LIMA, Oh (WLIO) — The search continues for a man accused of stabbing a woman in the neck in the fall of 2022.
Lima/Allen-Putnam County Crime Stoppers is still seeking information on the whereabouts of 61-year-old Juan Fuentes. There is an active arrest warrant for him on a charge of felonious assault.
Lima detectives say that in October 2022, Fuentes used an edged weapon to stab a 53-year-old woman on South Central Avenue. Investigators report the incident began as a domestic dispute between Fuentes and the woman before he allegedly stabbed her multiple times in the neck. The woman was treated at the hospital and eventually released days later.
Police say Fuentes has ties to several other states, including Louisiana and as far west as Arizona. He is Cuban and goes by the nickname "Cuba."
Anyone with information about Fuentes’ whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 419-229-7867 (STOP).
