Stabbing victim airlifted to hospital; 38-year-old Arkansas man arrested, police say

Frank Douglas Wells
Frank Douglas Wells

A 38-year-old Arkansas man has been arrested in a stabbing that led to the victim being airlifted to a hospital, police say.

Frank Douglas Wells of Ozark was arrested Thursday around 3:20 a.m. after officers arrived at an apartment in the 900 block of North 14th Street, according to a post on the Ozark Police Department's Facebook page.

Authorities said the 31-year-old victim, who had several stab and slash wounds, was taken by helicopter to a Little Rock hospital.

Wells was charged with first-degree battery, aggravated assault and violation of a protection order, police said.

He is being held in the Franklin County jail, according to authorities.

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