Nicholas Tuttle
 / photo from Utica Police Department
UTICA -- Utica Police say a Cassville man is accused stabbing his ex-girlfriend.
Nicholas Tuttle, 21, is charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon. Police say they were called to a home on Edgewood Road in Utica early Sunday morning for a stabbing. When they got there, they found a woman soaked in blood with several stab wounds. She described Tuttle as her attacker, but said he had left the scene. Officers found him later after a car crash on Route 8.
The victim had to have surgery, but is recovering at the hospital.