Man held in stabbing at WRTA bus station
YOUNGSTOWN — A man will be arraigned in Youngstown Municipal Court today after he was arrested in connection with an early Saturday stabbing at the bus station downtown.
Marquis Cambridge, 30, is charged with felonious assault, obstructing official business and resisting arrest. He was booked into the Mahoning County jail on Sunday after being examined at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.
According to a police report, officers were called to the area of Federal Street near Fifth Avenue, at the Western Reserve Transit Authority bus station, in response to a man being stabbed. Dispatchers added that Cambridge had fled north from the station.
The report states an officer found Cambridge and held him at gunpoint until additional help arrived, noting that city officers were warned not to respond to him with “no less than three officers” due to his tendency to fight with officers, as well as his regular possession of knives.
The reporting officer arrived on the scene with a Youngstown State University police officer, and it was communicated over their radio that the man was cut and wished to pursue charges.
The report states Cambridge argued with the officer who had him at gunpoint, ignoring him as he drank a mini bottle of Fireball Whiskey.
The report states Cambridge agreed to speak to a female officer and her alone, but she said she would only speak to him once he was on the ground and in handcuffs. Cambridge continued to say he would not get on the ground, however, and officers put him in an escort position — which he resisted.
The report states that because of familiarity with Cambridge’s tendency to feign compliance and assault officers once they became close enough, the reporting officer fired a stun weapon at his left side to incapacitate him. Another officer fired a stun into Cambridge’s left hamstring as he attempted to wrestle officers off of him as the first stun cycle ended.
Officers removed the taser prongs after finally arresting him, and he was taken to the hospital for treatment.
The reporting officer later spoke with the victim, who said he was at 551 Mahoning Ave., the Soup Kitchen, and was having a general conversation with a larger group of people. The report states that during that time, he said he had not lived anywhere where young people smoked cocaine as much as they do in Youngstown, which caused Cambridge to become upset and argue with the victim.
The victim said Cambridge stabbed him and he hit Cambridge with a punch, which caused him to run.
The report states the victim and Cambridge argued again on West Federal Street, and he saw Cambridge reach into his bookbag, putting his hands up to fight and exchanging blows. It was at that time that the victim’s brother reached out and told him he was cut, noticing a cut on his right arm.
Officers spoke with witnesses at the Soup Kitchen, who said they didn’t see a fight in the building, nor did they have video footage. The security team at Greyhound Bus Lines provided video of the victim and Cambridge in an altercation, with officers presuming that was when Cambridge cut him.
While waiting to be placed in the ambulance, Cambridge began threatening to spit on officers, resulting in them putting a spit mask on him.
Cambridge’s charges were not available via online court records as of Saturday afternoon, but court records show more than two dozen charges have been filed against him in the past 10 years, including assault, resisting arrest, criminal trespass, menacing, carrying concealed weapons, obstructing official business and possession of criminal tools.