Crime & Safety

East Lyme Man Dies In Rhode Island Stabbing: Report

He died in Westerly on Saturday night.

WESTERLY, RI — A 50-year-old East Lyme man was killed Saturday night in Westerly, RI when he was stabbed several times during an altercation in an apartment, reports The Day.

Jeremy Lehmann was stabbed in the Bowling Lane apartment of 50-year-old Nelson Dearce, who was arrested soon after the incident and charged with first-degree murder, according to the publication.

Lehmann was visiting at the apartment when Dearce returned home and the two men allegedly got into a confrontation.

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