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Jesus Hernandez Vargas
Jesus Hernandez Vargas
Orlando Loyo Montes
ELKHORN — A Whitewater teen stabbed in the chest and back Tuesday night remained hospitalized this morning, and two roommates suspected of stabbing him and a 16-year-old are in custody.
Rigoberto Jimenez Perez, 18, this morning remained in good condition at Fort Atkinson Memorial Hospital.
The 16-year-old suffered stab wounds and bruises on his face was treated and released at the hospital emergency room.
The men suspected in the assaults—Jesus Hernandez Vargas, 25, and Orlando Loyo Montes, 26—remained locked in the Walworth County Jail this morning on $10,000 cash bail.
The four live in a duplex at 214 S. Esterly St., Whitewater, where officers at about 7 p.m. Tuesday responded for a reported dispute, Whitewater Police Chief James Coan said. After the officers left the home, the roommates continued arguing.
One suspect grabbed a large butcher knife and speared Jimenez Perez several times in the chest and back and then stabbed the 16-year-old boy in the thigh and upper back, Coan said.
The second suspect is accused of beating the 16-year-old boy, Coan said.
After the attack, the victims fled the duplex and went to a gas station on East Milwaukee Street near their home, Coan said.
Police went to the gas station at about 9:50 p.m.
The suspects also fled the duplex, Coan said, and Hernandez Vargas and Loyo Montes were arrested in a nearby backyard a short time later.
In court Thursday afternoon, Hernandez Vargas and Loyo Montes appeared on video from the nearby jail. Both men spoke to the judge through a Spanish-speaking interpreter.
"I didn't grab any knife," Loyo Montes said through his interpreter. "I didn't do anything."
Este Hart, with the Walworth County District Attorney's Office, told the judge the four roommates involved in the incident had lived in the duplex for a week. She said witnesses saw the attack, including men throwing kitchen pots at one another.
The attack remains under investigation, Coan said, and alcohol is suspected of being involved.
Hernandez Vargas and Loyo Montes face possible felony battery charges, and are expected to enter pleas after complaints are filed at a future date.