Man arrested after stabbing in north Sioux Falls

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Published: Feb. 21, 2019 at 2:30 PM CST
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A man has been arrested and a woman is in the hospital after a stabbing in north Sioux Falls.

It

Wednesday around 2 p.m. in the 6200 block of North Cliff Avenue.

Capt. Josh Phillips with the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office said the woman was stabbed in the abdomen and taken to a hospital with what at the time were life-threatening injuries.

She is now in stable condition.

Authorities arrested 29-year-old Robert Harold Loechke of Sioux Falls with one count of domestic aggravated assault.

Phillips said an argument or confrontation prompted the assault. The weapon was a small knife but bigger than a pocketknife.

The Sioux Falls Police Department and the South Dakota Highway Patrol assisted at the scene.

Phillips said Loechke also had an outstanding warrant out of Brown County for unrelated charges.