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WPD Officers Arrest Female in Connection with Stabbing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2/28/2025 10:08 am

On February 28, 2025, at approximately 2:05 AM, Worcester Police officers were called to Hurricane Betty’s for a report of a stabbing. Responding officers observed a male with a stab wound to his neck.
The victim claimed he saw his friends arguing with a female. When he tried to intervene, he was stabbed and sprayed with pepper spray. The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Thirty-one-year-old Abigail Gallagher of Hopedale was arrested and charged with Armed Assault with Intent to Murder and two counts of Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon.