Georgetown man arrested for stabbing his girlfriend in the chest

25-year-old Charles E. Rozanski of Georgetown, Del., was arrested Saturday, June 25, 2017, for stabbing his girlfriend in the chest.

On Friday evening around 11:15 p.m., officers were called to the second block of Rehoboth Avenue, in the area of the Purple Parrot, for a group of disorderly people possibly preparing to fight. 

When officers arrived the people had left the scene; however, police say prior to their arrival, Rozanski was involved in an altercation with his girlfriend, a 30 year old female from Georgetown, Del..

This drew the attention of two other males who confronted him about his behavior. 

According to police, Rozanski engaged in a physical altercation with the two males, which ended when he displayed a knife causing them to retreat.

Over an hour later, just after midnight, Rehoboth Police were called to the Beebe Health Campus emergency room where a female victim was reporting that she had been stabbed. Officers determined that the victim was the girlfriend of Rozanski.

Police say, after the physical altercation with the two men, Rozanski drove his vehicle away from the scene with the victim in the passenger seat. From there, we are told a verbal altercation escalated to Rozanski stabbing the victim in the chest with a knife puncturing her lung.

Rozanski was arrested and charged with 1 count of first degree assault, 1 count of possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony, and 1 count of carrying a concealed deadly weapon, which are all felony crimes. Rozanski was committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on a $52,000.00 secured bail.

At this time, police have been unable to identify the two males towards whom Rozanski displayed a knife. 

Rehoboth Police are asking that anyone with information about the altercation that occurred on Rehoboth Avenue to contact Detective Tyler Whitman at (302) 524-1391. 

Those with information can also submit a tip through the police department website online here or through Delaware Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-847-3333.