Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Man in Fatal January Cambridge Stabbing

Victor J. Rivas, who was charged in January in connection with a fatal stabbing in Cambridge, had all charges against him dropped last week. | By Mae T. Weir

Prosecutors dropped all charges last week against a man charged in connection with a fatal January stabbing in Cambridge, after determining they could not prove he had not acted in self-defense.

Victor J. Rivas, a 51-year-old from South Boston, was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon resulting in serious bodily injury and carrying a dangerous weapon after a Jan. 6 stabbing at an apartment building on Norfolk Street near Inman Square…

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