New Bedford Sex Offender Arrested for Allegedly Stabbing Neighbor

NEW BEDFORD (WBSM) — New Bedford Police arrested a man registered as a Level 3 sex offender with three convictions for rape and indecent assault on a minor in connection with a stabbing that occurred in the city earlier today.

According to police, patrol units were dispatched to the area of Kempton Street at around 10:30 a.m. for a reported stabbing.

Officers arrived to find a victim suffering from injuries that were not life-threatening. He told police that the stabbing was the result of a dispute between neighbors.

As a result, Cristobal Casiano, 37, was arrested and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Casiano is a registered Level 3 sex offender who was convicted in 2005 of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 years of age, in 2006 of rape, and in 2011 of rape and abuse of a child.