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Woman stabbed in central Las Vegas Valley

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By Rio Lacanlale / Las Vegas Review-Journal

April 19, 2019 - 5:58 pm

One person was taken into custody after a woman was stabbed late Friday morning in the central Las Vegas Valley.

The woman was stabbed about 11:40 a.m. on the 1000 block of South Torrey Pines Drive, near West Charleston Boulevard, according to Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Alejandra Zambrano. She was taken to University Medical Center for treatment of survivable injuries.

It was not immediately clear what charge or charges the person who was taken into custody may face.

Zambrano did not have further details to release Friday.

Contact Rio Lacanlale at rlacanlale@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @riolacanlale on Twitter.

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Robert Telles has filed a handwritten notice of his intent to appeal his criminal conviction for the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.