State Police Investigate Assault with a Weapon on Route 93 in Randolph

Yesterday at 8:27 p.m. Troopers assigned to the State Police Barracks in Milton responded to a report of an Assault with a Dangerous Weapon at the on-ramp from Route 93 south to Route 24 south in Randolph. That resulted in one arrest.

Preliminary investigation by Trooper Kathleen Carney who responded with several troopers working paid details in the area indicates the following. A male operator of a tractor trailer was stabbed numerous times while operating his vehicle by a 21 year old female passenger identified as Deka Artan from Tempe Arizona. The party fled into the nearby woods and was captured by State Troopers working in the area she was in the company of a 2 year old female child.

The Suspect is currently being held at the State Police Barracks in Milton. She is charged with Assault with Intent to Murder. And will be arraigned tomorrow at Quincy District Court.

This incident remains under investigation by the State Police Troop H Detectives. The Norfolk County District Attorneys Office, Randolph Fire Department, Massachusetts State Police Crime Scene Services and Mass Highways assisted troopers at the scene.

No further information is available at this time. Please do not call the barrack directly.

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