Sioux Falls man stabs coworker after dispute about cigarettes, police say
The Sioux Falls Police Department arrested a man after he stabbed a coworker after arguing over cigarettes.
Travis Glenn Bortnem, 54, from Sioux Falls, was arrested Thursday morning by the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office, according to Sgt. Sean Kooistra, of the Sioux Falls Police Department.
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Police were called around 2:30 a.m. Thursday to the 500 block of E 50th Street N for a stabbing. Bortnem allegedly was arguing with a male coworker before leaving.
He then came back and stabbed the 52-year-old man in the ear with a weapon Kooistra described as a "pick."
Bortnem left the scene, but was picked up later by a sheriff's deputy in northern Sioux Falls. He was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a controlled substance, Kooistra said.
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