MOUNT STERLING, Ky. ( FOX 56 ) — Two Lexington men have been arrested after an alleged assault with a knife at a Mt. Sterling gas station.
At 8:58 a.m. on Wednesday, Mt. Sterling police said officers were called to Gasoline Alley, where they found a man who had a severe cut on his hand.
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The man told the police that he was attacked in a moving car around Apperson Heights, where he was threatened with a knife held to his throat. After a brief struggle, he was able to jump out of the moving car and run to the gas station for help.
An arrest citation showed that Christopher Harper, 38, and Chase Hall, 28, both of Lexington, had arranged to pick up the man on Locust Street through the GRINDR dating app. Once inside the vehicle, Harper and Hall allegedly cut him multiple times on his hands, and Hall attempted to choke and stab him…