Police found “multiple broken glass bottles, a bloody knife and a large amount of blood on the ground,” after getting called to the Super 8 motel Saturday night, according to the Sturbridge Police Department.
Officers were able to track the blood to a nearby motel room, where they found a man with a large gash on his face. He was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, read the police department’s Facebook post.
After speaking with witnesses Sept. 2, police said they were able to track down a suspect in a nearby room. He was found with blood on his skin and shoes, and had blood-stained pants that “were soaking wet” and “appeared as if someone had attempted to wash them,” police said.
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Police said there was also a small blood-stained folding knife in the pants.
Police identified the man as Alix Ulloa-Hernandez, 34, from Vinton, Virginia, who was arrested, taken to the Sturbridge Public Safety Complex and held on a $7,500 cash bail. The post said Ulloa-Hernandez will be charged with assault and battery dangerous weapon, disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace.
According to the post, witnesses told police the incident began at a small party at Super 8 by Wyndham Sturbridge on Main Street, attended by employees of the same roofing company out of Georgia.
The witnesses said two groups of employees began an argument about which group performed better work, and during the argument, Ulloa-Hernandez allegedly cut the victim’s face open with a knife. Police were called at about 8 p.m.
Police said, Robert Meza Hernandez, 21, from Norcross, Georgia and Danny Erazo Saravia, 28, from Norcross, Georgia were also identified by witnesses as being involved in the disturbance. Both Hernandez and Saravia will be summoned to court to answer charges of disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace. There are no more suspects.