An altercation near the SPiN Cafe in Oak Harbor led to a stabbing Thursday, according to a report by the Oak Harbor Police Department.

The report states that the suspect, 53-year-old James Matlock, a homeless person, stood up for his girlfriend after several men were rude to her outside the facility, which is located on Southwest Barlow Street. The SPiN Cafe offers food and services to people in need.

Witnesses told a police officer that the woman approached a group of people at a table to offer them food. The men, however, told her to leave, accused her of having lice and said they didn’t want her around, the report sates.

In response, Matlock instigated an altercation, the officer wrote. When one of the men got into Matlock’s face, Matlock pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the upp

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