
Charges have been filed after a stabbing over the weekend that injured a man and resulted in the death of a woman.
As previously reported, according to the St. Joseph Police Department, at 1:16 a.m. Saturday at Legends Bar at 210 North Belt, two employees were stabbed by a customer at the bar.
According to a probable cause statement, 26-year-old Eliseo Hernandez-Sebastian started a disturbance at the bar and when asked to leave, he stabbed an employee, 48-year-old James B. Cleveland. Another employee, 38-year-old Terra M. Reents, also attempted to get Sebastian to leave the property. Sebastian stabbed Reents and he then fled the area on foot. Sebastian was located later Saturday morning and taken into custody.
Cleveland and Reents were transported to Mosaic Life Care for treatment. Police say Reents later died from her injuries.
According to online court documents, Sebastian is charged with first degree assault and second degree murder. An arraignment is scheduled for Tuesday.