The Lethbridge Police Service is asking for help to locate 51-year-old Rodney Michael Black Plume. (Photo supplied by the LPS)

By Justin Goulet

Police looking for man wanted in connection with stabbing

Dec 15, 2023 | 2:03 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Police in Lethbridge are asking for help to find a man wanted in connection with an incident in which someone was stabbed.

The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) said on December 5, 2023, at about 6:15 p.m., officers responded to a report of an assault after paramedics found a man in the 800 block of 5 Avenue South.

Police said the 38-year-old man had been stabbed. He was taken to hospital and later airlifted to Calgary. According to the LPS, the man is currently in stable condition.

A suspect was later identified.

The LPS said the victim and suspect are known to one another and had been involved in a verbal altercation prior to the alleged assault. Police said this was not a random incident.

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Rodney Michael Black Plume, a 51-year-old Lethbridge resident, is charged with aaggravated assault, and possession of an offensive weapon dangerous to the public.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact police at 403-328-4444 and reference file 23028102. Information can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers.

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