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CHESTER -- Chester Police are investigating following a stabbing in the city on Monday.
Kevin James Frederick, 53, is being held at West Virginia Northern Regional Jail on $50,000 bond and facing charges of malicious wounding, according to jail records and Chester Police.
Police Chief Chuck Stanley reported the Hancock County 911 Dispatch Center received a call at 8:31 p.m., reporting a man had been "stabbed in the belly," at 701 Maxwell Ave., which is Frederick's residence.
According to police, Frederick was being visited by "his long-time friend," Eric M. Hebb, 52, of East Liverpool, when the two got into an altercation, with Hebb allegedly assaulting Frederick, and Frederick allegedly stabbing Hebb. Police discovered Hebb lying on the floor of the house with a deep laceration to his abdominal area. Medical personnel on the scene began treating Hebb for the injuries, transporting him to East Liverpool City Hospital to be stabilized and then flown to Pittsburgh. Police report Hebb is in critical, but stable, condition.