portland police arrested a woman after a stabbing on Congress Street near Longfellow Square on Saturday evening. Officers responded at about 5: 25 p. m. ET on April 18 to a report of a man covered in blood, then found a 45-year-old man who said he had been stabbed.
The man was taken to Maine Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. After an investigation, police arrested a 44-year-old woman and charged her with domestic violence aggravated assault.
What police found on Congress Street
The stabbing happened in the 600 block of Congress Street in downtown Portland, near Longfellow Square. Police said the victim was covered in blood when officers reached the scene, and the injury was serious enough to require hospital treatment, but not life-threatening.
Police identified the arrested suspect as Stephanie Vierkant, 44, described as unhoused. She was taken to Cumberland County Jail after the arrest.
The case remains tied to a fast-moving investigation that began the moment officers arrived in the area. The key facts released so far are limited: the time of the call, the location, the victim’s age, the hospital transfer, and the arrest that followed.
Police response and arrest details
portland police have not released additional details about what led to the stabbing or what relationship, if any, existed between the people involved. The charge filed is domestic violence aggravated assault, which places the case in a more serious category under police handling.
Anyone with information has been asked to contact police at 207-874-8575 or text the keyword PPDME with a message to 847411. No other public update has been given on whether more charges could follow, and no court timeline was included in the information released so far.
Recent history near Longfellow Square
This is the second recent stabbing near Longfellow Square. In November, police said they arrested a man after another man was stabbed in the face in what officers described as an unprovoked attack.
That detail adds urgency to the latest portland case, especially because the location has now surfaced in back-to-back violent incidents over a relatively short period. For now, police are treating the April 18 stabbing as an active criminal case and have kept the public focus on identifying witnesses or anyone with relevant information.
What happens next
The next developments in the portland stabbing will likely come from the criminal case itself, including any court proceedings and any further statements from police. For now, the arrest, the hospital treatment, and the location near Longfellow Square are the central facts, and portland investigators are still asking for help from the public.
