Carrick man stabbed in neck and mouth: RCMP

Sprague RCMP have arrested a man who allegedly stabbed a 52-year-old Carrick resident in the neck and mouth last week.

Mounties from the RCMP’s Sprague detachment received reports on Dec. 2 of a stabbing around 12:45 p.m. in the RM of Piney, a RCMP Thursday news release said.

When arriving at the scene, officers were told the victim was transported to Woodridge to meet emergency responders for care. The victim was later transported to hospital by a STARS air ambulance and immediately went into surgery.

Roughly 30 minutes later, officers received another report from CN Railway of a man seen damaging railroad crossing arms in Carrick. When Mounties arrived, they flagged down a truck on Provincial Road 203. The driver picked up a man on the side of the road “acting strange” who matched the description of the stabbing suspect and the CN Rail report, and police arrested him.

Kerry Hiebert, 38, from Steinbach was taken into custody and charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and two counts of mischief over $5,000.

Police said the victim remains in hospital in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries.

The investigation continues.