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ABC News reports:
A staffer for Sen. Rand Paul was stabbed and seriously injured in Washington, D.C., on Saturday and a suspect has since been arrested, according to police and Paul’s office.
“This past weekend a member of my staff was brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington, D.C.,” Paul, R-Ky,. said in a statement to ABC News on Monday. “I ask you to join [wife] Kelley and me in praying for a speedy and complete recovery, and thanking the first responders, hospital staff, and police for their diligent actions.”
On Monday, D.C. police said that 42-year-old Glynn Neal, a D.C. resident, was arrested later on Saturday and had been charged with assault with intent to kill, wielding a knife, in connection with the attack. Court filings state that he has told officers he heard a voice was going to get him before the attack occurred.
Washington DC’s NBC affiliate reports:
A man accused of stabbing a U.S. Senate staffer in Northeast D.C. on Saturday was released from federal prison 24 hours earlier, court records show. Medics took the victim, identified by an uncle as 26-year-old Phillip Todd, to a hospital. He suffered life-threatening injuries.
D.C. Superior Court records show Glynn Neal was sentenced to 12 years in prison in March 2011 from a June 2010 arrest on pandering and first-degree sex abuse charges. Prosecutors said Neal forced two women into prostitution.
A staffer for Sen. Rand Paul was stabbed and seriously injured in Washington, D.C., on Saturday and a suspect has since been arrested, according to police and Paul’s office. https://t.co/ak4nTQF8X2
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