Second Arrest Made in Stabbing Incident Involving Newport Man

The following arrest was reported by the Middletown Police Station. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

Middletown police arrested Gregory Purdy, 30, of 63 Bristol Ferry Road, Portsmouth on felony charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy on Tuesday morning in connection to the stabbing at Scotty's Big Dawgs. The victim was a 29-year-old Newport man.  Last Sunday, police also arrested Quinci Hill, 23, of Newport, on a felony assault with a dangerous weapon charge after they found him on-scene with bloody shirt. Police said they found the victim behind Dunkin Donuts with stab wounds to his stomach and up the left side of his chest area. Witnesses said after he was stabbed, he went to his house on Woolsey Road, changed his shirt and was going back to the bar. Read the full story of the first arrest here. The night of the …

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