Crime & Safety

Nashua Woman Accused Of Stabbing Man Known To Her: Police

Lizvette Orozco was arrested on first-degree and simple assault domestic violence charges as well as two criminal mischief counts after an i

Lizvette Orozco of Nashua was arrested on Aug. 23, on numerous charges including first-degree assault, domestic violence, and criminal mischief.
Lizvette Orozco of Nashua was arrested on Aug. 23, on numerous charges including first-degree assault, domestic violence, and criminal mischief. (Nashua Police Department )

NASHUA, NH — A Nashua woman was scheduled for arraignment Monday after being accused of stabbing a man she knew on Friday. At just before 5:30 a.m., officers received word that a woman, later identified as Lizvette Orozco, 40, was accused of a stabbing a man known to her. The man was taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to Lt. Robert Page of the Nashua Police Department.

Officers were able to locate Orozco and place her under arrest on a single domestic violence-first-degree assault charge, a felony.

Detectives continued to work the case and later, added two more domestic violence first-degree assault charges as well as four counts of domestic violence-simple assault and two criminal mischief charges.

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Orozco was held without bail for an arraignment in Hillsborough County Superior Court-South. She faces more than 50 years in prison.

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