Thomas J. Wooden, 52, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and weapons offenses when he slashed the teen around 5 a.m. Thursday
TRENTON - A 16-year-old boy was slashed across the face with a knife Thursday morning and a Bristol, Penn., man is charged with the assault, police said.
File photo of a Trenton Police vehicle (Michael Mancuso | The Times of Trenton) Thomas J. Wooden, 52, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and weapons offenses when he slashed the teen around 5 a.m. in a house on the first block of Breuning Avenue, Lt. Christopher Doyle said.
Wooden and the teen were arguing after the teen was found asleep in the house with a 14-year-old girl who lives at the address, Doyle said.
The argument escalated and Wooden picked up a knife and slashed the teen, who was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton with minor injuries, Doyle said.
Wooden's bail was not immediately available.
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