Worcester Police Department
WPD Officers Arrest Female in Connection with Stabbing of a Male
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 9/15/2025 11:26 am
On September 13, 2025, at approximately 2:00 AM, Worcester Police officers observed a large crowd yelling and pointing towards a fight in a public parking lot on Water Street.
As officers exited their cruiser, they observed a male fall to the ground and a female aggressively moving towards him. Officers separated them and the woman attempted to run from the scene but was quickly placed into handcuffs.
Officers attended to the male who had a stab wound to his left abdomen area. While officers provided aid to the male, he told them that he had never seen the female before and that she approached him and started attacking him. The male was taken to a nearby hospital. A pocketknife was found at the scene.
Twenty-two-year-old Makayli Melendez of Worcester is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. The WPD’s Detective Bureau is investigating.