victim was transported by Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System to a local hospital for treatment of serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
Escobar-Barrientos was taken into custody without incident at a residence in the 800 block of Edwards Ferry Road NE around 5 a.m. that day. He is being held at the Loudoun County Adult Detention.
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