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Arrest made in Las Vegas Palazzo stabbing: Joseph Espinoza charged

A 34-year-old man arrested Wednesday in connection with a stabbing on the Las Vegas Strip is being held on $10,000 bail.

Police arrested Joseph Espinoza. He was charged with attempted murder and battery with a deadly weapon.

A homeless man stabbed a security guard in the chest just before 7 a.m. Wednesday inside the Palazzo.

The security guard, who is expected to survive, was stabbed after he approached a man who was holding a knife and behaving erratically, according to police.

The stabber ran out of the hotel and across Las Vegas Boulevard, police said, making it as far as the The Mirage before he was caught.