PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Salem man was sentenced to nearly six years in prison this week after stabbing a landscaper last month.
On Jan. 7, Salem police responded to reports of a stabbing at 4500 Commercial Street SE. When officers arrived, they found the victim, Victor Hernandez-Lopez, with serious stab wounds, and he was taken to the hospital.
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Jonathan L. Jones, 58, was identified as the assailant in the attack by a witness. The altercation started after Hernandez-Lopez used a leafblower near Jones’ encampment, the Marion County District Attorney’s Office said.
“Jones was known to live in a tent within the business complex near where the assault occurred. At the time of the incident, the victim, a landscaper, was using a leaf-blower in the area. Jones claimed he believed the noise and activity were blowing his stuff around, which angered him. He then stabbed Hernandez-Lopez. The knife used in the assault was located among Jones’ belongings,” the DA’s office said in a press release…